Dr Alex Kent

BIOGRAPHY

Alex is Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science and the Director of GeoAcademy. He teaches all aspects of geographic information science, including cartography, GIS and remote sensing, as well as European and political geography. Well known in the international cartographic community, his research focuses on the relationship between maps, landscape, and society. Alex is the current President of the British Cartographic Society, Chair of the ICA Commission on Topographic Mapping and Editor of The Cartographic Journal.