Meadows is currently co-chair of ATES (The Associaion of Trans-Eurasia Exchange and Silk Road Civilizaon Development.  He is a former editor of the South African Geographical Journal.  He has held, or continues to hold, review editorial positions on the following journals:  Catena, Land Degradation and Development, Fundamental Research, Geoderma Regional, Geography and Sustainability, Quaternary Science Reviews, Geographical Research, Journal of Arid Environments, Natural Hazards, Progress in Physical Geography, South African Geographical Journal, The Holocene, Journal of Arid Environments, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Geography-Environment-Sustainability, Indian Geographical Journal, Frontiers in Quaternary Science, Frontiers in Palaeoecology