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Professorship of Geography

Applications for this vacancy closed on 20 May 2025 at 09:00AM
The School of Geography and the Environment and Hertford College intend to
appoint to the Professorship of Geography with effect from September 2025. The
post will be held in conjunction with a Professorial Fellowship at Hertford
College.





The Professor of Geography will be a world-leading physical geographer who can
bring excellent and complementary research experience to our current
portfolio. We are searching for someone with a cutting edge profile in one or
more of the following, as applied to physical geography: computational
methods, earth observation, fieldwork, and laboratory methods.





You must be willing and able to act as a collegial leader of diverse groups,
and provide leadership, coherence and advocacy for physical geography within
the School and more widely. You will be expected to support teaching in
physical geography across the School’s undergraduate and taught Masters’
programmes, and to be willing to take on academic administrative roles in the
School including acting as Head of School.





You should be able to ensure the School provides a positive and supportive
environment and to demonstrate a commitment to supporting and advocating for
physical geography research. You should have a world-leading research profile
in physical geography (in one or more of the areas mentioned above) with an
excellent publication record. You should also have a proven ability to raise
substantial funding for research and to provide strategic leadership, and a
clearly-articulated commitment to course development, teaching and examining.





The School of Geography and the Environment and Hertford College embrace
diversity and inclusion in their recruitment campaigns and would welcome
applications from candidates currently underrepresented in senior roles in the
University, particularly women, candidates of colour and disabled candidates
with diverse backgrounds.





The closing date for applications is **12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 14 April
2025**.





If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Professor Heather Viles
on heather.viles@ouce.ox.ac.uk. Enquiries will be treated in strictest
confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

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The School of Geography and the Environment and Hertford College intend to appoint to the Professorship of Geography with effect from September 2025. The post will be held in conjunction with a Professorial Fellowship at Hertford College.

 

The Professor of Geography will be a world-leading physical geographer who can bring excellent and complementary research experience to our current portfolio. We are searching for someone with a cutting edge profile in one or more of the following, as applied to physical geography: computational methods, earth observation, fieldwork, and laboratory methods.

 

You must be willing and able to act as ...
The School of Geography and the Environment and Hertford College intend to
appoint to the Professorship of Geography with effect from September 2025. The
post will be held in conjunction with a Professorial Fellowship at Hertford
College.





The Professor of Geography will be a world-leading physical geographer who can
bring excellent and complementary research experience to our current
portfolio. We are searching for someone with a cutting edge profile in one or
more of the following, as applied to physical geography: computational
methods, earth observation, fieldwork, and laboratory methods.





You must be willing and able to act as a collegial ...
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