Prof Iain Hay

Position/s:Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Human Geography and ALTC Discipline Scholar for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
School of the Environment
Phone: +61 8 82012386
Email:
Location: Social Sciences North (312)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Iain Hay is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Geography at Flinders University and former Australian Learning and Teaching Council Discipline Scholar for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. He completed his PhD at the University of Washington as a Fulbright Scholar and received a LittD from the University of Canterbury for 20+ years of post-doctoral work on geographies of domination and oppression. He is author or editor of ten books including Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography (3rd edn Oxford 2010) and Geographies of the Super-Rich (Elgar 2013); General Editor of Springer's 'International Handbooks of Human Geography' series; and has had editorial roles with journals including Applied Geography, Ethics, Place and Environment and Social and Cultural Geography. In 2006, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year. Iain is immediate past-President of the Institute of Australian Geographers. See Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2ecEq5AAAAAJ&hl=en 

Qualifications

Educational

  • BSc (1st class Honours in Geography) Canterbury 1983
  • MA (with Distinction in Geography) Massey 1985
  • PhD Washington 1989
  • GradCertTertEd Flinders 1996
  • MEdMgmt Flinders 2004
  • LittD Canterbury 2009

Honours, awards and grants

  • 2012 Educator-in-Residence, National University of Singapore.
  • 2011 Distinguished New Zealand Geographer Medal, presented by the NZ Geographical Society.
  • 2010 Inaugural Association of American Geographers E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award, for "outstanding contributions to the discipline of geography due to his special competence in teaching and research, especially his work in international education reflecting sustained professional commitments, mentorship and leadership."
  • 2009 Taylor and Francis Award of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers "for excellence in the promotion and practice of teaching and learning in Geography in Higher Education."
  • 2009 The Council of Education Associations of South Australia, Award "in recognition of outstanding contribution to the teaching profession in South Australia."
  • 2008 Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA) Award.
  • 2006 Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year
  • 2006 Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching Excellence (Social Sciences)
  • 2006 Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning "For sustained leadership and scholarship dedicated to improving the quality of geography learning and teaching within Australia and internationally."
  • 2005 Australian Institute of Urban Studies Research Prize
  • Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Flinders University 1995, 2000 & 2005
  • 1998 The Ian Potter and George Alexander Foundations Travel Grant 1996 The Geographical Congress '88 Trust Travel Grant
  • 1994 British Academy Visiting Fellow
  • 1989 Fulbright Cultural Enrichment Grant and Fulbright Professional Enhancement Grant
  • 1985 Fulbright-Hayes Travel Award

Key responsibilities

See summary cv at bottom of this page.

Teaching

Teaching interests

See summary cv at bottom of this page.

Research and supervision

Research interests

  • Economic, cultural and social geography
  • Geographies of domination and oppression
  • Geographies of the super-rich
  • Qualitative methods and research ethics
  • Geographical education

Supervisory interests

  • Cultural Geography
  • Economic Geography
  • Gender and Geography
  • Geographical Education
  • Geographies of the Super-rich
  • Geography and Ethics
  • Human Geography - general
  • Political Geography
  • Social Geography

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Geography (2);

Completion

Principal supervisor: Geography (10);

Publications

Book chapters
Hay, I.M. (2011). From fear to flourish. In Iain Hay, ed. Inspiring Academics. Learning with the World's Great University Teachers. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, pp. 208-212.
Hay, I.M. (2011). Opening doors. In Iain Hay, ed. Inspiring Academics. Learning with the World's Great University Teachers. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, pp. 1-12.
McEwen, L., Monk, J., Hay, I.M., Kneale, P. and King, H. (2010). Strength in diversity: enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses. In Mick Healey, Eric Pawson, Michael Solem, ed. Active Learning and Student Engagement. International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education. Abbingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 131-149.
Hay, I. (2010). Ethical practice in geographical research. In Clifford & Valentine, ed. Key Methods in Geography 2nd Edition. London: Sage Publications, pp. 35-48.
Refereed journal articles
Hay, I. (2012). Over the Threshold-Setting Minimum Learning Outcomes (Benchmarks) for Undergraduate Geography Majors in Australian Universities. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36(4), pp.481-498. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2012.691467.
Hay, I. and Muller, S. (2012). "That Tiny, Stratospheric Apex That Owns Most of the World"- Exploring Geographies of the Super-Rich. Geographical Research, 50(1), pp.75-88. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00739.x.
Marzuki, A., Hay, I. and James, J.A. (2012). Public participation shortcomings in tourism planning: the case of the Langkawi Islands, Malaysia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 20(4), pp.585-602. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2011.638384.
Donert, K., Hay, I.M., Theobald, R., Valiunaite, V. and Wakefield, K. (2011). International Collaboration in Organizations Promoting Geography Education: Exploring Success and Acknowledging Limitations. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35(3), pp.445-455. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2011.589826.
Hay, I.M. (2008). Postcolonial practices for a global virtual group: the case of the international network for learning and teaching geography in higher education (INLT). Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(1), pp.15-32. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260701728534.
Journal articles
Hay, I. and Scott, M. (2012). From Café Communism to Bureaucratic Aikido'. Antipode.

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Book chapters
Hay, I.M. (2011). From fear to flourish. In Iain Hay, ed. Inspiring Academics. Learning with the World's Great University Teachers. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, pp. 208-212.
Hay, I.M. (2011). Opening doors. In Iain Hay, ed. Inspiring Academics. Learning with the World's Great University Teachers. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, pp. 1-12.
McEwen, L., Monk, J., Hay, I.M., Kneale, P. and King, H. (2010). Strength in diversity: enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses. In Mick Healey, Eric Pawson, Michael Solem, ed. Active Learning and Student Engagement. International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education. Abbingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 131-149.
Hay, I. (2010). Ethical practice in geographical research. In Clifford & Valentine, ed. Key Methods in Geography 2nd Edition. London: Sage Publications, pp. 35-48.
Refereed journal articles
Marzuki, A., Hay, I. and James, J.A. (2012). Public participation shortcomings in tourism planning: the case of the Langkawi Islands, Malaysia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 20(4), pp.585-602. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2011.638384.
Hay, I. (2012). Over the Threshold-Setting Minimum Learning Outcomes (Benchmarks) for Undergraduate Geography Majors in Australian Universities. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36(4), pp.481-498. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2012.691467.
Hay, I. and Muller, S. (2012). "That Tiny, Stratospheric Apex That Owns Most of the World"- Exploring Geographies of the Super-Rich. Geographical Research, 50(1), pp.75-88. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00739.x.
Donert, K., Hay, I.M., Theobald, R., Valiunaite, V. and Wakefield, K. (2011). International Collaboration in Organizations Promoting Geography Education: Exploring Success and Acknowledging Limitations. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35(3), pp.445-455. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2011.589826.
Bednarz, S.W., Chalkley, B., Fletcher, S., Hay, I.M., Le Heron, E., Mohan, A., et al. (2008). Community engagement for student learning in geography. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(1), pp.87-100. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260701731553.
McEwen, L., Monk, J., Hay, I.M., Kneale, P. and King, H. (2008). Strength in diversity: enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master's level courses. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(1), pp.101-119. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260701731579.
Hay, I.M. (2008). Postcolonial practices for a global virtual group: the case of the international network for learning and teaching geography in higher education (INLT). Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(1), pp.15-32. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260701728534.
Hay, I.M., Hughes, A.G. and Tutton, M. (2004). Monuments, memory and marginalisation in Adelaide's Prince Henry Gardens. Geografiska Annaler (Series B - Human Geography), 86(3), pp.201-216.
McFarlane, T.A. and Hay, I.M. (2003). Battle for Seattle: protest and popular geopolitics in The Australian newspaper. Political Geography, 22(2), pp.211-232. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0962-6298(02)00090-2.
Journal articles
Hay, I. and Scott, M. (2012). From Café Communism to Bureaucratic Aikido'. Antipode.
Other public research outputs
Hay, I.M. (2011). Editor. Inspiring Academics. Learning with the World's Great University Teachers.
Hay, I.M. (2010). Editor. Qualitative research methods in human geography.

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Professional and community engagement

  • Vice-President (immediate past President), Institute of Australian Geographers 2012-2014
  • President, Institute of Australian Geographers 2010-2012
  • Vice-President (President Elect), Institute of Australian Geographers 2008-2010
  • Chair, Australian Academy of Sciences' National Committee for Geography 2005-2006
  • Chair, Australian Heads of Geography Committee 2002-2004
  • Co-Founder and Director, International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography 1999-2005
  • Invited Member, Australian Academy of Sciences National Committee for Geography 1999-2005
  • Secretary, Institute of Australian Geographers 1998-2001
  • Member of Council, Royal Geographical Society of South Australia 1996-2000
  • Member of Council, Institute of Australian Geographers 1995-8
  • Trustee, South Australian Business Vision 2010 2001-2008
  • Association of American Geographers' International Research and Scholarly Exchange Committee 1992-5

Further information

For further information you can read my CV (pdf document format).



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