Johnston Birchall
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Johnston Birchall | |
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| Born | 1951 |
| Died | 2021 (aged 69–70) |
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| Thesis | Housing Co-operatives: A Study in the Theory and Practice of User-control (1985) |
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| Discipline | Co-operative studies |
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Johnston Birchall (1951–2021) was a leading British academic in the field of co-operative studies and at the time of his death Professor Emeritus at the Social Science Faculty of the University of Stirling.[1][2][3]
Birchall studied theology at the University of Oxford, before working as a community worker and a housing association manager for five years. He then completed a masters degree in sociology at the University of York, followed by a PhD in 1985 on housing co-operatives, also at York.[4][5] His doctoral thesis formed the basis for his 1988 book, Building Communities: The Co-operative Way.[6]
Birchall then worked at South Bank Polytechnic, followed by Brunel University and finally at the University of Stirling until his retirement.[7] From 1995 to 2000 he was editor of the Journal of Co-operative Studies.[5]
Birchall died in 2021 following a long illness.[8] In June 2022 a special commemorative edition of the Journal of Co-operative Studies was published exploring Birchall's legacy and reprinting many of his papers.[9]
