Professor Tony Binns wins the ’Distinguished New Zealand Geographer’ medal

Tony Binns, who taught for many years in geography at Sussex, and is now a Visiting Professorial Fellow in the Department, has won the ' Distinguished New Zealand Geographer ' medal of the New Zealand Geographical Society. Professor Binns is an expert on African development, and taught at Sussex from 1975-2004, when he took up the Ron Lister Chair in Human Geography at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He still regularly visits Sussex, and maintains academic ties with the Department. Welcoming the news, Professor Richard Black, Head of the School of Global Studies said Binns is a worthy recipient of this award: "Tony Binns has a prodigious research output on African development, while making a major contribution not only to higher education, but also to the teaching of geography at secondary level. We welcome this recognition of his work, and send him our hearty congratulations." Cherith Moses, Head of the Department of Geography joins in congratulating Tony on his prestigious award: "Tony has made an outstanding contribution to raising the profile of Geography in the international arena and at all levels of education. We look forward to congratulating him in person on his next visit." Binns is the second Sussex geographer to be honoured over the past couple of months: in December, Emeritus Tony Fielding won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Population Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society in the UK. By: Martin Wingfield - Last updated: Thursday, 14 March 2013