Our Research Community

We are a world-leading research community of human and physical geographers conducting innovative and impactful research to transform lives and make a difference, globally and locally, addressing the pressing social and environmental challenges of our time.

Our academic researchers and research staff are completing a wide range of research that is Impacting the World, including work that is relevant to the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals and our outputs are actively reshaping understandings of many contemporary global issues and challenges.

Academic researchers

Our academic researchers can also support your Postgraduate Study when working towards a Research Masters or PhD. Click through to their profiles for a more comprehensive picture of their interests and outputs.

Name (Position) / Selected Interests	Name (Position) / Selected Interests
Professor Louise Amoore (Professor) geopolitics technology security	Dr Jessica Lehman Assistant Professor
Professor Ben Anderson Professor politics of affect how life is governed in emergencies cultural geography	Dr Noam Leshem Associate Professor
Dr Penelope Anthias Assistant Professor	Dr Jeremy Lloyd Associate Professor
Professor Sarah Atkinson Professor	Professor Antony Long Professor
Dr Andrew Baldwin Associate Professor	Dr Andrés Luque-Ayala Associate Professor
Professor Mike Bentley Professor	Dr Helen Mackay Lecturer in Physical Geography
Dr Isabella Bovolo Assistant Professor	Dr Lauren Martin Associate Professor
Professor Louise Bracken Professor	Professor Erin McClymont Professor
Dr Matthew Brain Associate Professor	Professor Cheryl McEwan Professor
Dr Sage Brice Lecturer in Human Geography	Professor Colin McFarlane Professor
Professor Gavin Bridge Professor	Professor Glenn McGregor Professor
Professor David R. Bridgland Professor	Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez Assistant Professor
Professor Harriet Bulkeley Professor	Dr Leonie Newhouse Assistant Professor
Dr Patrice Carbonneau Associate Professor	Dr Marijn Nieuwenhuis Assistant Professor
Dr Fiona Clubb Assistant Professor	Professor Colm O'Cofaigh Professor
Dr Rachel Colls Associate Professor	Professor Joe Painter Professor
Dr Nicholas J. Cox Assistant Professor	Professor Marcus Power Professor
Professor Mike Crang Professor / Head of Department	Dr Sim M. Reaney Associate Professor
Dr Jonathan Darling Associate Professor	Mr Ludovico Rella Teaching Fellow
Professor Alexander Densmore Professor / Deputy Head of Department	Professor Dave Roberts Professor
Professor Danny Donoghue Professor	Professor Nick Rosser Professor
Dr Simon Engelhart Assistant Professor	Professor Anna Secor Professor
Professor David J.A. Evans Professor	Professor Philip Steinberg Professor
Professor Richard J. Hardy Professor	Professor Chris Stokes Professor
Dr Paul Harrison Associate Professor	Professor Peter Talling Professor
Professor Robert Hilton Professor	Dr Laura Turnbull-Lloyd Associate Professor
Dr Rebecca Hodge Associate Professor	Professor John Wainwright Professor
Dr Luke Jackson Assistant Professor	Professor Jeff Warburton Professor
Dr Stewart Jamieson Associate Professor	Dr Pippa Whitehouse Associate Professor
Dr Sarah Knuth Assistant Professor	Professor Helen F. Wilson Associate Professor
Dr Karen Lai Associate Professor	Dr Sarah Woodroffe Associate Professor
Professor Paul Langley Professor

Name (Position) / Selected Interests

Professor Louise Amoore

(Professor)

geopolitics
technology
security

Dr Jessica Lehman

Assistant Professor

Professor Ben Anderson

Professor

politics of affect
how life is governed in emergencies
cultural geography

Dr Noam Leshem

Associate Professor

Dr Penelope Anthias

Assistant Professor

Dr Jeremy Lloyd

Associate Professor

Professor Sarah Atkinson

Professor

Professor Antony Long

Professor

Dr Andrew Baldwin

Associate Professor

Dr Andrés Luque-Ayala

Associate Professor

Professor Mike Bentley

Professor

Dr Helen Mackay

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Isabella Bovolo

Assistant Professor

Dr Lauren Martin

Associate Professor

Professor Louise Bracken

Professor

Professor Erin McClymont

Professor

Dr Matthew Brain

Associate Professor

Professor Cheryl McEwan

Professor

Dr Sage Brice

Lecturer in Human Geography

Professor Colin McFarlane

Professor

Professor Gavin Bridge

Professor

Professor Glenn McGregor

Professor

Professor David R. Bridgland

Professor

Dr Paola Moffa-Sanchez

Assistant Professor

Professor Harriet Bulkeley

Professor

Dr Leonie Newhouse

Assistant Professor

Dr Patrice Carbonneau

Associate Professor

Dr Marijn Nieuwenhuis

Assistant Professor

Dr Fiona Clubb

Assistant Professor

Professor Colm O'Cofaigh

Professor

Dr Rachel Colls

Associate Professor

Professor Joe Painter

Professor

Dr Nicholas J. Cox

Assistant Professor

Professor Marcus Power

Professor

Professor Mike Crang

Professor / Head of Department

Dr Sim M. Reaney

Associate Professor

Dr Jonathan Darling

Associate Professor

Mr Ludovico Rella

Teaching Fellow

Professor Alexander Densmore

Professor / Deputy Head of Department

Professor Dave Roberts

Professor

Professor Danny Donoghue

Professor

Professor Nick Rosser

Professor

Dr Simon Engelhart

Assistant Professor

Professor Anna Secor

Professor

Professor David J.A. Evans

Professor

Professor Philip Steinberg

Professor

Professor Richard J. Hardy

Professor

Professor Chris Stokes

Professor

Dr Paul Harrison

Associate Professor

Professor Peter Talling

Professor

Professor Robert Hilton

Professor

Dr Laura Turnbull-Lloyd

Associate Professor

Dr Rebecca Hodge

Associate Professor

Professor John Wainwright

Professor

Dr Luke Jackson

Assistant Professor

Professor Jeff Warburton

Professor

Dr Stewart Jamieson

Associate Professor

Dr Pippa Whitehouse

Associate Professor

Dr Sarah Knuth

Assistant Professor

Professor Helen F. Wilson

Associate Professor

Dr Karen Lai

Associate Professor

Dr Sarah Woodroffe

Associate Professor

Professor Paul Langley

Professor

Research Staff

Name	Position
Dr Katherine Arrell	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Tiago Alves-Teixeira	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Megan Baker	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Matthieu Cartigny	Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow
Dr Hung-Ying Chen	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Ms Julia Costescu	Early Stage Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN)
Dr Michael Cullum	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Mathieu Dellinger	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Hannah Dickinson	Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Alexander Dodge	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Alexandre Dunant	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Andrew Dwyer	Addison Wheeler Research Fellow
Dr Erika Faigen	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Eleanor Georgiadis	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Victoria Habermehl	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Mark Kincey	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Felicity Amelia McDowall	Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Bertie Miles	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Grace Nield	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Ms Mel Oliveira-Guirro	Early Stage Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN)
Dr William Otchere-darko	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Ed Pope	Assistant Professor (Research)
Miss Deborah Priß	Early Stage Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN)
Dr Mohammad Rahman	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Hanna Ruszczyk	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Laura Schoenberger	Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr David Small	Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr Mark Stevenson	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Mr Shubham Tiwari	Early Stage Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN)
Dr Priyam Tripathy	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Linjun Xie	Post Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Jesse Zondervan	Post Doctoral Research Associate

Research video interviews series

A series of short video interviews with members of our research community to give you a better insight into the work that they do, how and why.

Research video interviews

Impacting the World

Our research culture is set up to generate research that is both intellectually innovative and impactful, addressing the key global challenges of our time and providing wider public and societal benefit.

See how our research is making a difference

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Sustainable Development Goals

Much of the research that we do and the impacts that we make are relevant to the pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sustainable Development Goals

Postgraduate Study

Postgraduate study at Durham helps you to develop a range of high-level research, analytic, and communication skills that are transferable to multiple career paths. Our postgraduates are highly valued employees in government, third sector and private agencies, as well as academia.

Postgraduate Study

Contact Us

Founded in 1928, the Department of Geography at Durham University is one of the leading centres of geographical research and education in the world.

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