John Connell (geographer)

John H. Connell (born 1946) is a British geographer. He was a professor at the University of Sydney.

Connell studied Geography at University of Leeds with research in Bermuda.^[1]

• Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2001)^[2]
• NSW Geographical Society’s McDonald Holmes Medal (2007)^[3]
• Australia International Medal, Institute of Australian Geographers (2009)^[4]
• Member of the Order of Australia (2021)^[5]

• Connell, J. Dasgupta, B., Laishley R, Lipton, M. (1976). Migration from rural areas: The evidence from village studies. IDS/Oxford University Press.
• Connell, J., & Lipton, M. (1977). Assessing village labour situations in developing countries. Oxford University Press.
• Connell, J. (1978). The end of tradition: Country life in central Surrey. Available as Routledge Revivals imprint.
• Connell, J. (1978). Taim bilong mani: The evolution of agriculture in a Solomon Island society. ANU Development Studies Centre Monograph 12. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/426c363a-d4d4-4118-b858-0d8763572ca4/content
• Connell, J. (1980). Remittances and rural development: Migration, dependency, and inequality in the South Pacific. Australian National University Occasional Paper 22.
• Connell, J. (1986). New Caledonia or Kanaky? The political history of a French colony. Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/132702
• Spencer, M., Ward, A., & Connell, J. (eds.)(1988). New Caledonia: essays on nationalism and dependence. University of Queensland Press.
• Aldrich, R. & Connell, J. (1989). France in world politics. Routledge Revivals.
• Spencer, M., Ward, A., & Connell, J. (eds.)(1989). Nouvelle-Calédonie: essais sur le nationalisme et la dépendance. L'Harmattan.
• Connell, J., & Howitt, R. (Eds.). (1991). Mining and indigenous peoples in Australasia. Sydney University Press in association with Oxford University Press.
• Connell, J., & King, R. and White, P (Eds.).(1995) Writing Across Worlds. Literature and Migration. Routledge.
• Howitt, R., Connell, J. & Hirsch, P. (eds.) (1996). Resources, Nations and Indigenous Peoples: Case Studies from Australasia, Melanesia and Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press.
• Connell, J (1997). Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development. Routledge.
• Aldrich, R. & Connell, J. (1998) The Last Colonies. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598920
• Connell, J. & King, R. (eds.) (1999) Small Worlds, Global Lives: Islands and migration. Pinter.
• Connell, J., & Conway, D. (1999). Migration and remittances in island microstates: A comparative perspective on the South Pacific and the Caribbean. Oxford University Press.
• Connell, J. (2000). Sydney: The emergence of a world city. Oxford University Press.
• Connell, J., Lea, J. (2002). Urbanisation in the Island Pacific: Towards Sustainable Development. Routledge.
• Connell, J., & Gibson, C. (2003). Sound tracks: Popular music, identity, and place. Routledge.
• Connell, J., & Gibson, C. (2005). Music and tourism: On the road again. Channel View Publications.
• Connell, J., Brown, R. (2005). Remittances in the Pacific: An overview. Woodhead Publishing.
• Connell, J., & Waddell, E. (Eds.). (2006). Environment, development and change in rural Asia-Pacific: Between local and global. Routledge.
• Connell, J., & Rugendyke, B. (Eds.). (2007). Tourism at the grassroots: Villagers and visitors in the Asia Pacific. Routledge.
• Connell, J. (2008). The global health care chain: From the Pacific to the world. Routledge.
• Connell, J. (ed.) (2008). The international migration of health workers. Routledge.
• Connell, J. (2010). Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care: The Health Worker Exodus?. Edward Elgar.
• Connell, J. (2011). Medical Tourism. CABI Publishing.
• Connell, J. & McManus, P. (2011). Rural revival? Place marketing, tree change and regional migration in Australia. Ashgate.
• Connell, J., & Gibson, C. (2011). Festival places: Revitalising rural Australia. Channel View Publications.
• Connell, J., & Gibson, C. (2012). Music festivals and regional development in Australia. Ashgate.
• Connell, J. (2013). Islands at risk? Environments, economies and contemporary change. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Dufty-Jones, R., Connell, J. (2016). Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment. Ashgate.
• Connell, J. & Gibson, C. (2017). Outback Elvis.The story Of a festival, its fans & a town called Parkes. New South Publishing.
• Connell, J., & Lee, H. (Eds.). (2018). Change and continuity in the Pacific: Revisiting the region. Routledge.
• Connell, J & Petrou, K. (2019). Pacific Labour Mobility: Towards a future research agenda. The University of Sydney https://www.palmscheme.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-04/CONNELL%20and%20PETROU%202019%20Pacific%20labour%20mobility%20-%20towards%20a%20future%20research%20agenda.pdf
• Connell, J. & Aldrich, R. (2020). The Ends of Empire: The last colonies revisited. Palgrave.
• Connell J., Lowitt, K. (2020). Food security in Small Island States. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8256-7
• Cambell, Y. & Connell, J. (2021). COVID in the Islands: A comparative perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5285-1
• Petrou, K. & Connell, J. (2023). Pacific Islands Guestworkers in Australia: The new blackbirds? Palgrave.
• Connell J., McManus P., Ding, X. (2024). Chinese Tourism in Australia: Koalas, selfies and red dresses. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2477-2