Dr Tim Acott
Tim Acott BSc, PhD, FRGSPrincipal Lecturer in Environmental Geography Room: Grenville 218 Email: t.g.acott@gre.ac.uk Tel: 020 8331 9751 |
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Biography
Tim Acott graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from the University of Plymouth in 1989. He subsequently completed a PhD at the University of Stirling and started to lecture at the University of Greenwich in 1993. He has had numerous administrative roles while at Greenwich including Director of Learning and Quality for the Natural Resource Institute. Tim is currently programme leader for BA / BSc Geography and BSc Environmental Science and plays a central role in running the Universities Centre for Sustainability.
Tim's academic interests revolve around a social science perspective on environment and sustainability issues. To explore this subject area he crosses a number of subject boundaries including: Environmental Ethics, Sustainable Development, Landscape, Sense of Place, Environmental Sociology, Social and Cultural dimensions of marine fisheries, GIS, Actor Network Theory, Hybrid Geography, Wildness, Art and Sustainability, Allotments as Hybrid Spaces, qualitative research methods. In addition to his academic portfolio Tim also actively explores different environments through painting and photography.