Rob Kitchin

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Robert Michael Kitchin (born Bromsgrove, UK, Sept. 1970) [1] MRIA is an Irish and British geographer and academic. Since 2005, he has been Professor of Human Geography at Maynooth University (formerly the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

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Education and career

Kitchin graduated from Lancaster University in the UK in 1991 with a geography BSc. The following year, he completed an MSc in geographical information systems at the University of Leicester and in 1995 was awarded a PhD by the University of Wales, Swansea, [2] His thesis was on Issues of validity and integrity in cognitive mapping research: investigating configurational knowledge. [3] From 1995 to 1996, he was a lecturer at Swansea, and was then a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast (1996 to 1998). In 1998, he was appointed to the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He became Professor of Human Geography in 2005. [2] Between 2002 and 2013, he was also Director of NUI Maynooth's National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis. [4] He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography . [5]

Contributions

Digital technologies, smart cities, data management and governance, geographical aspects of disability, urban and social geography.

Honours

In 2013, Kitchin received the Royal Irish Academy's Gold Medal. [4] In 2015, he was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. [6]

Publications

References

  1. "The Programmable City", CORDIS: European Research. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Rob Kitchin: About Me", National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis. Archived at the Internet Archive on 28 October 2011.
  3. "Issues of validity and integrity in cognitive mapping research: investigating configurational knowledge", EThOS (British Library). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Prof Rob Kitchin", Maynooth University. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. "Kitchin, Rob M.", World Who's Who: Europa Biographical Reference (online ed., Routledge, 2019). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. "Rob Kitchin", Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2019.