Dr Adam Michael Packer

Dr Adam Michael Packer

School of Engineering
Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Adam is a cultural digital geographer interested in the intersections and interactions between new or emerging technologies, urban citizenships, and society.

He is currently a Research Fellow in the Governance of Future Flight on the UKRI Future Flight Challenge Social Science Research Programme led by the University of Birmingham.

Qualifications

  • DPhil (PhD) in Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, 2023
  • MRes (Distinction) in Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London, 2017
  • BA (Hons) (First Class) in Geography, Queen Mary University of London, 2016

Biography

Dr Adam Michael Packer is a Research Fellow in Future Flight Governance in the Institute for STEMM in Culture and Society (ISTEMMiCs). He currently works with a multi- and transdisciplinary team on the UKRI Future Flight Challenge Social Science programme to develop cross-cutting social research into future flight technologies.

Adam completed his doctoral research at Oxford University in the School of Geography and the Environment, graduating in 2023. He was also an undergraduate tutor and lecturer at Brasenose College, Oxford (2022-23) during this time. He held several teaching and demonstrating positions in the School of Geography and the Environment (2017-23).

Adam is an Associate Member of the Higher Education Academy as well as the Events Coordinator for the Digital Geography Research Group at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). He actively integrates a deeply reflexive approach and engagement with teaching pedagogies towards his aim of facilitating inclusive learning experiences with students.

Research

Dr Adam Michael Packer is a Research Fellow in Future Flight Governance with a background in cultural digital geography. His current research context and foci is on the multi-level governance dynamics of emerging transport innovations, such as future flight technologies. He is more broadly interested in the intersections and interactions between technologies, urban citizenships, and society.