Ewan William Anderson (born 28 March 1938) is an English academic expert on
geopolitics
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,
economic
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and
social geography
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. He is also a former English
first-class cricket
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er who played all his games for
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, had held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). Follo ...
; and has exhibited his drawings of trees in both Britain and the US.
Anderson's work has focused upon geopolitics: the application of all facets of geography in political decision-making and development studies. His particular emphasis has been on applied research in the arid and semi-arid zone, with special reference to the Middle East; on water and minerals resources issues; and on international boundary disputes. He is also an expert on child welfare issues.
Anderson is Emeritus Professor of Geopolitics at the
University of Durham
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...
, England. He was also visiting professor of Middle Eastern Development Studies at the
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of ...
, England; Visiting professor at
York St John University
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; Special Adviser to the Strategic Studies Research Centre,
University of Al Akhawayn, Morocco; and Distinguished Research Fellow,
Centre for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, USA. He was visiting professor at all three US armed services academies.
Career
After completing his education at
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is a 2-18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...
and service in the
Royal Navy
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, he attended
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
St Edmund Hall (also known as The Hall and Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university" and was the las ...
, and first played for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1961. His highest score of 13* came when playing for Oxford University in the match against
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
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. His best bowling of 3/69 came when playing for Oxford University in the match against
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
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. He played against the touring teams from Australia (1961) and Pakistan (1962). He also played Rugby for the university.
After graduating, he worked as a teacher at
Downside and
Birkenhead
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schools. In 1972, he was appointed principal lecturer and Head of Geography at the
College of the Venerable Bede, Durham, and in 1979 became lecturer in geography at the
University of Durham
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...
. In 1995 he was appointed Professor of Geopolitics at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham, a post he held until 2001.
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In carrying out research and practical studies on international boundaries, refugee movements, development, strategic resources and transboundary problems, particularly of water, he has worked for many governments and for the United Nations. For six years he was in charge of boundary research for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
. He has also worked as strategic analyst to SACEUR
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(Supreme Allied Commander Europe) at SHAPE
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(Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe), and is a member of the UK Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre panel on future defence issues. For most of his career, he worked with and carried out research for the Royal Navy and retired as a Commander RNR in 1991.
His main fields of study have included :-
*International boundaries, including research for the World Court of Justice and for a number of Middle East national governments
*Water resources and related issues in the Middle East
*International defence issues, including strategy, logistics and procurement
*Child welfare, particularly in relation to boarding schools.
From 1973 to 1991 he was research officer with the UK Boarding Schools Association, Director of the DES Clearing House for Boarding, and edited the journal ''Boarding Education''. From 2000 to 2005, he was honorary professor of residential child welfare at the University of York
The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...
.
He has worked in over 70 countries, contributed to a large number of international research programmes and conferences, and been a visiting professor at universities in Qatar, Barcelona, Malta, and the US. He holds doctorates in geography, politics and residential education. He is a former president of the International Federation of Educative Communities (England and Wales), a member of the Residential Forum and a fellow of th
Dartington Social Research Unit
He was awarded a Leverhulme
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Emeritus Fellowship in 2008 and in 2017, he was awarded a Doctorate of Letters by Oxford University.
In 2011, he was commissioned to draw the Heritage Trees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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. In addition, several exhibitions of his drawings of trees from nature have been held in recent years, at Durham Cathedral
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, the Royal Horticultural Society
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The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...
at Wisley
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, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
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, and the River and Rowing Museum
The River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, is located on a site at Mill Meadows by the River Thames. It has three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, the international spor ...
at Henley-on-Thames
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, as well as in the United States.
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Ewan Anderson, OCLC
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/WorldCat
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encompasses roughly 50+ works in 100+ publications in 3 languages and 4,000+ library holdings.
WorldCat Identities
Anderson, Ewan W.
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*''Strategic Minerals: The Geopolitical Problem for the United States'' (1988)
*''Water Resources in the Arid Realm'' (1992)
*''Atlas of World Flashpoints'' (1993)
*''In Loco Parentis: Training Issues in Boarding and Residential Environments'' (1994)
*''Strategic Minerals: Resource Geopolitics and Global Geo-Economics'' (1998)
*''The Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics'' (2000)
*''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas'' (2002)
*''Residential and Boarding Education and Care for Young People: A Model for Good Practice'' (2005)
References
External links
Tree Drawings by Ewan Anderson
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Living people
1938 births
Geopoliticians
Academics of Durham University
English cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Guild of St George
People from Bromley
Cricketers from the London Borough of Bromley
20th-century English sportsmen