Vincent Gaffney studied archaeology at the University of Reading and is now the Anniversary Chair in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Bradford, where he is a member of the Submerged Landscapes Research Centre. He has undertaken landscape research across the UK, Continental Europe, America, and Africa, and this has included studies on World Heritage Sites such as Stonehenge, Diocletian’s Palace, the Stari Grad field in Croatia, and Cyrene in Libya. His recent major awards include funding for the AHRC Unpath’d Waters and Taken at the Flood projects”, an ERC Advanced Grant (Europe’s Lost Frontiers), and most recently as a PI on the ERC Synergy Grant Subnordica. His awards for archaeological and heritage research include the 2013 European Archaeology Heritage Prize for his work on marine palaeolandscapes and the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education. In 2018, he was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his contributions to science.