Peter Rowlett
Sheffield Hallam maths lecturer; editor of The Mathematical Gazette; Aperiodical blog and Mathematical Objects podcast.
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- Peter Rowlett teaches mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University, where he is a Senior Lecturer, and researches educational practice in university mathematics.
- He is a maths communicator: he edits and writes for The Aperiodical, a blog for people who already like maths, and makes the podcast Mathematical Objects with Katie Steckles.
- In 2026 he became editor of The Mathematical Gazette.
Key facts
- Current role
- Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, where he has worked from 20152
- Editor
- The Mathematical Gazette (Taylor & Francis), from 2026; earlier MSOR Connections, from 2014 to 20242
- The Aperiodical
- Editor of the maths blog from 20122
- Podcast
- Mathematical Objects, with Katie Steckles: a chat about mathematics using an object as inspiration1
- Education
- BSc Mathematics, University of Nottingham (2002); MSc (2004) and PhD (2014), Nottingham Trent University2
- Before Sheffield Hallam
- Lecturer, then Principal Lecturer in Mathematics, Nottingham Trent University, from 2013 to 20152
- Other roles
- Formerly Vice President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications2
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