Judith Rees
Dame Judith Anne Rees,
Education
Rees was born in Nottingham, where she attended Bilborough Grammar School. She then went on to study Economics at the London School of Economics, graduating in 1965. She completed her MPhil and PhD also at the University of London.[4]
Career
Rees joined LSE in 1969 as a lecturer in Geography. Her main research interests include climate change and the governance of environmental resources and risk.[5] In the early 1990s she was the dean of Geography and pro-vice chancellor at the University of Hull. She then became head of Geography and deputy director of LSE until 2004.[6] From May 2011 until September 2012, Rees was the acting director of the London School of Economics. She was the President of the Royal Geographical Society from 2012 to 2015, the first woman to take on this role in the society's history and working with Dr Rita Gardner as Director.[2]
Rees is also chair of the
Awards
Rees was appointed
Personal life
She is married to David Jones, Professor Emeritus at LSE. [citation needed]
References
- ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian Media & News. 26 August 2014. p. 31.
- ^ a b "Judith Rees becomes first female president of Royal Geographical Society". 12 June 2012.
- ^ The Director of the RGS, who runs the organisation on a daily basis and reports to the Council was Dr Rita Gardner, from 1996 to 2018.
- ^ Profile Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine, geographical.co.uk; accessed 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Judith Rees' page at LSE's Geography Department". 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Judith Rees' Staff page at the Grantham Institute –". 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Judith Rees – Research Experts". 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Judith Rees' page at Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy". 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "Judith Rees' page". 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 7.