Rob Kitchin
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Robert Michael Kitchin MRIA is an Irish and British[citation needed] geographer and academic. In 2005 he was appointed professor of human geography at Maynooth University (formerly the National University of Ireland Maynooth.
In 1995 was awarded a PhD by the University of Wales, Swansea[1]. His thesis was on Issues of validity and integrity in cognitive mapping research: investigating configurational knowledge.[2]
Career
From 1995 to 1996, Kitchin was a lecturer at Swansea, and was then a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast (1996 to 1998). In 1998, he was appointed to the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He became Professor of Human Geography in 2005.[1]
Between 2002 and 2013, he was also director of NUI Maynooth's National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis.[3] He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography.[4]
Contributions
Kitchin is known for his expertise in the fields of digital technologies, smart cities, data management and governance, geographical aspects of disability, urban and social geography.[5]
