Rob Kitchin holds an undergraduate degree in Geography from Lancaster University, a MSc in GIS from the University of Leicester, and a PhD from the University of Wales Swansea. From 1996 to 1998 he worked as a lecturer in Queens University of Belfast before moving to take a post in NUI Maynooth. In 2002 he was appointed Director of NIRSA, a role he performed until 2013. He is presently an ERC Advanced Investigator and PI of the Programmable City project. He has published widely across the social sciences, including 23 books and over 140 articles and book chapters. He is editor of the international journals, Progress in Human Geography (ISI rank 2/61) and Dialogues in Human Geography, and for eleven years was the editor of Social and Cultural Geography. He was the editor-in-chief of the 12 volume, International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, and edits two book series, Irish Society and Key Concepts in Geography. He has successfully written or been a principal investigator on forty grants, totalling c.€34m, including funding from PRTLI 2, 4, 5, IRC, ERC, SFI, ESRC, NSF, Interreg and RIA. He has undertaken research for a wide range of bodies including government departments, semi-stage agencies, NGOs, and community groups. To date he has organized over 20 conferences and workshops, and been invited to present over 120 talks at conferences and universities in over a dozen countries. His research has been widely covered in national and international media. His book ‘Code/Space’ (with Martin Dodge) won the Association of American Geographers ‘Meridian Book Award’ for the outstanding book in the discipline in 2011 and a ‘CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2011′ award from the American Library Association. He was the 2013 recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for the Social Sciences. He is also the author of four novels and two collections of short stories.
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