Nigel John THRIFT

Biography

Gender Male

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Birthdate 1949-10-12

Education Nailsea Sch, UCW Aberystwyth (BA), Univ of Bristol (PhD, DSc)

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Style Prof Sir Nigel Thrift, DL

Career research offr Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies Univ of Cambridge 1975-76, research fell Dept of Geography Univ of Leeds 1976-78, sr research fell Dept of Human Geography ANU 1981-83 (research fell 1979-81); Dept of Geography St David's UC Lampeter: lectr 1984-86, Univ of Wales reader 1986-87; Univ of Bristol: lectr then reader Dept of Geography 1987-90, prof Sch of Geographical Sciences 1990-2003 (head of sch 1995-99), emeritus prof 2003-, chair Univ Research Ctee 2001-03; head Div of Life and Environmental Sciences and prof Sch of Geography Univ of Oxford 2004-05, student ChCh Oxford, pro-vice-chllr (research) Univ of Oxford 2005-06 (visiting prof 2006-), vice-chllr Univ of Warwick 2006-; hon memb of faculty Dept of Geography UCLA 1984, hon memb of faculty Geographical Inst ETH Zürich 1987, hon research scholar Sch of Earth Sciences Macquarie Univ Sydney 1989, visiting prof Grad Sch of Architecure and Urban Planning UCLA 1992, fell Netherlands Inst of Advanced Study Wassenaar 1993, guest prof Institut für Geographie Univ of Vienna 1998, fell Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences Uppsala 1999, distinguished visiting prof Nat Univ of Singapore 2002; chair Research Assessment Exercise 2008 Main Panel H HEFCE 2005-07, chair Ind Cmmn on HE 2012-, chair IPPR Cmmn on the Future of HE; memb: Research Assessment Exercise 2001 Panel for Geography HEFCE 1999-2001, Geography Panel Leverhulme Prize Fellowship 2000-06, Research Priorities Bd ESRC 2001-05, Bd Higher Educn Statistics Agency 2008-, American Cncl of Educn Blue Ribbon Panel on Global Engagement 2010-11, Bd Coventry and Warks Local Enterprise Partnership 2010-, Nat Curriculum Review Advsy Panel 2012-, Govt Bd European Inst of Innovation and Technol; tstee Cncl for Industry and HE 2011-, tstee Liverpool Sch of Tropical Medicine; cmmr FCO Marshall Fund 2010-; ed: Environment and Planning A; author, co-author, ed or co-ed of 37 books and 200 papers in jls and edited collections, memb 10 editorial bds; RGS Heath Award 1988, RSGS Newbigin Prize 1998, Univ of Helsinki Medal 1999, RGS Victoria Medal 2003, Distinguished Scholarship Honours Assoc of American Geographers 2007, Scottish Geographical Medal RSGS 2009; MA (by incorporation) Univ of Oxford 2004, Hon LLD Univ of Bristol 2010, Hon LLD Monash Univ Melbourne 2013; AcSS 2000, FBA 2003