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 DyerCreative methods for reading and writing weather patterns to multiply and historically situate public weather literaciesActive
Ms Saskia HenneckeClimate Futures Storytelling in Indigenous Canada: Postcolonial narratives of climate vulnerability in high-carbon industry contextsActive
Mr Xuda WangChina's Digital Soft Power in Africa: TikTok, Platform Influence and African User ExperiencesActive