Research output per year
Research output per year
Professor
TW20 0EX
Felix Driver is an historical geographer specialising in collections-based research and public engagement in the arts and humanities, including projects in partnership with museums and visual artists. He was Principal Investigator of Mobile Museum, an AHRC research project on the mobility of biocultural collections, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is an Honorary Research Associate at Kew and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Felix Driver is PI of the Plant Humanities project, an AHRC development initiative in collaboration with Kew Gardens. He has led other humanities research projects on the cultural history of collections and collecting, the visual culture of exploration, geography and empire, and imperial cities. He has supervised collaborative research projects with the Royal Geographical Society, the Botanic Gardens Kew, the British Library, the Science Museum, the V&A and the Natural History Museum. He has worked with visual artists, including Helen Scalway and Kathy Prendergast.
Felix Driver has taught courses in historical geography, cultural geography, modern British history, Victorian Studies and imperial history. Currently he teaches a final-year option on Geography, Museums and Collections (GG3065). He also teaches in the MA in Cultural Geography (Research) and MSc in Global Futures.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Driver, F. & Lamego, M.
24/04/23 → 6/09/23
Project: Research
Molina, D. & Driver, F.
British Academy/Leverhulme Trust
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
Butler, T., Driver, F. & Mould, O.
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
Butler, T., Driver, F., Mould, O., Brayshay, B., Church, C. & Iles, J.
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
Driver, F. & Schwartz, J.
1/09/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Felix Driver (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Felix Driver (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Felix Driver (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Felix Driver (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Felix Driver (Participant)
Activity: Membership › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
Driver, Felix (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Election to learned society
Driver, Felix (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)