Paul Curran (geographer)

Sir Paul James Curran (born 17 May 1955) is President of City, University of London. He took up his post in August 2010. Following a period of significant progress, City joined the University of London federation in September 2016. He previously served as Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University (2005–10) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Southampton where he is currently a Visiting Professor. As a member of the senior management team at Southampton, progressing from Head of Geography to Dean of Science, Curran was credited with high-profile leadership as Head of the Winchester School of Art, part of the University of Southampton.

A former NASA research scientist and advisor to the European Space Agency, Curran's research interests include investigations into global environmental change, in particular the movement of carbon between the atmosphere and forests. His award-winning work in Earth observation, involving the use of satellite sensors to monitor the environment at local to global scales, is widely published and he is the youngest recipient of the Remote Sensing Society’s Gold Medal.

In 2007, Queen Elizabeth II approved the award of the Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his ‘international development of geographical science through remote sensing and Earth observation’.

He is Chair of the national Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB), where his influential 2015 report on hospital doctors' contracts supported the move to seven-day-a-week healthcare services; Founding Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Conversation UK; a Member of Universities UK and its Research Policy and Innovation & Growth Policy Committees and President of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society. He was Chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) Board and led the employers' negotiating team in the national pay negotiations;, a Member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and its Remuneration Committee and the Chair of its Audit & Risk Assurance Committee; the Chair of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Higher Education Workforce Steering Group and a Member of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Board and its Remuneration and Audit Committees.

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