(1994-1997) ESRC funded PhD research 'Territory, the State and Cultural Identities in 'Post-Colonial' Mozambique', School of Geography, University of Birmingham.
(1993-1994) MA in the Geography of Third World Development (with distinction), Department of Geography, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London.
(1990-1993) BA Hons. Geography (upper-second class), Department of Geography, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.