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Kimberley Peters

Dr Kimberley Peters

Honorary Research Associate / Reader in Human Geography
Geography and Planning
Part of
School of Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering

Contact

Kimberley.Peters@liverpool.ac.uk

Information about me here:

Professional Activities

I have been involved in a number of KE and external engagement activities, related to teaching and to research.

Teaching:
Global governance is now on the A-level curriculum. With this change I have been involved in authoring information to share with schools nationwide, via the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (information here: http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/School+Members+Area/Ask+the+experts/Governance+of+the+oceans.htm) In 2017 I will deliver the annual schools lecture on this topic.

Research:
1) Funded by a Strategic Insight Programme (SIP) HEFCW Innovation and Business Grant (2014-5), I have completed a programme of work that builds external collaborations concerning the role of Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) use at sea in the 21st century. This scoping project established a collaborative link with military and government partners to assess how geographers can add to the discussion of the practical, ethical and legal challenges of MAS.

2) Funded by an Economic and Social Research Council PhD studentship (2007-2011), I have explored the governance of international waters against offshore radio piracy, particularly in the context of the North Sea pirates. This led to a series of media engagements, in print and on radio, discussing the regulation of broadcasting in the 1960s through to the 1990s. Engagements include:

• Article in the AberNews (Issue 38) July 2014 ‘Sounds of the Seas'
• Article in Radio Caroline Fanzine ‘Horizon’ (Issue 140) October 2011 ‘Researching Radio Caroline’
• Article in the Sunday Times, 15th August 2010. ‘Aha, me hearties – pirate radio ship is haunted’.
• Article in Radio Caroline Fanzine ‘Horizon’ (Issue 121) October 2008. ‘Radio Caroline and the geography of ships’

• Radio Interview Bay Radio Aberystwyth 4th December 2013 Hour interview on music, pirate radio and geography.
• Radio Interview BBC Essex 95.3 FM and 103.5FM, 20th August 2011. ‘The Politics of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act’.
• Radio Interview BBC Essex 95.3 FM and 103.5FM, 7th May 2009. ‘The geographies of pirate radio’.
• Radio Interview on ‘Radio Seagull’ 1602AM, 18th March 2009. ‘Studying the pirate radio phenomenon.

Editorships

  • Island Studies Journal (Editorial Board Member, 2016 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Reading, External Examiner for BSc Geography Programme (2017)
  • Lancaster University, PhD (2016)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Royal Institute of Navigation (Member, 2016 - present)
  • Royal Geographical Society (Education Officer, Social and Cultural Geography Research Group, 2014 - present)
  • Higher Education Authority (HEA) (Associate Fellow, 2012 - present)
  • Royal Geographical Society (Fellow, 2010 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Admissions Tutor for Geography and Environmental Science
  • Deputy Chair of Diversity and Equality Committee
  • Education Officer, Social and Cultural Geography Research Group (SCGRG) of the RGS