Peter James Taylor (born 21 November 1944) is an

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. Born in Calverton in

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, he was Professor of Political Geography at the

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between 1970 and 1996, before joining

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when ...

as Professor of Geography Since 2010, he has worked at

Northumbria University , mottoeng = A lifetime of learning , established = 1877 - Rutherford College of Technology1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic1992 - gained university status , type = Public , budget = � ...

. He is the co-founding editor of the journal Political Geography, and is the founder and director of the

Globalization and World Cities Research Network The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization. It is based in the geography department of Loughborough University in Leicestershir ...

and is the author of over 300 publications, of which over 60 have been translated into other languages. In September 2010, he became a Professor of Geography at

. In 2004, Taylor was elected a Fellow of the

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's

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Publications

* ''International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities'' (2011) * ''Political Geography: World-Economy, Nation-State, Locality'' (2011) * ''Global Urban Analysis: a Survey of Cities in Globalization'' (2010) * ''Cities in Globalization'' (2006) * ''World City Network: a Global Urban Analysis'' (2004) * ''Modernities: a Geohistorical Introduction'' (1999) * ''The Way the Modern World Works: from World Hegemony to World Impasse'' (1996)

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Professor Peter Taylor
, homepage at Department of Geography, Loughborough University
Professor Peter J Taylor
homepage at Department of Geography and Environment, Northumbria University Urban theorists British geographers Political geographers Academics of Loughborough University Academics of Northumbria University Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Fellows of the British Academy People educated at Henry Mellish Grammar School 1944 births Living people People from Calverton, Nottinghamshire {{UK-academic-bio-stub