Derek Gregory

Biography

Derek Gregory is an award-winning political geographer and Peter Wall Distinguished Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. His research focuses on histories and geographies of Modern war, 1914-2014, and he is presently completing two new books, "War material" and "The everywhere war". His latest project concerns casualty evacuation from war zones. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, holds honorary degrees from Heidelberg and Roskilde, And was awarded the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 2006. He blogs at www.geographicalimaginations.com.