Jamie Peck named University Killam Professor
Dr. Jamie Peck has been named a University Killam Professor for his exceptional leadership in both teaching and research as a highly celebrated political-economic geographer. After 17 years at the University of British Columbia, supervising countless graduate students, publishing seminal works, and participating in a wide array of mentorship activities, Dr. Peck’s legacy as a passionate educator and dedicated scholar is widely known.
Jamie Peck receives prestigious Vautrin Lud Prize
The award is considered the ‘Nobel of Geography’ and recognises those who have had a significant impact on the discipline.
A dialogue on uneven development
A new paper, co-authored by Prof. Jamie Peck, discusses past trajectories of uneven development, and what they mean for future research.
Jamie Peck is most Wikipedia’ed person from his UK town
Prof. Peck is the most well-known person from the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, according to users of the world’s largest free encyclopedia.
Jamie Peck receives Regional Studies Association award
The Sir Peter Hall Award for Contribution to the Field recognizes Prof. Peck’s extensive scholarship.
Jamie Peck named Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate
The 2020 list highlights researchers whose work is considered highly influential in their field, and includes 32 scholars from UBC.
Jamie Peck named Fellow of the British Academy
The fellowship recognizes his high international standing and scholarly distinction in the field of economic geography.
Jamie Peck receives 2020 AAG Distinguished Scholarship Award
The honour was awarded by the American Association of Geographers for his “foundational and sustained contributions to the field of economic geography.”
Jamie Peck Named Highly Cited Researcher in 2015
Congratulations Professor Jamie Peck who features in the latest Thomson Reuters “Highly Cited” listing for the social sciences, which measures the 1% most cited researchers in the world by subject field! Across Canada, there are thirteen social scientists on the 2015 list.
Jamie Peck Paper Ranked 4th Most Cited in Sociology Journals
Congratulations to Jamie Peck, whose paper (in collaboration with Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore), “Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways” in Global Networks was ranked the 4th most cited paper in Sociology Journals from 2010-2014!