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Dr Oliver Dunnett

School of Natural and Built Environment

Dr Oliver Dunnett

School of Natural and Built Environment

As a cultural, historical and political geographer, my research interests focus on the ways in which cultures of outer space, science and technology are connected to questions of place, landscape and identity in a variety of local, regional and national contexts. I have concurrent research interests in literary geographies, critical geopolitics and the geographies of popular culture, particularly the medium of comics and the genre of science fiction.

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Research Interests

Geographies of outer space
Literary geographies and geographies of popular culture
Landscape and identity in Britain and Ireland
Historical geographies of science and technology

Funded PhD Project

Placing Astronomy: Landscape, Space and Science at Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916

The project aims to investigate the historical geographies of astronomy at Armagh Observatory, which is the oldest continuously-active astronomical research institution in the British Isles. The importance of place and landscape to the science conducted at the Observatory is evidenced by its position in the wider regional landscape, the situation of several historic astronomical instruments, and its ecclesiastical and civic connections to the City of Armagh. The student, based partly at the Observatory and partly at QUB Geography Department, will be in a unique position to re-appraise the Observatory’s scientific heritage at an important time in its contemporary development. Further details at the link below:

http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/media/sites/teaching/northernbridge/Placing%20Astronomy.pdf

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