Professor Gareth Enticott

Professor in Human Geography

: Media commentator
: Available for postgraduate supervision

Gareth is Professor of Human Geography in the School. His research focuses on biosecurity and the management of animal diseases in agriculture. His main focus is on the ongoing controversy surrounding bovine Tuberculosis in the UK, as well as the management of the disease in New Zealand.

2014

Enticott, G., Maye, D., Naylor, R., Ilbery, B. and Kirwan, J. 2014. Badger vaccination: dimensions of trust and confidence in the governance of animal disease. Environment and Planning A 46(12), pp. 2881-2897. (10.1068/a130298p)
Enticott, G. and Higgins, V. 2014. Mapping agri-food. Presented at: 21st Conference of the Australasian Agri-food Research Network, Sydney, Australia, 24-26 November 2014.
Maye, D., Enticott, G., Naylor, R., Ilbery, B. and Kirwan, J. 2014. Animal disease and narratives of nature: Farmers' reactions to the neoliberal governance of bovine tuberculosis. International Journal of Rural Studies 36, pp. 401-410. (10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.07.001)
Naylor, R., Maye, D., Ilbery, B., Enticott, G. and Kirwan, J. 2014. Researching controversial and sensitive issues: using visual vignettes to explore farmers' attitudes towards the control of bovine tuberculosis in England. Area 46(3), pp. 285-293. (10.1111/area.12113)
Enticott, G. and Higgins, V. 2014. Mapping TB: coproduction, maps and mapping practices of bovine tuberculosis. Presented at: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014, London, UK, 26-29 August 2014.
Enticott, G. and Ward, K. 2014. Maps, mapping and the governance of animal disease. Presented at: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014, London, UK, 26-29 August 2014.
Enticott, G., Maye, D., Naylor, R. and Kirwan, J. 2014. Using scenarios to examine farmer knowledge networks for bovine TB. Presented at: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014, London, UK, 26-29 August 2014.
Enticott, G., Potter, C., Dandy, N. and Maye, D. 2014. Engaging stakeholders and publics in safeguarding tree health: Co-produced knowledge alongside conflicting policy agendas?. Presented at: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014, London, UK, 26-29 August 2014.
Enticott, G. 2014. TB or not TB? Changing understandings of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand. Presented at: Annual North-West Zoonosis Conference, Liverpool, UK, 9 July 2014.
Enticott, G. 2014. Bovine tuberculosis and social science: what is it and how can it help?. Presented at: VI International M.bovis Conference, Cardiff, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Enticott, G., Maye, D., Kirwan, J. and Naylor, R. 2014. Farmers confidence in badger vaccination. Presented at: VI International M.bovis Conference, Cardiff, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Enticott, G., Evans, L., Williams, S., Lloyd, I. and Ward, K. 2014. Cymorth TB: government and private vets working together. Presented at: VI International M.bovis Conference, Cardiff, UK, 16-19 June 2014.
Enticott, G., Brunton, L., Broughan, J., Ashton, A. and Ward, K. 2014. Assessing farm-level spread of bTB at the edge of core endemic areas in England and Wales: an interdisciplinary approach. Presented at: VI International M.bovis Conference, Cardiff, Wales, 16-19 June 2014.
Enticott, G. 2014. Relational distance, neoliberalism and the regulation of animal health. Geoforum 52, pp. 42-50. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.12.004)
Enticott, G. 2014. Biosecurity and the bioeconomy: The case of disease regulation in the UK and New Zealand. In: Marsden, T. K. and Morley, A. eds. Sustainable Food Systems: Building a New Paradigm. Earthscan Food and Agriculture London: Routledge, pp. 122-142.
Enticott, G. 2014. The regulation of animal health and welfare: science, law and policy: governance of livestock disease [Book Review]. Veterinary Record 175, pp. 564-565. (10.1136/vr.g7427)

2013

Enticott, G. P. and Wilkinson, K. 2013. Biosecurity: whose knowledge counts?. In: Dobson, A., Barker, K. and Taylor, S. eds. Biosecurity: The Socio-Politics of Invasive Species and Infectious Diseases. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 91-104.

2012

Enticott, G. P., Franklin, A. and Van Winden, S. 2012. Biosecurity and food security: spatial strategies for combating bovine tuberculosis in the UK. The Geographical Journal 178(4), pp. 327-337. (10.1111/j.1475-4959.2012.00475.x)
Enticott, G. 2012. Performing animal disease and veterinary expertise in New Zealand, 1950-2012. Presented at: Agrifood XIX - Australasian Agri-food Research Network Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 10-13 December 2012.
Enticott, G. 2012. Changing farmers' behaviour: problems and opportunties. Presented at: Animal Health and Welfare Board for England, London, UK, 11 December 2012.
Enticott, G. 2012. Regulating animal health, gender and quality control: a study of veterinary surgeons in Great Britain. Journal of Rural Studies 28(4), pp. 559-567. (10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.05.004)
Enticott, G. 2012. Changing behaviour: problems and opportunities. Presented at: BVA Congress (British Veterinary Association), Liverpool, UK, 27-29 September 2012.
Enticott, G. 2012. Devolving responsibility of animal disease risks to farmers: the case of bovine TB and badger control in England. Presented at: XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Lisbon, Portugal, 29 July - 4 August 2012.
Enticott, G. 2012. Governing disease: experiences from NZ and the UK. Presented at: XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Lisbon, Portugal, 29 July - 4 August 2012.
Fisher, R., Maye, D., Ilbery, B., Enticott, G. and Kirwan, J. 2012. The spatial distribution of bovine tuberculosis in England. Geography 97(2), pp. 68-77.
Enticott, G. P. 2012. The local universality of veterinary expertise and the geography of animal disease. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 31(1), pp. 75-88. (10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00452.x)
Enticott, G. P., Maye, D., Ilbery, B., Fisher, R. and Kirwan, J. 2012. Farmers' confidence in vaccinating badgers against bovine tuberculosis. Veterinary Record 170(8), article number: 204. (10.1136/vr.100079)

2011

Enticott, G. P., Donaldson, A., Lowe, P., Power, M., Proctor, A. and Wilkinson, K. 2011. The changing role of veterinary expertise in the food chain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 366(1573), pp. 1955-1965. (10.1098/rstb.2010.0408)
Enticott, G. P. and Vanclay, F. 2011. Scripts, animal health and biosecurity: The moral accountability of farmers' talk about animal health risks. Health, Risk & Society 13(4), pp. 293-309. (10.1080/13698575.2011.575456)
Vanclay, F. and Enticott, G. P. 2011. The role and functioning of cultural scripts in farming and agriculture. Sociologia Ruralis 51(3), pp. 256-271. (10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00537.x)
Enticott, G. P. 2011. Ethnographic practices and the practices of biosecurity. In: Franklin, A. and Blyton, P. R. eds. Researching Sustainability: A guide to social science methods, practoce and engagement. Abingdon: Earthscan, pp. 37-53.
Enticott, G. P. 2011. Techniques of neutralising wildlife crime in rural England and Wales. Journal of Rural Studies 27(2), pp. 200-208. (10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.01.005)
Enticott, G. P., Lowe, P. and Wilkinson, K. 2011. Neoliberal reform and the veterinary profession. Veterinary Record 169(13), pp. 327-329. (10.1136/vr.d5384)
Enticott, G. 2011. Social Impacts of Bovine Tuberculosis in West Wales. Presented at: Welsh Regional Eradication Boards Annual Conference, Carmarthen, UK.

2010

Enticott, G. 2010. Biosecurity and Risk. Presented at: Researching Food Sustainability: reflections, challenges and the future agenda, Cardiff.
Enticott, G. 2010. Gut feeling: the zoonotic affects of living with disease. Presented at: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2010, London.
Enticott, G. 2010. Living with Bovine Tuberculosis. Presented at: British Science Association Annual Conference, Food Security and Animal Disease, London.
Lee, R. and Enticott, G. 2010. Buying Biosecurity. Presented at: Regulation in the Age of Crisis, Dublin.
Enticott, G. P. 2010. Techniques of neutralising wildlife crime in England and Wales. Working paper. Cardiff: Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University.

2009

Enticott, G. P. 2009. Introduction to the theme section: rural sociology and animal disease. Sociologia Ruralis 49(4), pp. 327-329. (10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00498.x)
Enticott, G. P. and Franklin, A. 2009. Biosecurity, expertise and the institutional void: the case of bovine tuberculosis. Sociologia Ruralis 49(4), pp. 375-393. (10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00496.x)
Enticott, G. P. 2009. Pandemics, epidemics and endemics: the importance of animal health for environmental policy and planning. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 11(3), pp. 263-268. (10.1080/15239080903072638)
Enticott, G. P. 2009. Veterinarian styles of animal health regulation: capture or culture?. Presented at: Surveillance and Nonhuman Life ESRC Seminar Series, Newcastle University.
Enticott, G. P. 2009. Unravelling the multiple expertise of the veterinary protocol. Presented at: XXIII European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) Congress, Vaasa, Finland.
Enticott, G. P. 2009. Theoretical and empirical analysis of biosecurity knowledge transfer interventions in England and Wales. Presented at: Fifth International M.Bovis Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2008

Enticott, G. P. 2008. The ecological paradox: social and natural consequences of the geographies of animal health promotion. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33(4), pp. 433-446. (10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00321.x)
Enticott, G. P. 2008. The spaces of biosecurity: prescribing and negotiating solutions to bovine tuberculosis. Environment and Planning A 40(7), pp. 1568-1582. (10.1068/a40304)
Bingham, N., Enticott, G. P. and Hinchliffe, S. 2008. Biosecurity: spaces, practices, and boundaries. Environment and Planning A 40(7), pp. 1528-1533. (10.1068/a4173)
Enticott, G. P., Boyne, G. A. and Walker, R. M. 2008. The use of multiple informants in public administration research: data aggregation using organizational echelons. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 19(2), pp. 229-253. (10.1093/jopart/mun017)
Enticott, G. P. and Walker, R. M. 2008. Sustainability, performance and organizational strategy: an empirical analysis of public organizations. Business Strategy and the Environment 17(2), pp. 79-92. (10.1002/bse.501)
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Farmers' understanding of biosecurity and bovine tuberculosis : a seminar presented at University of Liverpool Veterinary School. Presented at: University of Liverpool Veterinary School seminars, Liverpool.
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Farmers' understanding of biosecurity and bovine tuberculosis. Presented at: Presentation to Welsh Assembly Government Policy and Stakeholders Group, Cardiff.
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Holy cow! Shambo and the contested solutions to bovine tuberculosis.. Presented at: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference, London.
Enticott, G. P. and Halfacree, K. 2008. Introducing the 'Lie of the Land': From idiom to critique and back again. Presented at: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference, London.
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Evaluation of the south west Wales biosecurity intensive treatement area: final report. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government. Available at: http://cymru.gov.uk/depc/publications/environmentandcountryside/animalhealthandwelfare/diseasesurveillancecontrol/bovinetb/reportofbiosecuritytreatarea/evaluationoftheswwalesareae.pdf;jsessionid=QQQLPD9FfJ4kWSzRdypgfZS5Z07bY7HDhyrhxVYp42XMVVqly41W!-317411
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Health check Wales: impact to veterinary practices. Technical Report.
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Biosecurity, "sound science" and the prevention paradox: farmers' understandings of animal health. Working paper. Cardiff: BRASS, Cardiff University.
Enticott, G. P. 2008. Dirty foods, healthy communities? Hybridity, rurality and the consumption of unpasteurised milk in rural England. In: Cox, R. and Campkin, B. eds. Dirt: new geographies of cleanliness and contamination. London: IB Tauris, pp. 168-177.

2007

Enticott, G. and Entwistle, T. 2007. The Spaces of modernisation: outcomes, indicators and the local government modernisation agenda. Geoforum 38(5), pp. 999-1011. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.01.009)
Entwistle, T. W. and Enticott, G. P. 2007. Who or what sets the agenda?. Policy Studies 28(3), pp. 193-208. (10.1080/01442870701437410)

2006

Martin, S. J. et al. 2006. The long-term evaluation of the Best Value regime: Final Report. Project Report. [Online]. Centre for Local & Regional Government Research, Cardiff University/Department for Communities and Local Government: London. Available at: http://www.bipsolutions.com/docstore/pdf/14946.pdf
Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A. and Enticott, G. P. 2006. Performance failure in the Public Sector: misfortune or mismanagement?. Public Management Review 8(2), pp. 273-296. (10.1080/14719030600587612)

2005

Martin, S. J., Enticott, G. P., Entwistle, T. W. and Chen, A. 2005. Drivers of the performance of public services: An empirical analysis of the impact of current reforms. Presented at: British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference 2005, Oxford, UK, 13-15 September 2005.
Enticott, G. P., Boyne, G. A. and Chen, A. 2005. Working Paper 5: evaluation of local Public Service Agreements: First Target Owners Survey Report. Working paper. London: Centre for Local and Regional Government Research, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Available at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100410180038/http://communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/145980.pdf
Andrews, R. W., Boyne, G. A. and Enticott, G. P. 2005. Performance failure in the public sector: Misfortune or mismanagement?. Presented at: 9th International Research Symposium on Public Management, Milan, Italy, April 2005.
Enticott, G. P. and Walker, R. M. 2005. Environmental sustainability and management reform in local government: an empirical analysis. Policy & Politics 33(2), pp. 297-322. (10.1332/0305573053870130)
Entwistle, T. W., Martin, S. J. and Enticott, G. P. 2005. Leadership and service improvement: Dual elites or dynamic dependency?. Local Government Studies 31(5), pp. 541-554. (10.1080/03003930500293435)
Martin, S. J. et al. 2005. Drivers of performance in local public services: evaluation of the long-term impact of the Best Value Regime. Project Report. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

2004

Walker, R. M. and Enticott, G. P. 2004. Using multiple informants in public administration: revisiting the managerial values and actions debate. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 14(3), pp. 417-434. (10.1093/jopart/muh022)
Boyne, G. A. and Enticott, G. P. 2004. Are the 'Poor' Different? The Internal Characteristics of Local Authorities in the Five Comprehensive Performance Assessment Groups. Public Money and Management 24(1), pp. 11-18. (10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00388.x)
Entwistle, T. W. and Enticott, G. P. 2004. Researching the rural dimension of local public service agreements. Project Report. London: Countryside Agency.

2003

Enticott, G. 2003. Risking the rural: nature, morality and the consumption of unpasteurised milk. Journal of Rural Studies 19(4), pp. 411-424. (10.1016/S0743-0167(03)00023-8)
Martin, S. J. et al. 2003. Evaluation of the long-term impact of the Best Value regime: baseline report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Enticott, G. P. 2003. Lay immunology, local foods and rural identity: defending unpasteurised milk in England. Sociologia Ruralis 43(3), pp. 257-270. (10.1111/1467-9523.00244)
Martin, S. J. et al. 2003. Evaluation of the long-term impact of the Best Value regime: first interim report. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

2002

Ashworth, R. E., Boyne, G. A., Enticott, G. P., Martin, S. J. and Walker, R. M. 2002. Corporateness and organizational performance in local government: An empirical analysis. Presented at: 6th International Research Symposium on Public Management (IRSPM6), Edinburgh, UK, 8-10 April 2002.
Boyne, G. A., Enticott, G., Martin, S. J., Walker, R. M. and Ashworth, R. E. 2002. Best value and English local government: Summary of baseline census results. Project Report. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Entwistle, T. W., Martin, S. J. and Enticott, G. P. 2002. Make or buy: The value of internal service providers in local government. Project Report. London: PSNet.

2001

Enticott, G. 2001. Calculating nature: the case of badgers, bovine tuberculosis and cattle. Journal of Rural Studies 17(2), pp. 149-164. (10.1016/S0743-0167(00)00051-6)

Recent and current research projects:

Defra – Social research project to understand farmer current/ future attitudes to cattle and badger TB vaccination in Britain (2022)
Ministry of Primary Industries (New Zealand) – Factors affecting disease surveillance and reporting (2020-21)
Defra – Decision-making research into farmers’ cattle purchasing behaviour, investigating the current role of TB risk assessment in purchase decisions and appraising future ways to increase the importance of such risk assessment (2019-21)
EU Horizon 2020: Roadmap - Rethinking Of Antimicrobial Decision-systems in the Management of Animal Production (Co-I, 2019-2023)
EU Horizon 2020 – SAPHIR: Strengthening Animal Production and Health through the Immune Response (Co-I, 2015-2020)

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) in Geography, University of Wales, Swansea, 1993
MSc City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, 1995
Diploma in Social Science Research Methods, Cardiff University, 1996
PhD, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, 2000

Career

Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2022 - current)
Reader, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2016 - 2022)
Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2012 - 2016)
Research Fellow, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (2003 - 2012)
Research Associate, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University (2001 - 2003)

I have conducted peer review for the ESRC and for academic journals including Economy and Society, Agriculture and Human Values, Environment and Planning A, Environment and Planning C, Environment and Planning D, Geoforum, Geographical Review, Health and Place, Journal of Rural Studies, Sociologia Ruralis, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, Society and Animals, Policy and Politics, Law and Policy and Political Studies.

Professional memberships

Treasurer of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Rural Geography Research Group (2010-present)
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Member of the Environment Research Group.
Associate member of the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS), 2006-2012.
Associate member of the Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACE), Cardiff University, 2011-present.

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:

- Biosecurity and animal disease management;

- Veterinary expertise and the veterinary profession;

- Farming identities, practices and behaviours;

- Policy and practice relationships between the UK and New Zealand;

- Agricultural and rural change.

Current supervision

Jimmy Weldon

Research student

Contact Details

EnticottG@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 76243
Glamorgan Building, Room Room 2.94, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA

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