Peter McGowran, Oxford Brookes University

Peter McGowran is Lecturer in Development Geography at Oxford Brookes University. He teaches courses on disasters, development and human geography. His research and academic activities focus on disaster risk, hazards, political theory, post-structural theory, human-environment relations and related policies. He holds a PhD in Geography from King's College London, where his dissertation focused on the causes and impacts of landslides in the Indian Eastern Himalayas. The author also holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Geography and a Master's degree in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development from Northumbria University.

Positionality statement

The author approaches his academic work from a critical perspective and aims to conduct and communicate impartial research on disasters, geography and the environment.