Peter Jackson (geographer)

Peter Jackson, FBA, FAcSS (born 22 July 1955) is a human geographer. Since 1993, he has been Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield. Jackson graduated from Keble College, Oxford, where he also completed a Diploma in Social Anthropology and then a Doctor of Philosophy degree in geography. He then lectured at University College London from 1980 to 1993, the last year as a Senior Lecturer.[1][2][3]

Honours

In 2001, Jackson was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.[1] In July 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[4]

Selected works

  • Maps of Meaning (London: Unwin Hyman, 1989).
  • (Editor) Changing Families, Changing Food (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
  • Food Words: Essays in Culinary Culture (London: Bloomsbury, 2013).
  • Anxious Appetites: Food and Consumer Culture (London: Bloomsbury, 2015).

References

  1. 1 2 "Jackson, Prof. Peter", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Professor Peter Jackson", University of Sheffield. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Professor Peter Jackson", British Academy. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research", British Academy, 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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