Department of Geography

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Prof Tony Fielding

Post:Emeritus Professor (Geography)
Other posts:Research Professor of Human Geography (Sussex Centre for Migration Research)
 Research Professor (Sussex Centre for Migration Research)
Location:Arts C C205
Email:A.J.Fielding@sussex.ac.uk

Telephone numbers
Internal:8034 or 7238
UK:(01273) 678034 or (01273) 877238
International:+44 1273 678034 or +44 1273 877238
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Biography

Biography
Born: 21/11/40
LSE BA Geography 1962
LSE PhD Applied Geography 1965
University of Sussex 1964-
Postdoctoral Fellow 1964-66
University of Illinois (Assistant Professor) 1966-67
Lecturer 1967-93
Reader 1993-96
Ritsumeikan University (Visiting Professor in Economics)1994-95
Professor 1996-
Ritsumeikan University (Visiting Professor in Geography) 1998
Kyoto University (Visiting Professor in Geography) 2001-02

Research Professor 2006-

Ritsumeikan University (Visiting Professor in International Relations) 2006-07

Course Director, Chevening Programme in Managing Migration 2007-09

Role

Research Professor in Human Geography

Interregional migration in France, UK, EU; industrial change and regional development in western Europe; longitudinal studies of social and geographical mobility; urbanization and counterurbanization; urban change in the UK; geopolitics of international migration in Europe; Japanese internal and international migration; urban and regional development in Japan; migration and development in East and southeast Asia; social segregation in Japanese cities; inter-provincial migration in China; transnational immigrant communities in South Korea; new immigration model.

until 2006

Urban and Regional Studies; all aspects of Geography and related areas of the Social Sciences; Migration Studies; Japanese Culture and Society