Career
He is Professor of Geography and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Durham University. Since 2014, he has been acting Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University. A human geographer, Hudson is a specialist in developmental, economic, political and electoral geography.
In 1972, he became a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Durham University.
He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1984 and to reader in 1987. He was promoted to professor in 1990.
He was head of the Department of Geography from 1992 to 1997 From 2003 to 2007, he was Director of the Wolfson Research Institute, a multi-disciplinary research institute specialising in medicine, health, and well-being. In 2007, he was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of partnerships and engagement.
In 2012, he was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university, becoming the second most senior academic.
From September 2014 to September 2015, he was acting Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University. He stood when Professor Stuart Corbridge took up the appointment.
