prof phil rees
Email: p.h.rees@leeds.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0 in UK) 113 34 33341
Student hours: Open, when in office
SHORT CV
Present Position
- Professor of Population Geography
Previous Posts
- 2006-2008 Research Postgraduate Tutor, School of Geography, University of Leeds
- 2001-2004 Head, School of Geography, University of Leeds
- 1992-2002 Co-ordinator (part-time) ESRC/JISC Census of Population Programme
- 1990-2009 Professor of Population Geography, University of Leeds
- 1980-1990 Reader, University of Leeds
- 1970-1980 Lecturer, University of Leeds
- 1966-1970 Research Assistant (part-time) University of Chicago
Qualifications & Education
- 1973 PhD Geography, Chicago
- 1970 MA Geography, Cambridge
- 1968 MA Geography, Chicago
- 1966 BA Geography (Double First) Cambridge
Membership of Learned Societies
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
- Chair, Population Geography Research Group, RGS-IBG, 2004-7
- Chair, Third International Conference on Population Geographies, Liverpool, 2006
- Member, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
- British Society for Population Studies
- Regional Science Association,
- British Section, Australian Population Association
- European Association for Population Studies
Other Details
Awards & Honours
- 2004 Commander of the British Empire
- 1998 Fellow of the British Academy
- 1996 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, University of Adelaide
- 1996 Gill Memorial Award, Royal Geographical Society
- 1995 Hofstee Visiting Fellowship, Netherlands Inter-disciplinary Demographic Institute, Den Haag
Committee Membership
- Member, ESRC Research Resources Board, 2003-7
- Member, Department of Health, Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation 2006-9
- Member, UK Census Design and Methodology Advisory Committee, National Statistics, 2005-9
- Member, National Population Projections Expert Advisory Group, National Statistics 2005, 2008 & 2009
- Member, Academic Advisory Group, National Statistics 2001-9
- Member, Scholarships Committee, University of Leeds 2006-08
- Member, RAE Review Group 2, University of Leeds 2005-7