DrBradley Garrett

Bradley Garrett is a cultural geographer, writer, and photographer whose work investigates humanity's relationship with subterranean space. He is the author of five books translated into multiple languages, including Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City (Verso, 2013), Subterranean London: Cracking the Capital (Prestel, 2014), London Rising: Illicit Photos from the City's Heights (Prestel, 2016), and Bunker: Building for the End Times (Penguin/Scribner, 2020). His forthcoming book, Groundbreaking: A Cultural History of Earth's Tunnels (St. Martin's Press, 2028), offers the first comprehensive cultural history of tunnels, spanning two millennia and eight countries.

Garrett earned his PhD in geography from Royal Holloway, University of London, after an early career in archaeology with the United States Bureau of Land Management. He has held posts at the University of Oxford, the University of Southampton, the University of Sydney, and University College Dublin, where he was Associate Professor of Geography.

From 2017 to 2020, Garrett was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, affiliated with the Sydney Environment Institute. He rejoined the School of Geosciences in 2025 as an Honorary Associate. His research sits at the intersection of geography, anthropology, and architecture, with particular interests in the underground, spatial politics, visual methodologies, and exploration.

Beyond academia, Garrett's work reaches wide public audiences. He has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian, Vox, and GQ; appeared on 60 Minutes, 99% Invisible, and The Joe Rogan Experience. His research has also been featured by Smithsonian Magazine, Foreign Policy, National Geographic, the BBC, and ABC. His photography has been exhibited internationally, and his public scholarship continues to bridge academic research with cultural debate.