David R. Phillips#
| Membership Number: | 1660 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | China |
| Homepage(s): | https://cms1.ln.edu.hk/socsp/people/academic-staff/david-phillips |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
- 1999 - 2004 Head Politics and Sociology, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies: Founder Director (1998 - 2001); Associate Director (2001 - 2004)
- 2004 - 2008 Academic Dean (Humanities and Social Sciences)
- 1997 - present Lingnan University, Hong Kong: Chair Professor of Social Policy, Dept of Sociology and Social Policy
- 1994 - 1997 University of Nottingham, UK, Professor, Geography (Head of Dept, 1996 - 1997), Honorary Professor, 1999 - 2011
- 1990 - 1994 Director, Institute of Population Studies (WHO Human Reproduction Programme), Senior Lecturer (1990 - 1992), Reader in Health Studies (1992 - 1994)
- 1989 - 1994 University of Exeter, UK, Lecturer, Geography Department (1978 - 1989)
- 1978 PhD University of Wales
- 1974 BScEcon (Geography/Russian Studies) 1st Class Hons; University of Wales
Fields of Scholarship
- Social epidemiology, global health, environment and health
- Population and population change
- Urban change, renewal and redevelopment
- Health, environment and socio-economic development
- Health policy
- Social gerontology
Honours and Awards
- 1995 Academia Europaea
- 2008 Corresponding Member, Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences of Belgium (Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer)
- 1993 Member, British Society of Gerontology
- 1993 Member, Hong Kong Association of Gerontology
- 1996 - 2000 Member, British Epidermo-Epidemiology Society
- 1992 - 2000 Chair, International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Health, Environment and Development,
- 1974 Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
- 2005 Member, Ethics Committee, HK College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
