Danny Dorling
British social geographer at Oxford who maps and writes about inequality.
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- Danny Dorling is a British social geographer, born in Oxford in 1968.
- He has held Oxford's chair of geography, attached to St Peter's College, from September 2013.
- The post was the Halford Mackinder Professorship until February 2025, when it became the 1971 Professor of Geography.
- He co-founded the Worldmapper project in 2005 and writes on inequality.
Key facts
- Born
- 16 January 1968, Oxford1
- Education
- BSc Geography, Mathematics and Statistics (1989) and PhD (1991), University of Newcastle1
- Earlier posts
- University of Bristol, 1996 to 2000; University of Leeds, 2000 to 2003; University of Sheffield, 2003 to 20131
- Oxford
- Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography from September 2013, renamed 1971 Professor of Geography in February 20251
- Projects
- Co-founded Worldmapper (2005)1
- Society of Cartographers
- Honorary president, 2007 to 20171
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