Hetan Shah - Honorary Vice President

For a period, the GA had Honorary Vice Presidents, and they will also feature on the Blog. The current Honorary Vice President is Peter Jackson, who I will mention in a later post. Their role is advisory and to provide a sounding board for GA activity. They have previously attended meetings of Governing Body. I have previously mentioned Doreen Massey, who had this role.

Hetan Shah was an Honorary Vice President for some years.

Hetan is the Chief Executive of the British Academy, a Visiting Professor at King's College London and Deputy Chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute. 

He served as Executive Director of the Royal Statistical Society from 2011 to 2019.

Professor Peter Jackson on the GA Podcast

Professor Peter Jackson was one of 'whispering' John Lyon's guests for podcasting. He talks about food security in the discussion. Peter serves on the GA's Governing Body, and is also one of the GA's Honorary Vice Presidents.

Peter Jackson's 125th Anniversary summing-up

As part of the 125th Anniversary of the GA, Peter Jackson delivered a session at conference where he looked back and thought about the legacy of past Presidents.

Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, and here is the session for those who may have missed it. There are some spoilers here for the names of future Presidents of course.

The GA - 125 years of Geography from GeoBlogs