Ray Hudson, FBA, FAcSS (born 7 March 1948) is a British academic.
[2] A human geographer, Hudson is a specialist in developmental, economic, political and electoral geography.
He stood down when Professor Stuart Corbridge took up the appointment and as deputy vice chancellor in April 2016.
In 2005, Hudson was awarded the Victoria Medal by the Royal Geographical Society 'for research on regional and industrial change in the UK and wider Europe'.
[1] He was also elected a Member of the European Academy (Academia Europaea) in 2007,and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, of the Regional Studies Association and of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).