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Simon Dalby (academic)
Simon Dalby is an Irish-born academic and an author. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Wilfrid Laurier University. Dalby is known for his work on climate change, environmental security, and geopolitics and is the recipient of 1997–98 Carleton University Faculty Research Achievement Award. He has also authored several books, including ''Rethinking Environmental Security'' and ''Anthropocene Geopolitics: Globalization, Security, Sustainability''. Education Dalby earned a B.A. in Geography from Trinity College, University of Dublin, in 1979, followed by an M.A. in Geography from the University of Victoria in 1982. He later obtained a Ph.D. in Geography from Simon Fraser University in 1988. Career Dalby began his academic career in 1979 as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Victoria, serving until 1982. He then joined Simon Fraser University, where he was a Teaching Assistant from 1983 to 1986 and a Research Intern from 1986 to 1988. From 1988 to 1989, he was an Instructo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Toal
Gerard Toal (; born 1962 in IrelandHague, Euan (2004): Gearóid Ó Tuathail (Gerard Toal). In: Hubbard, Phil, Rob Kitchin and Gill Valentine (Eds.): Key thinkers on space and place. London: Sage Pubn Inc. pp. 226–230.) is Professor of Government and International Affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Career Toal holds a B.A. in History and Geography from National University of Ireland, Maynooth, an M.A. in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1984), and a Ph.D. in Political Geography from Syracuse University (1989). He served for ten years as an Assistant Professor of Geography at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, before establishing the Government and International Affairs program in thSchool of Public and International Affairs.He has held fellowships at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute, and the Center for International Studies at the University of Southern California. Toal has authored, co-authored, and/or edited eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |