Our staff
Staff categories
These are our Birkbeck staff categories within the Department of Geography.
Head of department
- Melissa Butcher, Assistant Dean, Professor in Social and Cultural Geography
Academic staff
- William Ackah, Lecturer in Community and Voluntary Sector Studies
- Andrea Ballatore, Lecturer in Geographic Information Science
- Kezia Barker, Lecturer in Science and Environmental Studies
- Joana Barros, Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information Science
- Becky Briant, Reader in Quaternary Science
- Sue Brooks, Professor in Coastal Geoscience
- Rosie Cox, Professor of Human Geography
- Paul Elsner, Lecturer in Physical Geography and Geographic Information Science
- Stefan Engels, Lecturer in Physical Geography
- Aideen Foley, Lecturer in Physical and Environmental Geography
- Jasmine Gideon, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies
- Ella Harris, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Urban/Cultural Geography
- Mara Nogueira, Lecturer in Urban Geography
- Simon Pooley, Lambert Lecturer in Environment (Applied Herpetology)
- Tarek Qureshi, Associate Lecturer in Social Science
- Olivia Sheringham, Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography
- Shino Shiode, Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information Science
- Penny Vera-Sanso, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies and Social Anthropology
- Paul Watt, Professor of Urban Studies
- Karen Wells, Professor of Human Geography
- Kalpana Wilson, Lecturer in Geography
Teaching and scholarship staff
- Christina Julios, Associate Lecturer in Sociology
- Frederico Matos, Associate Lecturer in Sociology
Honorary Research Fellows
Professional Support staff
- General Enquiries - email geography@bbk.ac.uk
- Chrys Papaioannou - Administrator
- Development and Globalisation (BSc)
- Geography and International Development (BSc)
- Social Sciences (BSc)
- Children, Youth and International Development (MSc)
- Cities (MA/MSc)
- Laura Gittens - Administrator
- Environment and Sustainability (BSc)
- Environmental Management (BSc)
- Geography (BSc)
- Human Geography (BA)
- Hurmine Dormer-Dobson Administrator
- Community Leadership (CertHE)
- Community Development and Public Policy (BSc)
- Geographic Data Science (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)
- Geographic Information Science (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)
- Geography, Environment and Development Studies (MPhil, PhD)
- Shirley Collins – Senior Administrator
- Climate Change (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)
- Environment and Sustainability (MSc, PGDip)
- Geography (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)
- International Development (MSc, PGDip, PGCert)
- International Development and Social Anthropology (MSc, PGDip)
- Social and Cultural Geography (MA)
- Megan Bennett - Team Leader