Dr. Debbie Hopkins

Biography

Debbie Hopkins is an Associate Professor of Human Geography with a joint appointment in the School of Geography and the Environment and the Sustainable Urban Development programme in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. She is also an Official Fellow at Kellogg College and an International Research Affiliate at the Centre for Sustainability at Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou/University of Otago. Debbie holds a master's degree in Geography with distinction from King's College London and a PhD from Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou/University of Otago. Her research focuses on climate-compatible transformations, with particular attention to mobility configurations in logistics and aviation. Debbie has extensive knowledge in labour geography, mobilities studies, and critical logistics, reflecting on inequalities within these fields. She is actively involved in leading various research projects, including the UKRI ESRC project 'Trucking Lives: Making Space for People in Truck Driving Work.' Her teaching responsibilities encompass topics in Sustainable Urban Development at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including coordination of subjects related to sustainability and urbanism. As an editorial board member for several academic journals and the Editor-in-Chief for the American Association of Geographers Review Books journal, she plays a critical role in the discourse surrounding transport geography and sustainable tourism.

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