Professorship of Geography

The School of Geography and the Environment and Hertford College intend to appoint to the Professorship of Geography with effect from September 2025. The post will be held in conjunction with a Professorial Fellowship at Hertford College.

The Professor of Geography will be a world-leading physical geographer who can bring excellent and complementary research experience to our current portfolio. We are searching for someone with a cutting edge profile in one or more of the following, as applied to physical geography: computational methods, earth observation, fieldwork, and laboratory methods.

You must be willing and able to act as a collegial leader of diverse groups, and provide leadership, coherence and advocacy for physical geography within the School and more widely. You will be expected to support teaching in physical geography across the School’s undergraduate and taught Masters’ programmes, and to be willing to take on academic administrative roles in the School including acting as Head of School.

You should be able to ensure the School provides a positive and supportive environment and to demonstrate a commitment to supporting and advocating for physical geography research. You should have a world-leading research profile in physical geography (in one or more of the areas mentioned above) with an excellent publication record. You should also have a proven ability to raise substantial funding for research and to provide strategic leadership, and a clearly-articulated commitment to course development, teaching and examining.

The School of Geography and the Environment and Hertford College embrace diversity and inclusion in their recruitment campaigns and would welcome applications from candidates currently underrepresented in senior roles in the University, particularly women, candidates of colour and disabled candidates with diverse backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon (UK time) on Monday 14 April 2025.

If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Professor Heather Viles on heather.viles@ouce.ox.ac.uk enquiries to be treated in strictest confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.