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Annual Report 1999: Publications and Research Interests


Academic Staff 1999

W.M. ADAMS, M.A., M.Sc., PhD., Reader in the Geography of Conservation and Development, Fellow of Downing College

Bill Adams works on the relationships between society and environment, particularly on conservation, resources and development in Africa, and on wildlife conservation in the UK.

N.S. ARNOLD, M.A., Ph.D., Unversity Assistant Lecturer (in association with the Scott Polar Research Institute)

Neil Arnold has research interests in glaciological modelling, at the scales of both the growth and decay of Quaternary ice sheets, and the hydrological coupling of daily and seasonal melt production and runoff in valley glaciers.

A.R.H. BAKER, M.A., PH.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Emmanuel College

An historical geographer, Alan Baker has research interests which focus on the changing society, economy, culture and landscape of France during the nineteenth century.

T.P. BAYLISS-SMITH, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of St John's College

Tim Bayliss-Smith's interests range from biogeography to development studies, with a focus on indigenous resource management practices, past and present, in tropical rain forests, coastal environments, islands and coasts and mountains with a regional specialisation in Melanesia and northern Scandinavia.

R.J. BENNETT, M.A., Ph.D., F.B.A., Professor of Geography, Leverhulme Research Professor and Fellow of St Catharine's College

Robert Bennett is an analytical economic geographer with interests in business management and public policy, with a particular focus on SMEs and the agencies involved in regional and local economic development.

A.D. CLIFF, M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.B.A., Professor of Theoretical Geogaphy, Fellow of Christ's College; Head of Department

Andrew Cliff's interests focus upon statistical and mathematical modelling of spatial processes and their application to problems in location theory and spatial diffusion, particularly in epidemiology.

*S.E. CORBRIDGE, B.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College

Stuart Corbridge is a human geographer, whose main research interests lie within the Indian sub-continent, focusing especially on the new agrarian policies which pit rural India against urban India, and on forest management. He also works in the broad fields of development studies and international political economy.

*B.J. DEVEREUX, M.A., Ph.D., Computer Officer, Member of Sidney Sussex College

Bernard Devereux is interested in the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) to environmental problems, with special reference to computational methods.

*J.S. DUNCAN, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Emmanuel College

A cultural geographer, Jim Duncan's interests are in India, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United States, exploring the role which landscapes play in the construction of social and political identities.

Duncan, J.S. (1999) 'Complicity and resistance in the colonial archive: some issues of method and theory in historical geography.' Historical Geography 27: 119-128

P.L. GIBBARD, B.Sc., Ph.D., DOS., University Lecturer

Phil Gibbard is a Quaternary geologist whose interests include Pleistocene geology, sedimentation and stratigraphy, using multi-disciplinary methods to establish the changing palaeogeography of Britain and north-west Europe.

R.E. GLASSCOCK, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of St John's College

Robin Glasscock is an historical geographer whose research interests are in medieval Britain and Ireland, especially rural settlement, taxation and the distribution of wealth, agriculture and the economy.

P.M. GRAY, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University Assistant Lecturer, Fellow of Girton College

Patricia (Mia) Gray is an economic geographer whose research focuses on high techology industries (particularly biotechnology and pharmaceuticals) and their role in regional economic performance, local labour markets and urban regeneration.

P.M.R. HOWELL, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Downing College

An historical geographer, Philip Howell's research interests are primarily in nineteenth century Britain (working class political organisation), but encompassing aspects of political and cultural geography.

A.C. HUDSON, B.Sc., PhD., Joint Assistant Lecturer, Fellow of Fitzwilliam College

Alan Hudson is a human geographer with research interests in issues of globalization, sovereignty and governance in the spheres of finance, trade and North-South relations.

A.R. INGRAM, M.A .Ph.D, Joint Assistant Lecturer and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College

Alan Ingram is a political geographer. His main current interest is in the geopolitics of the post-Soviet states. Other research interests include geopolitics in Eurasia more generally, geopolitical thought in Russia, and the political geography of Russian identity and nationalism.

G. KEARNS, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Jesus College

Gerry Kearns is an historical geographer with interests at the intersection amongst demography, medical geography and the historical geography of cities.

D.E. KEEBLE, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of St Catharine's College, Assistant Director, ESRC Centre for Business Research.

An economic geographer, David Keeble's research interests are in industrial, economic and urban geography, especially industrial location dynamics and regional economic restructuring in Britain and the European Union.

*S.N. LANE, M.A., Ph.D., University Assistant Lecturer, Fellow of Fitzwilliam College

A physical geographer with research interests in water and the environment, including problems of river channel flow, pollution and sedimentation in various environments.

*R.L. MARTIN, M.A., Ph.D., Reader in Economic Geography, Fellow of St Catharine's College

Ron Martin is an economic and political geographer who works on the restructuring of capitalist space economies, the geography of trade unionism and the regional political economy of state intervention, money and finance capital.

L.M. MCDOWELL, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Newnham College

Linda McDowell researches in urban and social geography, and feminist theory, focusing on the changing nature of work in cities in advanced economies and gender divisions of labour.

C. OPPENHEIMER, B.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College

Clive Oppenheimer's research interests include sulfur chemistry and mobility in volcano-hydrothermal systems and crater lakes, measurements of fluxes and chemistry of volcanic gases in the atmosphere, the Quaternary volcanic geology of Africa and applications of remote sensing to volcano monitoring.

S.E. OWENS, OBE, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Newnham College

Susan Owens researches into environmental issues and policies in Britain and Europe; the environmental policy process; land-use planning and environmental sustainability; and the political development of environmentalism. She is a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.

S.A. RADCLIFFE, B.A., PhD., University Lecturer, Fellow of New Hall

Sarah Radcliffe is a human geographer working on contemporary Latin America, with particular emphasis on social movements, social theory and gender relations, and popular national identities and place.

K.S. RICHARDS, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Geography, Fellow of Emmanuel College

Keith Richards is a fluvial geomorphologist with interests ranging from cold and wet to hot and dry environments, taking in hydrological controls, slope stability, soil erosion, sediment yield and, particularly, river forms and processes.

G.E. SMITH, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. Deceased

Graham Smith's research focused on the restructuring of the post-Soviet states and Eastern Europe, including issues of nationalism, ethnic relations and ethnoregional movements.

T. SPENCER, M.A., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Magdalene College, Director of the Cambridge Coastal Research Unit.

Tom Spencer works at the interface between geomorphology and the geological and biological sciences, particularly in tropical environments. He has particular interests in coral reef, mangrove, saltmarsh and rain forest ecosystems.

S.T. TRUDGILL, B.Sc., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of Robinson College.

Stephen Trudgill is a physical and environmental geographer whose current research addresses land use and water quality, and soil hydrochemistry.

B. VIRA, M.A., M.Phil., University Assistant Lecturer, Fellow of Fitzwilliam College. Executive Secretary of the University of Cambridge Committee for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (CIES).

Bhaskar Vira's research has examined the process of institutional and policy reform in India's forest sector, especially since the 1970s. A three-year collaborative research project titled “The Future of India: Population, Environment and Human Development” seeks to highlight the importance of governance and institutions in the context of environmental change in the developing world. He has also written on international trade and the environment, and on North-South issues in the context of environmental decision making.

E.E. WATSON, B.Sc., Ph.D., Joint Assistant Lecturer, Fellow of Newhnam College.

Elizabeth Watson's research interests broadly concern social and cultural change, natural resource management and agriculture, particularly in Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya and Mozambique). Her specific research interests include religious conversion, conflict, post-conflict reconstruction, and the relationship between these processes and environmental management practices.

I.C. WILLIS, B.Sc., Ph.D., University Lecturer, Fellow of St Catharine's College.

Ian Willis is a glaciologist, with particular research interests in glacier climate and mass balance; glacier hydrology; glacier dynamics; and subglacial mechanical and chemical weathering processes and the transfer of sediments and solutes through glacierised catchments.

Research, Technical, College and Affiliated Staff

H.D. ALLEN

*A. BOHR
S. BOREHAM

A.CHEPSTOW-LUSTY

M.D.I. CHISHOLM, Emeritus Professor of Geography

*R.J. CHORLEY, Emeritus Professor of Geography

*A.T. GROVE
M.J. HEAD

I. MÖLLER

*P. MORVANT

B.C. PARRY

P. ROBSON

*J.H. SMITH
*J. STARGARDT

P.C. TZEDAKIS

T.C. WHITMORE

Graduate Students

R.M. BRIANT

L. CAMERON

C.J. KEYLOCK

B. DAHIYA

N.P.A.S. JOHNSON

D. KOSTOVICOVA

S.S.S. LAU