Dr Doug Specht

Dr Doug Specht


Higher Education Sustainability Initiative's group on AI in University Management

Member and Other / 01 Apr 2025 - ongoing

Society for Education and Training

Member and Advanced Teacher Status (ATS) / 25 May 2021 - ongoing

Chartered College of Teaching (CTeach)

Member and Chartered Teacher / 25 May 2021 - ongoing

Royal Geographical Society

Chair / 12 Dec 2018 - ongoing

Environmental Network for Central America

Member / 01 Jul 2018 - ongoing

IST/36 - Geographic information

Member / 01 Mar 2016 - ongoing

British Cartographic Society

Chair / 01 Sep 2015 - ongoing


European Journal of Geography

Editorial Board / 01 Aug 2022 - ongoing

Anthropocenes – Human, Inhuman, Posthuman

Editorial Board / 01 Sep 2019 - ongoing

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture

Editorial Board / 01 Sep 2015 - ongoing

Media, Culture & Society

Editorial Board / 01 Jan 2015 - 01 Oct 2018


51st Improving University Teaching Conference

/ 16 Jul 2025 - 18 Jul 2025

Regulating Digital Media in the Global South: What Are the Challenges?

Organiser / 27 Jun 2024 - 28 Jun 2024

Ethics of the Digital

Organiser, Co-organiser and Other / 27 Jun 2023 - 28 Jun 2023

Geo: The Big 5. Future cities, Security

Co-organiser and Chair / 09 Jul 2015 - ongoing


Doctoral ResearcherTitle of ThesisStatus
Ms Sophie DyerDoctoral Research ProjectActive
Ms Saskia HenneckeFraming Futures in Carbon-Dependent Communities: Post-Colonial narratives of climate vulnerability and industry relianceActive
Mr Xuda WangChina's Digital Soft Power in Africa: TikTok, Platform Influence and African User ExperiencesActive