Ewan Anderson

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Professor Ewan William Anderson (b 28 March 1938) is a British academic expert on geopolitics, economic and social geography.

His work has focused upon geopolitics: the application of all facets of geography in political decision-making and development studies. His particular emphasis has been on applied research in the arid and semi-arid zone, with special reference to the Middle East; on water and minerals resources issues; and on international boundary disputes. He is also an expert on child welfare issues.

He is currently (2007) Emeritus Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Durham, England; Visiting Professor of Middle Eastern Development Studies at the University of Exeter, England; Special Adviser to the Strategic Studies Research Centre, University of Al Akhawayn, Morocco; and Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, USA.

Career

After serving in the Royal Navy, he graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford and then worked as a teacher at Downside and Birkenhead schools. In 1972, he was appointed principal lecturer at the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham, and in 1979 became lecturer in geography at the University of Durham. In 1995 he was appointed Professor of Geopolitics at the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham, a post he held until 2001.

In carrying out research and practical studies on international boundaries, refugee movements, development, strategic resources and transboundary problems, particularly of water, he has worked for many governments and for the United Nations. He has also worked as strategic analyst at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe), and is a member of the UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre panel on future defence issues

His main fields of study have included :-
*International boundaries, including research for the World Court of Justice and for a number of Middle East national governments
*Water resources and related issues in the Middle East
*International defence issues, including strategy, logistics and procurement
*Child welfare, particularly in relation to boarding schools

From 1973-91 he was Research Officer with the UK Boarding Schools Association, and edited the journal “Boarding Education”. From 2000-2005, he was Honorary Professor of Residential Child Welfare at the University of York.

He has worked in over 70 countries, contributed to a large number of international research programmes and conferences, and been a Visiting Professor at universities in Qatar, Barcelona, Malta, and the USA.

elected publications

*"Strategic Minerals: The Geopolitical Problem for the United States" (1988)
*"Water Resources in the Arid Realm" (1992) (with C T Agnew)
*"Atlas of World Flashpoints" (1993)
*"In Loco Parentis: Training Issues in Boarding and Residential Environments" (editor) (1994)
*"Strategic Minerals: Resource Geopolitics and Global Geo-Economics" (1998) (with L D Anderson )
*"The Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics" (2000)
*"International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas" (2002)

Further information and main source

[http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/iais/staff/anderson/index.htm Profile, with CV]