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Robert Michael Kitchin MRIA is an Irish and British[citation needed] geographer and academic. In 2005 he was appointed professor of human geography at Maynooth University (formerly the National University of Ireland Maynooth.

In 1995 was awarded a PhD by the University of Wales, Swansea. His thesis was on Issues of validity and integrity in cognitive mapping research: investigating configurational knowledge.

From 1995 to 1996, Kitchin was a lecturer at Swansea, and was then a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast (1996 to 1998). In 1998, he was appointed to the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He became Professor of Human Geography in 2005.

Between 2002 and 2013, he was also director of NUI Maynooth's National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography.

Kitchin is known for his expertise in the fields of digital technologies, smart cities, data management and governance, geographical aspects of disability, urban and social geography.

In 2013, Kitchin received the Royal Irish Academy's Gold Medal. In 2015, he was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy.

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