birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title education birth_name occupation
england british peter dicken 1938 academic research into globalisation dicken.jpg peter dicken
 ma , acss . -lrb- manchester -rrb- , phd -lrb- uppsala -rrb- peter dicken emeritus professor
peter dicken

peter dicken -lrb- born 1938 -rrb- is an economic geographer whose research is primarily focused on the processes and patterns associated with globalisation .
he has been quoted as a true ` manchester man ' joining the university of manchester in 1966 following the successful completion of his ma from the same institution .
he is currently an emeritus professor at the same university which he has dedicated his academic life to , continuing his research on global patterns of business and globalisation .
his self-described area of research is : ` the changing multi-scalar geographies of the global economy and on the structures and dynamics of global production networks , particularly the relationships between transnational corporations and states ' .
