Warwick Murray

Who is Warwick Murray?

Warwick Murray is a New Zealand human geographer and Latin Americanist. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1993, where he also gained a PhD 1997. He has held academic posts at the University of the South Pacific, and Brunel University. He is currently professor of human geography and development studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

He has won awards for his teaching, including in 2006 a New Zealand National Tertiary Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence, and in 2007 the New Zealand Geographical Society President's Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2007 he also won a Victoria University Research Excellence award.

As a researcher he has published about 100 books, articles, or chapters in the fields of development and economic geography, focusing especially on Chile and Latin America, as well as the Pacific Islands. He is a commentator on national television and radio on Latin American affairs, and is the author of the textbook Geographies of Globalization, now in its second edition co-authored with Professor John Overton.