Duncan Depledge

Duncan Depledge is a Senior Lecturer in Geopolitics & Security. He joined Loughborough University in 2019 as the School of Social Sciences and Humanities’ first Politics and International Studies Fellow. His latest research project focuses on the implications of the climate crisis and the changing energy landscape for the future character of military operations and war. He also continues to investigate the changing geopolitics of the Arctic. He is the author of Britain and the Arctic (Palgrave, 2018). Duncan has a Ph.D. from Royal Holloway, University of London, an MPhil in Geographical Research from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Political Theory from the University of Sheffield and a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Sheffield. As well as having an interdisciplinary academic background, Duncan has extensive experience of working with government, parliamentarians, think tanks, international organisations and militaries. From 2010-2014, Duncan was a Research Analyst on the Climate Change & Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute. He was the first Director of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Polar Regions in Westminster, which he helped to establish (2015-2019). He also served as Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee during its inquiry on ‘UK Defence in the Arctic’ (2017-2018). In addition to these roles, Duncan has provided advice to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the Ministry of Defence, NATO and the European Commission.