About Us
The Communities in Transition Project was commissioned for the Commission on Urban Life and Faith and funded by the Church Urban Fund. People who worked on the Project are listed on this page. You can email us by clicking on our names:
Prof. Elaine Graham is Samuel Ferguson Professor of Social & Pastoral Theology at the University of Manchester and served as a member of the Commission on Urban Life and Faith.
For more information about her work see web pages at Elaine Graham's Web Pages
Greg Smith was responsible for the primary research in Newham and Preston and for the development of the web site and multimedia disk.
For more information about his work see his web pages at http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/credoconsultancy/uelhome.htm
Chris Baker is Research Director at the William Temple Foundation, and was responsible for contributing most of the material about Manchester.
For more information about his work see web pages at http://www.wtf.org.uk/chris_baker.htm
Gladius Kulothungan Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Institutional Studies in the University of East London was involved in the Newham fieldwork and responsible for filming the video material in East London. Gladius has held senior management positions in private and not-for-profit sectors in India and other countries and brings experience as a film-maker. He is also on the deaconate of a Baptist Church in Newham.