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Professor Lorna Philip

Professor Lorna Philip
Professor Lorna Philip
Professor Lorna Philip

MA, PhD (Glas)

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
l.philip@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272358
Office Address

G21 St. Mary's Kings College Old Aberdeen AB24 3UE Scotland

School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

  • MA (Social Science) with First Class Honours in Geography (Glasgow) 1993.
  • PhD in Human Geography (Glasgow) 2000.
  • 1997 - 1998 Research Assistant, Department of Land Economy, University of Aberdeen.
  • 1998 - 2004 Lecturer, Department of Land Economy, University of Aberdeen.
  • 2004 - 2007 Lecturer, Geography and Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen.
  • 2007 - 2021 Senior Lecturer, Geography and Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
  • 2016 - 2021 Depute Head of School of Geosciences
  • 2021 to date Personal Chair, Geography and Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Past Convenor, University of Aberdeen Ethical Review Committee

External Memberships

Hon. Fellow Royal Scottish Geographical Society

Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)

Fellow of the Academy of Social Science

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

Winner of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Newbiggin Prize 2002.

Research

Research Overview

My main area of research interest is rural socio-economic change.  I have published conceptual and empirical papers about rural social exclusion, population change and ageing in rural communities and rural digital divides.  I have completed research on these topics funded by UK Research Councils and Government Deparments.  

I have supervised eleven doctoral candiates to successful completion of their PhD thesis.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Geography and Environment.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Geography and Environment

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Research Specialisms

  • Human Geography
  • Rural Planning
  • Social Sciences

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

I am co-investigator on a five year programme grant awarded by the Chief Scientist Office, Building Rural-Urban healthCare Equity for Scotland (BRUCES) – a multi-methods, interdisciplinary research programme in cancer, musculoskeletal health and frailty.  This project runs from Sept 2024 - August 2029 and aims to understand how and why health and healthcare for people living in different types of rural communities differs from those living in urban areas, and how we can improve it. The research team drawns together clinicians, academic researchers and patients interested in improving rural healthcare delivery.

I have recently compelted a longitudinal study of the long term impacts of flooding on rural communities, funded by Scotland's Centre for Research Excellence in Water (CREW).

 

Past Research

I have compelted work on three interdisiplinary research projects funded through the University of Aberdeen's RCUK dot.rural research hub: Technologies to support Older people at home:  maximising Personal and Social interaction - TOPS; 'Two Speed Britian' -a dot.rural - Oxford Internet Institute collaboration using data from the 2013 Oxford Internet Survey; and RuralPAWS, a project which adressed digial exclusion in a remote rural case study community.

I have also completed research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council exploring retirement transition migration in rural areas and have undertaken other research examining issues associated with rural demographic ageing.

Supervision

My current supervision areas are: Geography and Environment.

I am currently supervising 4 PhD students who are working on topics including Scotland's National Islands Plan and island population revival, community land ownership and new entrants to agriculture and intergenerational communication as a means of improving the quality of life of older people.

I have supervised compelted PhD research on topics including rural popualtion change, rural ageing, rural community-led broadband initiatives and impacts of next-generation broadband on rural businesses.

Funding and Grants

Selected funded research projects

Assessing the impacts on people and communities following the Decembet 2015 / January 2016 flood events Project funded by CREW, Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Water

RuralPAWS Project funded by the RCUK Rural Digital Economy Hub, dot.rural. 

Oxford Internet Survey Project funded by the RCUK Rural Digital Economy Hub, dot.rural.  G

Technologies to support Older people at home: maximising Personal and Social interaction – TOPS  Project funded by the RCUK Rural Digital Economy Hub, dot.rural. 

The Retirement Transition and the Celtic Fringe:  Mobility Trends and Migrant and Rural Community Well Being Project funded by the ESRC. 

Policy Grid 2 Project funded by the ESRC.

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

I have teaching commitments across the undergradaute Geography curriculum including contribiutions to Level 1 The UN Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Our World, Level 3 Research Design, Level 3 Concepts in Human Geography, Level 3 Globalisation and Masters level Research Methods.  I also deliver a specialist Level 4 Honours Option course, Rural Geographies, and I supervise undergradaute and taught post-graduate dissertations.

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