Work Walks the Walk

Rachael Unsworth recorded on 03/12/2024
Rachael Unsworth is an urban geographer fascinated by the long-term evolution of cities, including prospects for the future. After a geography degree and PhD, Rachael became Head of Research for a firm of surveyors in London. Back in Yorkshire from the mid-1990s, Rachael was a part-time lecturer at the University of Leeds until 2013.
From around 2000 Rachael also became involved in research, policy and practice in the city of Leeds: planning, urban design, development and regeneration, housing and environment. Her publications include ‘21st century Leeds: geographies of a regional city’ (2004), a guide book ‘Around Leeds: a city reinvented’ (2008) and ‘Leeds: Cradle of Innovation’ (2018).
Since 2019 Rachael has been running a one-person business Leeds City Walking Tours, taking groups of locals, visitors and professionals on a range of tours and also offering presentations. Rachael also runs the events programme for the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.
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