Justin Beaumont is Geodata scientist at econworks-GmbH and CEO at data4equity-UG in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, managing a music royalties revenue modelling project. He remains a protagonist in the debate on postsecularity in human geography and across disciplines and edited The Routledge Handbook of Postsecuarity (2018). Justin is currently writing a new monograph entitled Enlightened City: an inquiry into postsecular urban space (Palgrave Macmillan) that draws on his interests in urban and critical theory, social justice, and existential thought.
Justin Beaumont

Books
Beaumont, J. (2020) Enlightened City: an inquiry into postsecular urban space, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming).
Refereed Journal Articles
Yazid, Z. E., Abdul Hamid, A. F., Folmer, H. and J. R. Beaumont (2014) ‘Secularisation in western society: an overview of the main determinants’, Pensee, 76(6): 393-413.
Beaumont, J. R. (2008) ‘Faith action on urban social issues’, Urban Studies, 45(10): 2019-34.
Contributions to Edited Volumes
Beaumont, J. R. (2004) ‘Workfare, associationism and the “underclass” in the United States: contrasting faith-based action on urban poverty in a liberal welfare regime’. In Noordegraaf, H. and R. Volz (eds) European Churches Confronting Poverty: social action against social exclusion, Bochum: SWI Verlag, pp. 249-78.
Beaumont, J., Loopmans, M. and J. Uitermark (2003) ‘Sustainability and politics of scholarship in policy-oriented research: analysing neighbourhoods in Belgium, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom’. In Schmitz, S. and H. Meert (eds) Evaluer la capacité du milieu – De capaciteit van het milieu geëvalueerd. Les Journées des Géographes Belges – De Belgische Geografendagen, Liège: Editions BEVAS/SOBEG, pp. 137-43.
Other
Davelaar, M., Van den Toorn, J., De Witte, N., Beaumont, J. Kuiper, C. (2011). Faith-based Organisations and Social Exclusion in The Netherlands. Leuven: Acco.
Beaumont, J., Carta, G., Cloke, P., Davelaar, M., van den Toorn, J., Thomas, S. and A. Williams (2010) ‘Transnational comparison of the religious dimension’, Internal working paper for the EU-7FP FACIT project: Faith-based organizations and exclusion in European cities, November.
Dias, C. and J. Beaumont (2008) Book Review: Hans Knippenberg ed. The Changing Religious Landscape of Europe, The Geographical Journal, 174(1): 88-9.
Beaumont, J. R. (2007) ‘Introduction’, UCSIA Dialogue Series 11: Faith-based organizations and poverty in the city, Antwerp: UCSIA, pp.7-13.
Beaumont, J. R. and H. Noordegraaf (2007) ‘Aid under protest: churches against poverty in The Netherlands’, Dialogue Series 11: Faith-based organizations and poverty in the city, Antwerp: UCSIA, pp.41-59.
Zeelenberg, S. and J. Beaumont (2007) Book Review: Philip Booth and Bernard Jouve eds. Metropolitan Democracies: transformations of the state and urban policy in Canada, France and Great Britain, European Journal of Housing Policy, 7(4): 459-63.
Bailey, A. and J. Beaumont (2006) Book Review: Tajla Blokland, Urban Bonds, Antipode, 38(5): 1085-88.
Beaumont, J. R. (2006) Book Review: Rob Imrie and Mike Raco eds., Urban Renaissance? New Labour, community and urban policy, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 21(4): 459-61.
Beaumont, J. and A. E. Brouwer (2006) ‘Een decentraal bestuur heeft de toekomst: verplaatsing van macht’, Locomotie: tijdschrift voor onafhankelijke politiek, 8(29):11-13.
Zeelenberg, S. and J. Beaumont (2006) Book Review: Samuel Fleischacker, A Short History of Distributive Justice, Progress in Human Geography, 30(6).
Beaumont, J. (2005) ‘Regiopolitiek en mondialisering’, Agora, 21(4): 34-6.
Beaumont, J. (2005) ‘Territoria, relaties en stromen: regiopolitiek in en tijdperk van globalisering’, S&RO, no. 2: 10-19.
Beaumont, J. R. (2005) ‘“Governance”, decentralisatie en de opkomst van locale democratie?’, Agora, 21(2): 42-4.
Beaumont, J., Groep, R. van der, Loopmans, M., Plug, R. and J. Uitermark (2005) ‘De politiek van onderzoek’, Agora, 21(1): 4-6.
Beaumont, J. R. (2004) ‘Geloven in armoedebestrijding: geloofsgeïnspireerde actie tegen stedelijke armoede binnen een liberale staat’, Agora, 20(5): 29-32.
Beaumont, J. R. (2004) ‘Governance en armoedebestrijding’, Rooilijn, nummer 5(mei): 238-42.
Beaumont, J. R. (2004) ‘Balanceren tussen “legaliteit” en “illegaliteit” in Rotterdam: een interview met Patrice van de Vorst’, Agora 20(3): 30-2.
Beaumont, J., Rusinovic, K. and M. Wevers (2004) ‘De schaduw stad belicht: een verkenning van de relatie tussen de stedelijke formele- en informele sfeer’, Agora, 20(3): 4-5.6
Beaumont, J. R. (2004) ‘Contra de neo-liberale visie op industriebeleid: een pleidooi voor een herijking van de politiekedimensie’, Agora, 20(1): 38-41.
Beunderman, J and J. Beaumont (2003) ‘De stad kijkt de andere kant uit: nieuwe stedelijke armoede, stedelijk beleid, nieuw moralisme, Agora, 19(1): 4-7.
Van der Vet, J. and J. Beaumont (2003) ‘’De luxe om langs elkaar te leven is voorbij”: het Beraad van Kerken, Moskeeën en Mandirs in Rotterdam-West’, Agora, 19(5): 24-6.
Beaumont, J. R. (2002) ‘Van der kerk naar de staat en weer terug’, Agora, 18(4): 30-2.
Beaumont, J., Burgers, J., Dekker, K., Dukes, T., Den Hoedt, S. and R. Staring (2002) Urban Governance, Social Inclusion and Sustainability: the cross-evaluation report on The Netherlands, Utrecht: Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University.
Dekker, K., Beaumont, J. and R. van Kempen (2002) Urban Development Programmes in the Hague: a preliminary assessment, Utrecht: Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University.
Hamnett, C. and J. Beaumont (2002) ‘London: regeneration and combating social exclusion’. In Kesteloot, C. (ed.) Urban Territorial Policies and their Effects at the Neighbourhood Level, URBEX report no. 21, Amsterdam: AME
Beaumont, J. R. and C. Hamnett (2001) Comparison of Social Exclusion and Integration in Two Neighbourhoods, United Kingdom: London, URBEX report no.15, Amsterdam: AME.
Beaumont, J. R., Hamnett, C. Lee, P. and A. Murie (2000) Comparative Statistical Analysis at National, Metropolitan, Local and Neighbourhood Level, United Kingdom: London and Birmingham, URBEX report no.7, Amsterdam: AME.