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Department of Environment and Geography - Human Geography

Richie Howitt

Department of Environment and Geography
Faculty of Science
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Australia
Homepage http://www.es.mq.edu.au/rhowitt/
Email richie.-howittmq.-edu.-au
Position Professor
Room No. E7A609
Telephone+61-(0)2-9850 8386
Fax +61-(0)2-9850 6052

Profile

My professional practice as a geographer includes work in the fields of human rights, indigenous rights, environmental justice, sustainability and social theory. I have undertaken major social impact studies for various Aboriginal groups, and contributed to native title and mining negotiations in several areas. My current research focuses on the interfaces between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, considering the fragile geographies of coexistence, avenues for sustainable and just development in remote communities and the implications of relational concepts of geographical scale for our analysis of and responses to these situations.

I was first appointed to Macquarie in 1992, and previously worked at the University of Sydney, the Commonwealth Aboriginal Education Service and the NSW Department of Education as a primary school teacher. My teaching covers areas of cultural, social and environmental geography at undergraduate, honours, Masters and PhD levels.

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External Appointments

  • Treasurer, Institute of Australian Geographers (1999-2002)
  • Editorial Board / Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2005-present)
  • Member, US Transportation Review Board, Committee on Environmental Justice in Transportation (2005-present)
  • Editorial Board, Geography Campus (2007-present)

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Awards

  • 1989-1991 QEII Research Fellowship in Human Geography University of Sydney
  • 1999 Macquarie University Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 1999 Australian Award for University Teaching (Social Science)
  • 2005 Distinguished Fellowship, Institute of Australian Geographers

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