Biography

I graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1976, and then spent a year as a Special Student at Harvard University. I returned to Cambridge from 1977-9, studying for my PhD, then moved to a lectureship at Queen Mary, University of London.  I was awarded my PhD in 1984 and was promoted to a Readership at Queen Mary in 1995.  I moved from Queen Mary to Portsmouth in 2000.

Research interests

  • History of the North-South divide in Britain
  • Data models for gazetteers and geospatial ontologies
  • Long-run impacts of locality characteristics on health inequalities
  • The role of travellers in the development of political life

Research outputs

2024

The 2024 General Election and the rise of Reform UK

Aucott, P., Heath, O., Prosser, C., Southall, H.

30 Nov 2024, In: Political Quarterly

Election 2024: these are the races to watch

Aucott, P., Heath, O., Prosser, C., Southall, H.

25 Jun 2024, In: The Conversation

Ten seats where Reform poses a threat to the Tories

Aucott, P., Heath, O., Prosser, C., Southall, H.

20 Jun 2024, In: The Conversation

2023

Linking climate warming and land conversion to species’ range changes across Great Britain

Aucott, P., Auffret, A. G., Beale, C. M., Fox, R., Hill, J. K., Isaac, N. J., Martay, B., Southall, H., Suggitt, A. J., Thomas, C. D., Walker, K. J., Wheatley, C. J.

30 Oct 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 9p., 6759

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