Professor James Cheshire
Director, UCL
Professor James Cheshire is listed as Director, UCL. Professor spoke at AGI GeoCom: Sovereign data, shared futures in November 2026 (keynote, “Closing Keynote: Maps You Could Die For: Spies, Censorship and Cartographic Sovereignty”). Speaks mainly at Government Administration events.
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- Sector: Government Administration
About
James is Britain’s only Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography. He is the Director of the UCL Social Data Institute as well as Deputy Director of the Geographic Data Service. A world-leading map maker, James' cartographic creations have been enjoyed by millions. He is an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has been recognised with many prestigious awards from the likes of the Royal Geographical Society and the British Cartographic Society. His co-authored book, Atlas of the Invisible, won the American Association of Geographer’s Globe Award. When he is not making, writing about, or teaching with maps, James spends his time scouring eBay for them in the hope that one day he’ll have a map library of his own.