Philip Andrew Crang is a British cultural and human geographer. Since 2005, he has been Professor of Cultural Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Crang completed his undergraduate degree at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1986. [1] He remained at the University of Cambridge to carry out his doctoral studies; [2] his PhD was awarded in 1992 for his thesis "'A new service society?': On the geographies of service employment". [3] After finishing his doctorate, Crang lectured at St David's College, Lampeter, [4] and later moved to University College London, [5] where he was Lecturer in Human Geography. [6] He moved to Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2000 and took up the post of Reader in Human Geography. [2] [7] He was promoted to Professor of Cultural Geography in 2005. [8]
In October 2012, Crang was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (later renamed Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences). [9]