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Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty Helpdesk

+44 (0)1784 276882

Academic staff

Simon Armitage

Professor of Quaternary Science

Deputy Head of Department

Director of the Centre for Quaternary Research (CQR)

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Simon Blockley

Professor of Quaternary Science

Head of Department

Profile | +44 1784 443405

Ian Candy

Professor of Physical Geography

Associate Dean (Education & Student Experience)

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Jennifer Cole

Associate Professor in Global and Planetary Health

Outreach lead

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Eleanor Cotterill

Lecturer in Human Geography

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Vandana Desai

Professor of Development Geography

Associate Dean (Culture & Inclusion), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

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Mike Dolton

Associate Professor (Geography)

PGT Course Lead

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Veronica Della Dora

Professor in Human Geography

Chair of Human Geography

Global University Partnerships

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Felix Driver

Professor of Human Geography

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Gwilym Eades

Lecturer in Human Geography

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Sasha Engelmann

Reader in GeoHumanities

Director of the Royal Holloway Centre for the Geohumanities (CGH)

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Stefan Engels

Lecturer in Physical Geography

AI & Teaching Excellence Lead

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Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière

Lecturer in Sociology and Religion

Course Lead for Sociology

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Suki Finn

Associate Professor in Social Philosophy

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Peter French

Associate Professor (Geography)

Assessment Lead

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David Gilbert

Professor of Urban and Historical Geography

Student Representation Lead

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Harriet Hawkins

Professor in GeoHumanities

Director of Research

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Innes M. Keighren

Professor of Historical Geography

Director of the Social, Cultural & Historical Geography Group (SCHG)

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Ian Matthews

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

Course Lead for MSc by Research

Departmental Data Analyst

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Alice Milner

Professor in Physical Geography

Impact and Knowledge Exchange Lead

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Jay Mistry

Professor of Environmental Geography

Research Ethics Lead

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Oli Mould

Professor of Human Geography

Head of Recruitment and Global

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Caterina Nirta

Associate Professor in Critical Theory

PGR Lead

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Adrian Palmer

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

Omnidrome Lead

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Laurie Parsons

Reader in Human Geography

BSc Environment & Social Change Lead

Geopolitics, Development, Security and Justice (GDSJ) Research Group Director

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Chris Satow

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Outreach lead

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David Simon

Professor of Development Geography

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Rachael Squire

Associate Professor in Human Geography

Head of Culture and Inclusion

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Lynn Tang

Lecturer in Sociology

Senior Tutor

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Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor

Associate Professor in Sociology

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Varyl Thorndycraft

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

NERC DLA Trees Rep

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Sylvia Walby

Professor of Sociology

Director of Sociology Research Group

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Amy Walsh

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Employability Lead

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Katie Willis

Professor of Human Geography

Head of Education and Student Experience

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Research staff

Camellia Biswas

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant: Oppressive Heat Project

Alice Carter-Champion

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

William Hayes

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Fire Governance

Will Jamieson

Post Doctoral Research Associate

ERC-funded Think Deep Project

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Pratik Mishra

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant

Oppressive Heat Project

Cinzia Sandri

Research Project Administrator

ERC-funded Think Deep Project

Cathy Smith

Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Research Associate in Indigenous & Local Knowledges

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Kapil Yadav

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Fire, Livelihoods & Biodiversity

Technical staff

Raymond Aung

Computing and Website Manager

Katy Flowers

Laboratory Technician

+44 1784 443566

Josie Handley

Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology)

Claire Mayers

Technical Operations Manager

Health & Safety Co-ordinator

Jen Thornton

Cartographic Technician

Deputy Technical Operations Manager

Iñaki Valcarcel

Laboratory Technician

Radiation and Laser Protection Officer

Deputy Health & Safety Co-ordinator

+44 1784 444683

Affiliated staff

Peter Adey

Visiting Professor

Adam Badger

Honorary Research Associate

Milford Bateman

Honorary Research Associate

Sian Bowen

Honorary Research Associate

Melissa Butcher

Honorary Research Associate

Mobility, Globalisation, Cultural change, Identity, Belonging, Adaptation, Urban Studies

Toby Butler

Honorary Research Associate

Matthew Clark

Honorary Lecturer

Caroline Cornish

Honorary Research Associate

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Phil Crang

Honorary Research Associate

Olga Hannonen

Honorary Research Associate

David Haygarth

Honorary Lecturer

Ian Henry

Honorary Lecturer

Rupert Housley

Honorary Research Associate

AM Kanngieser

Honorary Research Associate

John Lowe

Gordon Manley, Professor of Geography

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Diego Molina

Honorary Research Associate

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Sofie Narbed

Honorary Research Associate

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Mark Nesbitt

Visiting Professor

Research Leader of Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

André Reyes Novaes

Honorary Research Associate, Assistant Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Saskia Papadakis

Honorary Research Associate

Alasdair Pinkerton

Visiting Professor

Susan Robertson

Honorary Research Associate

Jim Rose

Emeritus Professor of Geography

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Ola Söderström

Honorary Research Associate

Mark Thorpe

Honorary Research Associate

Director, Truth Consulting

Tim Unwin

Emeritus Professor of Geography, and Catalyst of the ICT4D Collective

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Kim Walker

Honorary Research Associate

Peter Adey

Visiting Professor

Simon Armitage

Professor of Quaternary Science

Deputy Head of Department

Director of the Centre for Quaternary Research (CQR)

Profile | +44 1784 276124

Raymond Aung

Computing and Website Manager

Adam Badger

Honorary Research Associate

Milford Bateman

Honorary Research Associate

Camellia Biswas

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant: Oppressive Heat Project

Simon Blockley

Professor of Quaternary Science

Head of Department

Profile | +44 1784 443405

Sian Bowen

Honorary Research Associate

Barbara Brayshay

Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Oral History of the Environmental Movement)

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Eleanor Brown

Honorary Research Associate, Landscape & Geodiversity, Natural England

Melissa Butcher

Honorary Research Associate

Mobility, Globalisation, Cultural change, Identity, Belonging, Adaptation, Urban Studies

Toby Butler

Honorary Research Associate

Ian Candy

Professor of Physical Geography

Associate Dean (Education & Student Experience)

Profile | +44 1784 443649

Oliver Carpenter

Honorary Research Associate

Alice Carter-Champion

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Sopheak Chann

Honorary Research Associate

Matthew Clark

Honorary Lecturer

Jennifer Cole

Associate Professor in Global and Planetary Health

Outreach lead

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Caroline Cornish

Honorary Research Associate

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Eleanor Cotterill

Lecturer in Human Geography

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Phil Crang

Honorary Research Associate

Vandana Desai

Professor of Development Geography

Associate Dean (Culture & Inclusion), Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Profile | +44 1784 443650

James Dixon

Honorary Research Associate, Built Heritage Consultant, Museum of London Archaeology

Mike Dolton

Associate Professor (Geography)

PGT Course Lead

Profile | +44 1784 443575

Veronica Della Dora

Professor in Human Geography

Chair of Human Geography

Global University Partnerships

Profile | +44 1784 443642

Felix Driver

Professor of Human Geography

Profile | +44 1784 443572

Gwilym Eades

Lecturer in Human Geography

Profile | +44 1784 443657

Sasha Engelmann

Reader in GeoHumanities

Director of the Royal Holloway Centre for the Geohumanities (CGH)

Profile | +44 1784 443567

Stefan Engels

Lecturer in Physical Geography

AI & Teaching Excellence Lead

Profile

Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière

Lecturer in Sociology and Religion

Course Lead for Sociology

Profile

Suki Finn

Associate Professor in Social Philosophy

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Suki Finn

Lecturer

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Katy Flowers

Laboratory Technician

+44 1784 443566

Peter French

Associate Professor (Geography)

Assessment Lead

Profile | +44 1784 443571

Clive Gamble

Honorary Research Fellow

Early humans, Prehistoric migration, Palaeolithic archaeology

David Gilbert

Professor of Urban and Historical Geography

Student Representation Lead

Profile | +44 1784 443653

Josie Handley

Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology)

Olga Hannonen

Honorary Research Associate

Harriet Hawkins

Professor in GeoHumanities

Director of Research

Profile | +44 1784 414673

William Hayes

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Fire Governance

David Haygarth

Honorary Lecturer

Ian Henry

Honorary Lecturer

Kate Lewis Hood

ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Rupert Housley

Honorary Research Associate

Andy Howard

Honorary Research Associate, Landscape Research & Management

Will Jamieson

Post Doctoral Research Associate

ERC-funded Think Deep Project

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AM Kanngieser

Honorary Research Associate

Innes M. Keighren

Professor of Historical Geography

Director of the Social, Cultural & Historical Geography Group (SCHG)

Profile | +44 1784 443722

John Lowe

Gordon Manley, Professor of Geography

Profile | +44 1784 443565

Ian Matthews

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

Course Lead for MSc by Research

Departmental Data Analyst

Profile | +44 1784 276530

Claire Mayers

Technical Operations Manager

Health & Safety Co-ordinator

Alice Milner

Professor in Physical Geography

Impact and Knowledge Exchange Lead

Profile | +44 1784 276468

Pratik Mishra

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant

Oppressive Heat Project

Jay Mistry

Professor of Environmental Geography

Research Ethics Lead

Profile | +44 1784 443652

Diego Molina

Honorary Research Associate

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Oli Mould

Professor of Human Geography

Head of Recruitment and Global

Profile | +44 1784 414011

Sofie Narbed

Honorary Research Associate

Profile | +44 1784 443578

Mark Nesbitt

Visiting Professor

Research Leader of Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Caterina Nirta

Associate Professor in Critical Theory

PGR Lead

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André Reyes Novaes

Honorary Research Associate, Assistant Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Adrian Palmer

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

Omnidrome Lead

Profile | +44 1784 443507

Saskia Papadakis

Honorary Research Associate

Roula Pappa

Honorary Research Associate, Curator of Fossil Mammals, Natural History Museum

Laurie Parsons

Reader in Human Geography

BSc Environment & Social Change Lead

Geopolitics, Development, Security and Justice (GDSJ) Research Group Director

Profile | +44 1784 414378

Alasdair Pinkerton

Visiting Professor

Susan Robertson

Honorary Research Associate

David Rooney

Honorary Research Associate

Jim Rose

Emeritus Professor of Geography

Profile | +44 1784 443565

Cinzia Sandri

Research Project Administrator

ERC-funded Think Deep Project

Chris Satow

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Outreach lead

Profile | +44 1784 917110

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty Helpdesk

+44 (0)1784 276882

David Simon

Professor of Development Geography

Profile | +44 1784 443651

Cathy Smith

Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Research Associate in Indigenous & Local Knowledges

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Ola Söderström

Honorary Research Associate

Rachael Squire

Associate Professor in Human Geography

Head of Culture and Inclusion

Profile | +44 1784 276223

Chris Stringer

Visiting Professor

Lynn Tang

Lecturer in Sociology

Senior Tutor

Profile

Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor

Associate Professor in Sociology

Profile

Varyl Thorndycraft

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

NERC DLA Trees Rep

Profile | +44 1784 276122

Jen Thornton

Cartographic Technician

Deputy Technical Operations Manager

Mark Thorpe

Honorary Research Associate

Director, Truth Consulting

Tim Unwin

Emeritus Professor of Geography, and Catalyst of the ICT4D Collective

Profile | +44 1784 443565

Iñaki Valcarcel

Laboratory Technician

Radiation and Laser Protection Officer

Deputy Health & Safety Co-ordinator

+44 1784 444683

Sylvia Walby

Professor of Sociology

Director of Sociology Research Group

Profile

Kim Walker

Honorary Research Associate

Amy Walsh

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Employability Lead

Profile

Katie Willis

Professor of Human Geography

Head of Education and Student Experience

Profile | +44 1784 443643

Kapil Yadav

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Fire, Livelihoods & Biodiversity

Ronda Zelezny-Green

Honorary Research Associate