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Urban Geography has a Frontline Editor opening, to start on 1 March 2025. The post is for an initial term of three years.
Please submit applications by Monday 6 January (17 00 pm GMT).
About the Journal
In 1980, Victor H Winston established Urban Geographyin partnership with the Urban Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. Routledge/Taylor & Francis have published the journal since 2013.The journal is ranked 15/77 in Urban Studies and 28/171 in Geography (2023, JCR classification), with an impact factor of 2.9.Over four and a half decades, Urban Geography has been at the forefront of urban scholarship. As the urbanization of our planet has deepened and extended, and as have been questions some of the older assumptions over the geographies of urban theory, so the intellectual remit of the journal has evolved and expanded. The work we publish and the editors of the journal reflect this.
An international, peer reviewed journal, publishing high quality, innovative and original empirical, methodological and theoretical research, Urban Geography remains, foremost, a geography journal but has a record of publishing work from across the social sciences. The Editors of the journal encourage authors to think of the journal for their contributions to understanding the current and future global urban condition.
Urban Geography publishes 10 issues annually, each containing five to seven research manuscripts in addition to book reviews, editorials, and other special features. The submission and review process occurs online through the Scholar One system.
Please visit https://www.urbangeographyjournal.org/ for additional information.
Candidate Specification
We are seeking a Frontline Editor to join the Editorial team at Urban Geography: Kevin Ward (Editor-in-Chief), Anne Bonds, Ayona Datta and Nathan McClintock (Frontline Editors), Yamini Narayanan (Special Issues Editor), Nitin Bathla (Debates and Interventions Editor), Alan Wiig (Urban Pulse Editor), Julie Ren (Book Reviews Editor) and Joe Penny (Social Media Editor).
Applicants should have recognised expertise and a record of scholarship in the context of urban geography and related subjects, and be actively involved with networks within the field. Applicants should be able to demonstrate strong organizational and managerial skills, an ability and willingness to work collaboratively on editorial tasks and a commitment to the mission of Urban Geography.
The successful candidate is likely to have some experience in editing journal special issues and/or edited books. They will feel comfortable dealing with a wide range of papers using varied methodologies and focusing on cities in a variety of contexts. In particular, we are interested in an appointment that complements the backgrounds of existing editors, which means in this case we are interested in applications with experience of working in and on the different regions of Asia.
Routledge will provide an annual contribution to expenses incurred by the Editor.
Application Procedure
We ask applicants for the position to submit a two-page C.V. along with a one-page covering letter, detailing their suitability for the role, by the closing date of 6 January 2025. We will contact applicants for on-line interview by Monday 13 January and we will schedule interviews for the week beginning 20 January.To submit your application, please E-Mail your documents to Kevin Ward (kevin.ward@manchester.ac.uk) and Sarah Bird (Sarah.Bird@tandf.co.uk), using the subject line of, “Urban Geography Editor”.If you wish to discuss the position informally before applying, please contact Kevin.We will treat all applications as strictly confidential. Routledge and the Editorial Team will judge each on its merits without regard to the race, religion, nationality, or sex of the candidate.