Klaus Dodds is Professor of

Geopolitics Geopolitics (from Greek γῆ ''gê'' "earth, land" and πολιτική ''politikḗ'' "politics") is the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations. While geopolitics usually refers to ...

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Academia

After taking up a position at the

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, he was appointed to a lectureship at Royal Holloway in 1994. He is the co-editor of the Routledge Geopolitics Book Series with Reece Jones.

Recognition

In 2005 Klaus Dodds was awarded the annual Philip Leverhulme Prize by the

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for "an outstanding contribution to political geography and ‘critical geopolitics'"Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2005
Leverhume Trust. Accessed August 6, 2008. Award citation:"Klaus Dodds had made an outstanding contribution to political geography and ‘critical geopolitics’. His work ranges from historical investigations of British policy towards the South Atlantic and Antarctica in the post-war period, to studies of ‘popular geopolitics’ in the news media and film. He pioneered the study of geopolitical issues focused on Antarctica and southern Latin America, and this work has also had a substantial impact within the foreign policy communities of several countries, including the UK."

Selected publications

His books include ''Border Wars'' (Ebury Press, 2021), ''Geographies, Genders and Geopolitics of James Bond'' (Palgrave 2017, with Lisa Funnell), ''Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction'' (OUP 2007) and ''Pink Ice: Britain and the South Atlantic Empire'' (I B Tauris 2002).

References

External links

Klaus Dodds' Faculty Profile at the University of London
*[http://acdis.illinois.edu/newsarchive/newsitem-ImplicationsofanIceFreeArcticforGlobalSecurity.html Radio interview with Klaus Dodds regarding the implications of an ice-free Arctic for geopolitics and security (November 2009)]
Google Books search on Klaus Dodds
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