Current position and affiliations
- Professor of Geography and Distinguished University Scholar
University of British Columbia
- Visiting Professor, Department of Urban Planning & Design, Hong Kong University
- Visiting Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University
- Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester
- Honorary Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
- Faculty affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Previous positions
- Professor of Geography & Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000-2008)
- Professor of Geography, University of Manchester (1989-2000)
- National Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Melbourne (1988-1989)
- Research Associate, North West Industry Research Unit/Centre for Urban & Regional Industrial Development, University of Manchester (1984-1988)
Visiting positions
University of Amsterdam • UCLA • Education University of Hong Kong • Johns Hopkins University • Lund University • University of Melbourne • University of Oslo • Queen’s University, Belfast • National University of Singapore • University of Toronto • University of the Witwatersrand • Western Sydney University
Education
- PhD Geography, University of Manchester, UK (1988)
- BA (hons) Geography, University of Manchester, UK (1983)
Awards and distinctions
- Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud (“Nobel de Géographie”) (2023)
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
- Distinguished University Scholar, UBC
- Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy (2008-2022)
- Sir Peter Hall Award, Regional Studies Association (2021)
- Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Association of Geographers (2020)
- Clarivate Highly Cited, Social Sciences (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
- Best paper award, Regional Studies (2017)
- Killam Research Prize, UBC (2014)
- Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (2013-2014)
- International Political Economy Group book prize, Constructions of neoliberal reason
- Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2006-2007)
- Back Award, Royal Geographical Society, for “contributions to new economic geography”
- Choice outstanding academic book designation, Work-Place
- Harkness Fellow, Commonwealth Fund of New York (1995-1996)
- Anniversary Award, Environment and Planning A
Service
- Convenor, Summer Institute in Economic Geography
- Managing editor, EPA: Economy & Space
- Co-editor, Economic Transformations book series, Agenda Publishing
- Editorial board member, Alternative Routes
- Editorial board member, Area Development and Policy
- Editorial board member, Annals of the American Association of Geographers
- Editorial board member, Economic Geography
- Editorial board member, Geo UERJ
- Editorial board member, Journal of Law and Political Economy
- Editorial board member, Progress in Economic Geography
- Editorial board member, Regional Studies
- Editorial board member, Regional Studies, Regional Science
- Editorial board member, Review of International Political Economy
- Editorial board member, Territory, Politics, Governance