Posts by Matt
Summer Geoging … Disko Island, west Greenland
November 5, 2013
Appropriately for Fieldwork Week Mark Stevenson and Joe Bailey tell us about their summer trip to Greenland… As part of my doctoral research, I went to Disko Island, west Greenland, in August of this year to continue my research into carbon cycling in Arctic lakes. I was joined by Joe Bailey, who is also a …
Summer Geoging… Reviving Mayson’s Ordnance Model of 1875.
October 25, 2013
Gary Priestnall writes about digitally reconstructing a Victorian Landscape Model… This project aims to use a range of digital technologies to explore a physical model of the Lake District created by Thomas and Henry Mayson in 1875 which gave tourists to Keswick an unprecedented view of the landscape they were about to explore. Huge efforts …
Summer Geoging … Rio de Janeiro State University
October 18, 2013
Dr Stephen Legg writes about an ongoing collaboration with Dr André Reyes Novaes at Rio de Janeiro State University… Following a three month visit to the School last year, I was invited to spend August with Dr André Reyes Novaes at Rio de Janeiro State University. André had come to Nottingham to develop his work on journalistic …
Summer Geoging… Lake Baikal, Siberia
October 11, 2013
The Geog Blog returns from its summer break with a series of posts from members of the School about research work undertaken through the summer vacation. These blogs will take us from Siberia, to Brazil, Greenland and Jordan amongst other amazing places; so as the nights draw in enjoy travelling with us to sunnier climates …
Geog On… ‘the city’, ‘remote sensing’ and ‘ecosystem services’
May 20, 2013
After a slightly long Easter break Geog On… catches up with itself with three new podcasts… On the city: Alex Vasudevan talks about contemporary urban geography On remote sensing: Doreen Boyd discusses remote sensing and the amazing data you can get from cctv cameras! On environmental services: Jamie Tratalos talks to Matt about the work …
A day in the life of a Geographer – John Pearson
May 8, 2013
Many thanks to former Geography student John Pearson for providing us with another blog about his current career. ‘One of the constant features of working in an Embassy abroad is receiving high level visitors. Over the last few months, I have been heavily involved in that. In March, Lord Stephen Green (Minister for Trade and Investment) visited …
Globall 2013
May 3, 2013
“Welcome to the mystery of the masquerade ball – a night full of secrets and desire.” GeogSoc hosted their annual ‘Globall’ on Tuesday 30th April at the stunningly beautiful Albert Hall, Nottingham. The masquerade theme went down a treat, with a fabulous selection of Venetian masks to be spotted across the room. The 186 guests …
Views of the World: Geog On… Retail Geography
March 4, 2013
The Geog On… podcasts are back for their 2013 season, focussing on the different ways Geographers view the world. The first podcast features Amber Martin talking about her work on the the feminisation of the sex shop industry and can be found here. Please note this podcast contains adult themes and may not be suitable for …
A day in the life of a Geographer … John Pearson
December 21, 2012
All I Know About Mexico… I am still a relatively new blogger on this site. My first entry, a few months ago, was written while I was working at the British High Commission in Singapore, dealing with climate change and low carbon technologies in South East Asia. Since then I have experienced one of the …
Happy Christmas from the Geog Blog…
Just a quick note to wish all our readers all the best for the festive season and a happy and peaceful 2013. One of the the privileges of being a geographer is having friends all over the world and for some of them the lack of peace is a real issue at the moment, our thoughts are with them …
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