Head of Department
Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett
Office: Richardson Building, see Reception Rm 4C9
Phone: 64 3 479 8762
Email: michelle.thompson-fawcett@otago.ac.nz
contemporary environmental management, planning, governance and decision-making activities
Chief Course Advisor
(Acting) Master of Planning Programme Coordinator
Academics
Professor Tony Binns
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C19
Phone: 64 3 479 5356
Email: tony.binns@otago.ac.nz
sustainable livelihoods and community-based development
Ron Lister Chair in Geography
Professor Sean Fitzsimons
Office: Richardson Building room 4C13
Phone: 64 3 479 8786
Email: sean.fitzsimons@otago.ac.nz
contemporary geomorphology processes
Professor Claire Freeman
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C21
Phone: 64 3 479 8785
Email: claire.freeman@otago.ac.nz
sustainable community planning and development
Professor Richard Morgan
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C15
Phone: 64 3 479 8782
Email: richard.morgan@otago.ac.nz
environmental management, impact assessment, soils
Coordinator AppSc Programme - Environmental Management
Senior Science Advisor
Professor Etienne Nel
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C24
Phone: 64 3 479 8548
Email: etienne.nel@otago.ac.nz
economic and urban geography
Senior Arts Advisor
Associate Professor Nicolas Cullen
Office: Richardson Building room 4C12a
Phone: 63 3 479 3069
Emails: nicolas.cullen@otago.ac.nz
meteorology and climatology, glaciology, glacier and ice sheet mass balance and climate
on leave Semester 2 2018
Associate Professor Mike Hilton
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C16
Phone: 64 3 479 8778
Email: michael.hilton@otago.ac.nz
geomorphology, ecology and management of dunal coasts
Dr Sophie Bond
Senior Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C12
Phone: 64 3 479 3068
Email: sophie.bond@otago.ac.nz
inequality, identity, power and place
Dr Sean Connelly
Senior Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C25
Phone: 64 3 479 8771
Email: sean.connelly@otago.ac.nz
sustainable community planning and development
Dr Doug Hill
Senior Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C14
Phone: 64 3 479 8775
Email: douglas.hill@otago.ac.nz
rural development, environmental management and food security - South Asia
Dr Daniel Kingston
Senior Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C11
Phone: 64 3 479 8971
Email: daniel.kingston@otago.ac.nz
hydroclimatology, atmospheric circulation
Dr Ralf Ohlemüller
Senior Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 5C22
Phone: 64 3 479 8784
Email: ralf.ohlemuller@otago.ac.nz
biogeography, climate change ecology, conservation
Dr Wayne Stephenson
Senior Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4N4
Phone: 64 3 479 8776
Email: wayne.stephenson@otago.ac.nz
coastal geomorphology and management
Dr Christina Ergler
Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C18
Phone: 64 3 479 4647
Email: christina.ergler@otago.ac.nz
geographies of children's wellbeing in urban environments
on Research Leave Semester 2 2018
Dr Sarah Mager
Lecturer
Office: Richardson Building, room 4C23
Phone: 64 3 479 4222
Email: sarah.mager@otago.ac.nz
hydrology, geomorphology
Ben VarkalisTeaching Fellow
Office: Richardson Building, room 5C12a
Phone: 64 3 479 9241
Email: ben.varkalis@otago.ac.nz
Ben assists with the running of GEOG101, GEOG102, ENVI111 and GEOG290
