Paul Boyle | |
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_(Boyle_cropped).jpg) Professor Paul Boyle in 2012 | |
| Vice-Chancellor ofSwansea University | |
| Assumed office March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Richard B. Davies |
| Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Leicester | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Burgess |
| Succeeded by | Nishan Canagarajah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-11-16)16 November 1964 (age 60) |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University University of Colorado |
| Salary | £312,000 (2021–22)[1] |
Paul Joseph Boyle,CBE, FRSE, FBA,FRSGS,FLSW (born 16 November 1964) is a Britishgeographer, academic, andacademic administrator. He was thevice-chancellor of theUniversity of Leicester between 2014 and 2019.[2] He had beenProfessor ofHuman Geography at theUniversity of St Andrews from 1999 to 2014, and Chief Executive of theEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC) from 2010 to 2014.[3][4][5] He took over asvice-chancellor ofSwansea University at the end of the 2018/2019 academic year.[6]
In 2006, Boyle was elected aFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).[3] In 2013, he was elected aFellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the social sciences and humanities.[7] In the2016 New Year Honours, he was appointed aCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to social science".[8]
In 2022, Boyle was elected aFellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[9]
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor ofSwansea University 2019–Present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Leicester 2014–2019 | Succeeded by |
