Head of School
Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett
Richardson Building, see Reception Rm 4C9
Tel +64 3 479 8762
Email michelle.thompson-fawcett@otago.ac.nz
Contemporary environmental management, planning, governance and decision-making activities
Chief Course Adviser
Academics
Professor Tony Binns
Richardson Building, room 4C19
Tel +64 3 479 5356
Email tony.binns@otago.ac.nz
Sustainable livelihoods and community-based development
Ron Lister Chair in Geography
Professor Sean Fitzsimons
Richardson Building room 4C13
Tel +64 3 479 8786
Email sean.fitzsimons@otago.ac.nz
Contemporary geomorphology processes
Senior Science Adviser
Professor Claire Freeman
Richardson Building, room 4C21
Tel +64 3 479 8785
Email claire.freeman@otago.ac.nz
Sustainable community planning and development
Professor Etienne Nel
Richardson Building, room 4C24
Tel +64 3 479 8548
Email etienne.nel@otago.ac.nz
Economic and urban geography
Senior Arts Adviser
Associate Professor Nicolas Cullen
Richardson Building room 4C12a
Tel +63 3 479 3069
Emails nicolas.cullen@otago.ac.nz
Meteorology and climatology, glaciology, glacier and ice sheet mass balance and climate
Associate Professor Mike Hilton
Richardson Building, room 4C16
Tel +64 3 479 8778
Email michael.hilton@otago.ac.nz
Geomorphology, ecology and management of dunal coasts
Senior Environmental Management Adviser
Dr Sophie Bond
Senior Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 4C12
Tel +64 3 479 3068
Email sophie.bond@otago.ac.nz
Inequality, identity, power and place
Dr Sean Connelly
Senior Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 4C25
Tel +64 3 479 8771
Email sean.connelly@otago.ac.nz
Sustainable community planning and development
Associate Professor Doug Hill
Richardson Building, room 4C14
Tel +64 3 479 8775
Email douglas.hill@otago.ac.nz
Rural development, environmental management and food security - South Asia
Dr Daniel Kingston
Senior Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 4C11
Tel +64 3 479 8971
Email daniel.kingston@otago.ac.nz
Hydroclimatology, atmospheric circulation
On research and study leave Semester Two 2019
Dr Ralf Ohlemüller
Senior Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 5C22
Tel +64 3 479 8784
Email ralf.ohlemuller@otago.ac.nz
Biogeography, climate change ecology, conservation
Associate Professor Wayne Stephenson
Richardson Building, room 4N4
Tel +64 3 479 8776
Email wayne.stephenson@otago.ac.nz
Coastal geomorphology and management
Master of International Development and Planning Programme Coordinator
Dr Ashraful Alam
Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 4N3
Tel +64 3 479 8769
Email ash.alam@otago.ac.nz
Urban geography, feminist political ecology, planning
Master of Planning Programme coordinator
Dr Christina Ergler
Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 4C18
Tel +64 3 479 4647
Email christina.ergler@otago.ac.nz
Geographies of children's wellbeing in urban environments
On parental leave, 2019
Dr Sarah Mager
Lecturer
Richardson Building, room 4C23
Tel +64 3 479 4222
Email sarah.mager@otago.ac.nz
Hydrology, geomorphology
Ben Varkalis
Teaching Fellow
Richardson Building, room 5C12a
Tel +64 3 479 9241
Email ben.varkalis@otago.ac.nz
Ben assists with the running of GEOG101, GEOG102, ENVI111 and GEOG290
