Prof. Jamie Pearce

Health & Place 

Wellbeing, Space and Society 

Jamie Pearce is Professor of Health Geography at the University of Edinburgh, Uk where he is co-Director of the Centre for Research on Environment Society and Health (CRESH), and Director of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science. Professor Pearce’s research seeks to understand various social, political and environmental mechanisms operating at a range of geographical scales that establish and perpetuate spatial inequalities in health over the lifecourse. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Health and Place and founding co-Editor-in-Chief of the recently established journal Wellbeing, Space &Society. Professor Pearce has recently been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Matthew Smaldon

Executive Publisher

Elsevier UK

Matthew has over 20 years experience working in academic publishing for international publishing companies.He is curently the Executive Publisher responsible for Elsevier’s Health Studies portfolio of journals, which includes Health & Place and Wellbeing, Space and Society.