Doreen Massey, a renowned and award-winning geographer and social scientist, died March 11, the Manchester Evening News reported, adding that she "was also well-known as a media commentator and the author of a number of acclaimed academic books." Massey was in her 70s. Her books include For Space; Space, Place & Gender and World City.
Open University, where she was an Emeritus Professor of Geography until 2009, posted on its website that Massey's death "will also be a profound loss to all those who were inspired by her work, which was always stimulating, not least because it was sharpened by her keen sense political purpose and commitment."
Writing on openDemocracyUK's website, Hilary Wainwright noted that Massey worked alongside others "to establish geography as the intellectual source of a powerful, integrated critique of predatory capitalism in the age of climate change and the corporate driven global market."