PROFILE & ACTIVITIES
Current position and affiliations
- Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy and Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia (2008- )
- Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago (2001- )
- Honourary Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham (2004- )
- Honourary Professorial Fellow, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester (2007- )
- Faculty affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001- )
Previous professional experience
- Professor of Geography & Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (2000-2008)
- Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK (1989-2000)
- National Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (1988-1989)
- Research Associate, Centre for Urban & Regional Industrial Development (previously, North West Industry Research Unit), University of Manchester, UK (1983-1988)
Visiting positions
University of Melbourne, Johns Hopkins University, University of Toronto, UBC, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Oslo, University of Nottingham, University of Manchester, Queen’s University, Belfast, University of Amsterdam, National University of Singapore
Education
- PhD Geography, University of Manchester, UK (1988)
- BA Geography, University of Manchester, UK (1983)
Awards and honors
- Academician in the Social Sciences (2011- )
- Guggenheim Fellow (2006-2007) Geographies of market rule (2006-2007)
- Back Award, Royal Geographical Society, for contributions to new economic geography (1998)
- Choice outstanding academic book award for Work-Place (1996)
- Harkness Fellow, Commonwealth Fund of New York (1995-1996)
- Anniversary Award, Environment and Planning A (1995)
Editorial roles
- Environment and Planning A (co-editor, 1998- )
- Review of International Political Economy (international advisory board, 2011- )
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers (editorial advisory board, 2007- )
- Geography (editorial advisory board, 2008- )
- Economic Geography (editorial advisory board, 1996- )
- Gender, Place and Culture (editorial advisory board, 2009- )
- Regional Studies (editorial advisory board, 1998- )
- Geographies of justice and social transformation book series, University of Georgia Press (editorial advisory board, 2007- )
- Routledge Studies in Economic Geography book series (editorial advisory board, 2003- )
- Co-editor, Antipode (1998-2004)
Academic service
- Vice Chair (research) and Chair, Research Committee, Regional Studies Association (2011-present)
- Chair, Summer Institute in Economic Geography Steering Committee (2003- )
- Trustee, Antipode Foundation (2011- )
- Chair (previously treasurer), Economic Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (2004-2008)
- Member, National Science Foundation panels for Geography & Regional Science and Human Social Dynamics (2004-2006)