Professor of Physical Geography

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Job title Professor of Physical Geography Job reference REQ
260551 Date posted 05/08/2026 Final date to receive applications 22/09/2026 Location Loughborough Package Competitive salary within professorial scale Job description

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Full-time and open-ended

Join us and be part of a vibrant community at Loughborough University.

We are seeking an outstanding physical geographer or environmental scientist who combines scholarly distinction with a collaborative, creative and ambitious approach.

You will be an internationally leading scholar in any area of physical geography that complements and enhances our existing departmental strengths. You will bring experience of attracting external research funding, building productive national and international networks, shaping research strategy, and creating exceptional learning environments.

You will embrace our values of being authentic, adventurous, responsible, creative and collaborative, and be proactive in nurturing a supportive and inclusive academic environment in which students and staff thrive.

Universities are one of this country’s greatest assets. We’re educators, employers, innovators and pioneers. We shape culture and society.

At Loughborough, we strive for better, think differently, challenge convention and take action. We are passionate about finding solutions to the major problems faced by society and the planet, and we create opportunities for those with the drive, the ambition, and the determination to apply themselves in the pursuit of better.

The Department of Geography and Environment sits within the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Geography and Environment is a vibrant academic community, internationally recognised for its interdisciplinary, collaborative research focused on understanding our social and environmental futures.

Our taught programmes include five undergraduate and five postgraduate degrees covering a broad range of human, physical and environmental geography themes. We are consistently positioned in the Top 10 in the UK for Geography and Environment in the major national league tables.

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is a diverse and inclusive School delivering excellence in learning and teaching, research, and enterprise across the Social Sciences and Humanities. Interdisciplinarity and international encounters are fostered across six departments:
Communication and Media;
Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy;
English;
Geography and Environment;
International Relations, Politics and History; and…