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Biography I gained a Degree in Geography from the University of Cambridge in 1983, and a PhD from the same institution in 1992 (yes, it took me a while!). I was a PhD student and then a Research Fellow in Cambridge from 1983 to 1989, and then my first lecturing post was in the Department of Geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter, starting in January 1989. I was appointed to a Chair in Geography at the University of Glasgow in 1995, starting in October that year, and it has been my pleasure to research and teach at this institution ever since. From April 2002 to July 2005, I was Head of the Department (of Geography and Geomatics). From 1st August 2005, I have gone back into 'the ranks'. From January 2005, I have been enlisted to the Geography and Environmental Studies RAE Sub-Panel. Research interests My ongoing research interests concern the historical, cultural and rural geographies of mental ill-health, supplemented by scholarship in the following fields as well: social geographies of 'outsiders'; children's geographies; new animal geographies; historical and contemporary figurations of public space; Foucauldian studies; the history, historiography and theoretical development of geography. I have recently brought together much of my historical research on 'madness' and asylums in a substantial book-length treatment: Philo, C. 2004. A Geographical History of Institutional Provison for the Insane from Medieval Times to the 1860s in England and Wales: The Space Reserved for Insanity. Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston and Queenston, USA, and Lampeter, Wales UK (712 pages). Current research I have recently completed an ESRC-funded collaborative project, with Dr Hester Parr (Co-Applicant: University of Dundee) and Dr Nicola Burns (Research Assistant) on 'Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusion and exclusion' (see web pages elsewhere on this site, which includes numerous working and findings papers, and also our final report). I have also recently completed another ESRC-funded project with Dr Eric Laurier (Principal Applicant: University of Edinburgh) dealing with 'The cappuccino community: cafes and civic life in the contemporary city' (see web pages elsewhere on this site, which includes draft conference papers, related materials and our final report). Recent publications | View all publications >> Bond, C.E., Philo C. and Shipton Z.K. 2010. When there isn’t a right answer: interpretation and reasoning, key skills for 21st century geoscience. International Journal of Science Education, in press Philo, C. 2007. 'Scaling the asylum: three different geographies of Craig Dunain Lunatic Asylum'. In Andrews, J., Topp, L. and Moran, J. (eds) Psychiatric Spaces: Architecture, Madness and the Built Environment. Routledge, London, 107-131. Hansen, N. and Philo, C. 2007. 'The normality of doing things differently: bodies, spaces and disability geography'. Tidjschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, v.98, 493-506. Laurier, E. and Philo, C. 2007. ''A parcel of muddling muckworms': revisiting Habermas and the English coffee-houses'. Social and Cultural Geography, v.8, 259-281. Philo, C. 2007. ''Bellicose history' and 'local discursivities': an archaeological reading of Michel Foucault's "Society Must be Defended"'. In Crampton, J.W. and Elden, S. (eds) Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography. Ashgate, Aldershot, 341-367. Philo, C. 2007. 'A vitally human geography? Introducing Georges Canguilhem to geographers'. New Zealand Geographer, v.63, 82-96. Philo, C. 2007. 'Review essay: Michel Foucault, 'Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the College de France, 1973-1974'. Foucault Studies, no.4, 149-163. Laurier, E. and Philo, C. 2006. 'Cold shoulders and napkins handed: gestures of responsibility'. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, v.31, 193-207. Laurier, E. and Philo, C. 2006. 'Natural problems of naturalistic video data'. In Knoblauch, H., Rabb, J., Soeffner, H.G. and Schnettler, B. (eds). Video-Analysis Methodology and Methods: Qualitative Audiovisual Data in Sociology. Peter Lang, Frankfurt-am-Main, 181-190. Laurier, E. and Philo, C. 2006. 'Possible geographies: a passing encounter in a cafe'. Area, v.38, 353-364. Recent research grants | View all grants >> Bond C.E., Shipton Z.K. and Philo C. 2006 Ethics, geology and hazardous waste disposal: interpretational processes and outcomes. £2,998 (Royal Geographical Society/EPSRC geographical grants) Laurier, E and Philo, C. 2002-2005. The Cappuccino Community: cafés and civic life in the contemporary city, c £142,000 (ESRC R000239797) Philo, C., Parr, H. and Burns, N. 2001-2003. Social geographies of rural mental health: experiencing inclusion and exclusion, c£98,000 (ESRC R000238453) Teaching responsibilities * Level 1: lectures on 'Social Geographies of the Countryside and the City' and 'Historical Social Geographies of North America' as part of Level 1 Geography course
* Level 3: lectures on 'Geographic Thought' core course; contributions to 'Geographic Techniques' core course
* Levels 3&4: option courses on 'The Social Geography of 'Outsiders'' and 'The Historical Geography of Social Policy'; contributions to 'Geographyies in and of the Contemporary World' core course; dissertation supervision
* MRes in Human Geography: various contributions; dissertation supervision
* PhD supervision
Current postgraduate students
Isla Forsyth (PhD candidate)
William Hasty (PhD candidate)
Richard Lowdon (PhD candidate)
Cheryl McGeachan (PhD candidate)
Dorothy McGuire (PhD candidate)
Jo Norcup (PhD candidate)
Geraldine Perriam (PhD candidate)
Kim Ross (PhD candidate)
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