Emeritus Professor Iain Hay

Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

place Humanities
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Emeritus Distinguished Professor Iain Hay is inaugural Director of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia and Chair of the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Geographical Sciences. He is also member-elected Director of HCi (Health Care Insurance).

Earlier roles include: Academic Dean at Australian Institute of Business; foundation Dean (Education) of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University; and Australian Learning and Teaching Council Discipline Scholar for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. He served earlier as Head of the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management at Flinders University.

Iain Hay completed a PhD at the University of Washington as a Fulbright Scholar and a higher doctorate (LittD) with the University of Canterbury, NZ. His books have sold in excess of 100,000 copies. He maintains numerous journal and book series editorial roles and is former Editor-in-Chief of Geographical Research, foundation Australasian Commissioning Editor for Journal of Geography in Higher Education, and he co-founded the journal Ethics, Place and Environment.

Professor Hay has been widely recognised for contributions to geography, professional service, and higher education (e.g. 2006 Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year; 2021 AAG Fellow; 2024 IGU Laureat d'Honneur)

Over his career Professor Hay has held visiting appointments such as: University of Bristol's Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorship; British Academy Visiting Fellowship; Fellowship of the University of Edinburgh's International Social Sciences Institute; and National University of Singapore's Educator-in-Residence.

Iain Hay's service to geography over the 30+ years includes: First Vice-President of the International Geographical Union, President of the Institute of Australian Geographers, and cofounder of the International Network of Learning and Teaching geography in higher education.

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
Key responsibilities

See summary cv

Successful supervision of 14 PhD theses. (See attached list of students and their achievements)

Teaching interests

See summary cv.

Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy.

Fellow, Australian College of Educators.

Foundation Member, Flinders University College of Distinguished Educators.

Board Member, SACE Board of South Australia (South Australian Certificate of Education).

Member, Accreditation, Recognition and Certification Committee, SACE Board of South Australia.

Governor, St Peter's Girls' School.

Member, Senior Common Room. St Mark's College

Further information

Iain Hay is interested in geographies of oppression and domination, wealth and income inequality, the super-rich and human-environment relations. He also has a significant record of scholarly work on research ethics and learning and teaching.

For further information see below for a summary cv (pdf document).

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6305-061X

Scopus Author ID: 34770775800

Summary cv May 2024 (pdf)