Robert Dodgshon FLSW FBA is a British academic specialising in geography. He has been Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University since 2008. [1]
After graduating from Liverpool University with a BA and then a PhD, [1] Dodgshon became Professor of Geography in 1988 at Aberystwyth University, eighteen years after being appointed in 1970. [1] He also held the posts of Director of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences (1998-2003) and Gregynog Professor of Human Geography (2000-2007) at Aberystwyth University. [1] [2] He is currently serving as an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University, a post he has held since 2008. [3]
As well as having worked as a Professor of Geography, Dodgshon has worked in nature conservation, having been the President of the Society for Landscape Studies from 1998 to 2008. [2] During this time, he was also a council member of National Trust for England and Wales from 2000 to 2008, [2] and a council member of the Countryside Council for Wales from 1997 to 2004. [3]
Dodgshon's primary research interests have been in historical and cultural geography, [3] and he has worked on the history of rural communities and their economy in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; he has written a book about this research. [4]
Robert Dodgshon FLSW FBA is a British academic specialising in geography. He has been Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University since 2008. [1]
After graduating from Liverpool University with a BA and then a PhD, [1] Dodgshon became Professor of Geography in 1988 at Aberystwyth University, eighteen years after being appointed in 1970. [1] He also held the posts of Director of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences (1998-2003) and Gregynog Professor of Human Geography (2000-2007) at Aberystwyth University. [1] [2] He is currently serving as an Emeritus Professor of Geography at Aberystwyth University, a post he has held since 2008. [3]
As well as having worked as a Professor of Geography, Dodgshon has worked in nature conservation, having been the President of the Society for Landscape Studies from 1998 to 2008. [2] During this time, he was also a council member of National Trust for England and Wales from 2000 to 2008, [2] and a council member of the Countryside Council for Wales from 1997 to 2004. [3]
Dodgshon's primary research interests have been in historical and cultural geography, [3] and he has worked on the history of rural communities and their economy in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; he has written a book about this research. [4]