Emeritus Professor of Human Geography

Contact Details

• Email: ian.bowler@virgin.net 

I moved to the University of Leicester in 1973, after completing my first appointment at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). Since then I have moved through Senior Lecturer and Reader posts in the Department of Geography to my present chair as Professor of Human Geography.

Research Interests

My recent research interests have included endogenous agricultural development, sustainable rural development, the geography of food, speciality food products, and the disposal of urban wastes on agricultural land. Specific research projects in hand are focussed on (1) the development of speciality foods within the food supply system; (2) discourses in the development of genetically modified organisms (GMO); and (3) local rural development within the European Union.

Selected Publications

Bowler, I.R. Bryan C.R., and Cocklin, C. (2001). Sustainable Rural Systems: Geographical Perspectives. Kluwer, London

Atkins, P. and Bowler, I.R. (2000) Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography. Arnold, London.

Baudry, J., Bowler, I.R., Kronert, R. and Reenberg, A.(eds) (1999) Land Use Changes and their Environmental Impact in Rural Areas in Europe. 1999. UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Series 24. Parthenon Publishing, New York.

Bowler, I.R., and Laurent,C. (eds) (1997). CAP and the Regions: Building a Multidisciplinary Framework for the Analysis of the EU Agricultural Space. INRA, Versailles.

Bowler, I.R. (ed) (1992) The Geography of Agriculture in Developed Market Economies. Longman, Harlow.