Paul Joseph Boyle, CBE, FRSE, FBA, FRSGS, FLSW (born 16 November 1964) is a British geographer, academic, and academic administrator.

[2] He had been Professor of Human Geography at the University of St Andrews from 1999 to 2014, and Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) from 2010 to 2014.

[6] In 2006, Boyle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).

[7] In the 2016 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to social science".

[8] In 2022, Boyle was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.