Professor Derek McCormack becomes Head of the School of Geography and the Environment
Professor Derek McCormack has been appointed as the new Head of the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE). Derek succeeds Professor Giles Wiggs, Head of School from 2022.
Derek joined SoGE in 2006 and is a Professor of Cultural Geography. He is also the Tony Lemon Fellow and Tutor in Geography at Mansfield College. Before joining SoGE, Derek taught at the University of Southampton. He received his PhD in Geography from the University of Bristol, and has an MSc in Geography from Virginia Tech. He is originally from Leixlip, Ireland.
Over the course of his career Derek has contributed to several areas of cultural geographical research. These include nonrepresentational theory, geographies of affect, cultural geographies of atmosphere, and elemental geographies.
I am honoured to be taking on this important role from Giles, and excited about working with everyone in the School over the coming years.
Professor Derek McCormack becomes Head of the School of Geography and the Environment
Professor Derek McCormack has been appointed as the new Head of the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE). Derek succeeds Professor Giles Wiggs, Head of School from 2022.
