Editorial appointments to Society’s journals

We are pleased to announce the appointment of new editors to the Society’s journals, supporting the dissemination of the latest research in geography.

In The Geographical Journal, a new team has been appointed: Professor Peter Hopkins (Newcastle University), Professor Paul Milbourne (Cardiff University), Professor Joanna Bullard (Loughborough University), Dr Rebecca Collins (University of Chester) and Dr Trivik Verma (University of Bristol). 

In Area, we welcome three new editors: Dr Eli Lazarus (University of Southampton), Professor Mary Lawhon (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Jonny Darling (Durham University). The new editors will be joining Dr Jeremy Schmidt (Queen Mary University of London).

In Transactions, we have appointed six new members to the Editorial Board, Dr Sabina Lawreniuk (University of Nottingham), Dr Francesco Chiodelli (Università degli Studi di Torino), Dr Ida Andersson (Örebro University), Dr Ye Junjia (Nanyang Technological University), Dr Eloisa Berman-Arévalo (Universidad del Norte), and Dr George Adamson (King’s College London). 

Our sincere thanks to all outgoing editors and board members for their hard work and strategic direction throughout their tenure. Our outgoing editors at The Geographical Journal are Professor Parvati Raghuram (Open University) and Professor Rob Wilby (Loughborough University). Professor Darren Smith (Loughborough University) will be leaving later this year.  The outgoing editors at Area are Professor Sarah M. Hall (University of Manchester), Professor Alan Latham (UCL), and Professor Julian Leyland (University of Southampton). 

You can find out about new initiatives and opportunities, across our five scholarly journals, here.