Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site – Milling Power
May 24, 2023
To mark its 50th anniversary on the 16th November 2022 UNESCO is looking forward to the Next 50! Imagining a report from the DVMWHS team written in 2072 to celebrate UNESCO 100. A blog by Ian Jackson Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site – Milling Power November 2072 (UNESCO 100 and COP 77) In hindsight, …
Africa adventure: fieldwork for the impacts of aquaculture on Lake Victoria sustainability
May 22, 2023
Mingjie Sun, PhD Student It has been over two years since I started my PhD in January 2021, when the world was still under the shadow of Covid 19. When my supervisor, Ginnie, told me that I had a chance to go to Africa with Dr Andy Marriot from the British Geological Survey (BGS), who …
Public Geographies of Brexit
May 16, 2023
Professor Sarah Hall Since 2019, I’ve been supported by the ESRC through a Senior Fellowship with UK in a Changing Europe to research the economic geographies of Brexit. This work intensified in Autumn 2022 with the further support of a period of research leave from the School of Geography. The main focus of my …
Exploring the Effects of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas
May 15, 2023
Dr Bethany Jackson Three and a half years ago, one of the most devastating Category 5 hurricanes to pass through the Caribbean made its home over the Bahamian islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. The impact of this extraordinary hazard displaced communities, demolished homes, and devastated the landscape. Compounding the issues following the response to …
A Toast to GeogSoc
March 30, 2023
A blog by Dr David Beckingham Our Geographical Society is celebrating its centenary in 2023. The Society’s minute books are some of the oldest materials relating to departmental and student life in our archive. They record a range of activities, from talks to dances and trips to local industries. With research interests in British cultures …
Integrated ClimAte Resilience UnderStanding (ICARUS), Belize
March 27, 2023
Blog by Betsabé de la Barreda-Bautista, Sofia Mardero, Oriol Ambrogio Gali, Franziska Schrodt and Sarah Metcalfe Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, droughts, and floods, are becoming more frequent and severe around the world. However, developing countries are particularly vulnerable, and the consequences of extreme events can be devastating. This is especially true for countries …
Putting a New Paradigm into Practice
By Stephanie Coen, Associate Professor, School of Geography If you had told me 5 years ago that I would be sitting around a table at the University of Nottingham with two academics I met on Twitter and four high-level practitioners within the UK’s elite sport system, I’m not sure I would have believed you! …
The Geography of Geography
September 27, 2022
A blog by Steve Legg As we recover from the pandemic we are rediscovering many of the ways we used to work, and finding them much changed. Conferences are part of the life cycle for geographers; part of our academic annual rhythms. During the 2020 lockdown they were mostly suspended. In 2021 some took place …
Lianas and French cuisine at the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTOE) Conference in Montpellier, 7-9th June 2022.
August 2, 2022
A blog by Geertje van der Heijden, Associate Professor Just before Christmas, I received an email asking if I wanted to contribute as the introductory speaker for a liana focussed session titled ‘Tropical lianas: functional traits, ecology and impact in the tropics’, which was part of the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTOE) conference in Montpellier …
Farming system in the black desert (Harrat Al-Sham): resilience to face climate change
July 18, 2022
A blog by Ali Ben Mustapha Farming system in drylands is considered as the most vulnerable system to climate change although several drylands in the world are more productive than wetlands. This is generally dependent on many factors like knowledge, technology, big budgets and natural resources availability like water. Those factors could improve the yield …
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