Peter James

Career

Born in Tring in Hertfordshire, he was Professor of Political Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne between 1970 and 1996, before joining Loughborough University as Professor of Geography Since 2010 he was worked at Northumbria University. In September 2010 he became a Professor of Geography at Northumbria University.

Achievements

• He is the co-founding editor of the journal Political Geography, and is the founder and Director of the Globalization and World Cities Research Network and is the author of over 300 publications, of which over 60 have been translated into other languages.

Membership

British Academy.