Kevin John Edwards#
Membership Number: | 3286 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
Elected: | 2012 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Homepage(s): | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/people/profiles/kevin.edwards |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-7205-066X |
Present and Previous Positions
- University of Cambridge: Institute Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute; Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research; Fellow Commoner, Clare Hall
- 2018 Emeritus Professor in Physical Geography, University of Aberdeen
- 2000 Professor in Physical Geography (Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen); 2007 Adjunt Chair in Archaeology
- 1996 Professor of Palaeoecology (Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield); 1996 Head of Department
- 1980 Lecturer in Biogeography (School of Geography, University of Birmingham); 1990 Senior Lecturer; 1992 Reader in Palaeoecology
- 1975 Lecturer in Environmental Reconstruction (Department of Geography, The Queen’s University of Belfast); Research Member of the Palaeoecology Centre
- 1972 Tutorial Fellow (Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen)
Fields of Scholarship
- Palynology
- Human-environment interactions in the North Atlantic region
- Mesolithic (hunter-gatherer) impacts on vegetation in Scotland
- Long-term landscape change in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland
- Early Holocene climate change
- Tephropalynological studies
- Environmental archaeology
- History of science
Honours and Awards
- 2018: Coppock Research Medal and Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
- 2017: UK delegate to the XVIIIth Viking Congress, Copenhagen/Ribe, Denmark
- 2015: Annual Lecturer, School of the Human Environment, University College Cork
- 2014: DSc, 'Studies in Quaternary, Geographical and Archaeological Science', University of St Andrews
- 2014: Panel member for Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology, UK Research Excellence Framework (REF)
- 2013: UK delegate to the XVIIth Viking Congress, Shetland
- 2012 133rd Rhind Lecturer, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland/Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2012 Christensen Fellow, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford
- 2012 Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
- 2011-12 Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall and Visiting Scholar, The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
- 2009 UK delegate to the XVIth Viking Congress, Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2008: Panel member for Geography and Environmental Studies, UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
- 2007 South West of England Quaternary Lecturer (Universities of Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth)
- 2007 The de Boer Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Hull
- 2005 UK delegate to the XVth Viking Congress, Cork, Ireland
- 2002 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 1999 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- 1972 Universities Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
- 1972 Miller Prize as the most distinguished graduating student in the Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews