Danny Dorling
| Daniel Dorling | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 January 1968 Oxford, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields |
Geography Statistics Demography Epidemiology Sociology |
| Institutions |
University of Oxford University of London University of Sheffield University of Bristol University of Leeds University of Newcastle |
| Alma mater | University of Newcastle (BSc Hons., PhD) |
Danny Dorling (born 16 January 1968) is a British social geographer and is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography of the School of Geography and the Environment of the University of Oxford.
He is also a visiting professor in the Department of Sociology of Goldsmiths, University of London, a visiting professor in the School of Social and Community Medicine of the University of Bristol, a visiting fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, and a member of the National Advisory Panel for the Centre for Labour and Social Studies. He is a patron of RoadPeace since 2011) and since 2008 (2017) has been the honorary president of the Society of Cartographers .
In 1989 he became a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (FRSS), in 2003 a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), in 2010 a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), in 2014 was appointed an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (HonFFPH), and in 2015 he became a senior associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine (SARSM).
Born in Oxford, he went to the local state schools, including Cheney School, a coeducational comprehensive and was employed as a play-worker in children's summer play-schemes. Dorling graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geography, Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Newcastle in 1989 and completed a PhD in the Visualization of Spatial Social Structure under the supervision of Stan Openshaw in 1991. His favourite pastime continues to be building sandcastles on beaches.
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