David R. Phillips#
| Membership Number: | 1660 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
- 1998 Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University: Founder Director/Associate Director to 2004
- 1997 Lingnan University, Hong Kong: Chair Professor of Social Policy, Dept of Sociology and Social Policy
- 1994 University of Nottingham, UK, Professor
- 1990 Director, Institute of Population Studies (WHO Human Reproduction Programme), Reader in Health Studies (1992)
- 1978 University of Exeter, UK, Lecturer Human Geography, Geography of Health
- BSc Econ, PhD University of Wales
Fields of Scholarship
- Global health
- Health, health policy, environment and socio-economic development
- Population and population change
- Social epidemiology, environment and health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases
- Urban change, renewal and redevelopment
- Social gerontology
Honours and Awards
- 2008 Corresponding Member, Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences of Belgium (Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer)
- 1993 Member, Hong Kong Association of Gerontology
- 1992 - 2000 Chair, International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Health, Environment and Development,
- 1974 Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
