John Alan Dawson is Professor of

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

; he is a Geographer, and specialist in retail innovation, Dawson graduated in Geography from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

in 1965 with an interest in urban geography. He then studied for an MPhil on central place theory and the work of the early economists, completing his formal education in 1970 with a PhD from the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...

with a thesis on the post-war changes in retailing in selected European regions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Scotland. He is a distinguished professor at the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences in Kobe, Japan, and he holds a visiting professorship at ESADE Barcelona in Spain. He received a Senior Research Fellowship in 2005 from the Spanish Ministry of Education. He held the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship in 2004 at Saitama University and in 2006 at Kobe University.

Academic Posts

* 1971-1974 Lecturer in Geography,

University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest Academic degree, degree awarding institution in Wale ...

. * 1974-1981 Senior Lecturer in Geography,

* 1981-1983 Reader in Geography,

* 1983-1990 Fraser of Allander Chair of Distributive Studies and Director of Institute for Retail Studies,

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...

. * 1993-1998 Head of Department of Business Studies,

* 1993-2009 Professor of Marketing,

References

External links

John Dawson's Homepage
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