FoQM have always encouraged academics of various levels to write and study Queen’s Market. Over the years school projects to Masters degrees, PhDs and independent studies and events have been undertaken by people who feel inspired by Queen’s Market. We know that Queen’s Market is a special place and thankfully academics from Canada, Holland and Germany think so too!
We also have a few brainy bods amongst our supporters so they can help your study.
Below are links to recent studies, reports and links that can help you in your studies.
University of Leeds release important report on the community value of Queen’s Market
Over the last few years extensive research has been carried out by researchers and academics from the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds and Queen’s Market in Upton Park was one of their case studies.
Taylor M, Watson S, González S, Newing A, Buckner L and Wilkinson R. 2021. Queen’s Market: a successful and specialised market serving diverse communities in Newham and beyond.
Read the latest report on Queen’s Market by clicking on the link below:
The Big Draw
Photographs of participants’ drawings during The Big Draw:
New Economics Foundation: The World on a Plate
The world on a plate: Queens Market
The economic and social value of London’s most ethnically diverse street market (2006)
Imagination Our Nation Project
Lister Community School visited us in May to give Queen’s Market an award for being “a shining example” of “Friendship within the local community”. Here’s some pictures of a ‘visitor from another planet’ talking to traders, shoppers and the Friends:
Friends of Queen’s Market were invited to Cleves Primary School to talk to the children about the importance of the market. These are some of the responses we received from the children:
To promote and preserve a thriving publicly-owned historic street market 