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 …
Knowledge Systems in Disrupting Times: Reflections on transnational research in Mexico and Belize
June 29, 2022
A blog by Karla G. Hernandez-Aguilar It has been almost three years since I started my PhD and just like everyone, I started with some idea of what this adventure was going to look like. However, two years ago the world suddenly changed, including the way of learning and the way of doing research. Throughout …
Exploring the geographies of cosmopolitanism
December 7, 2021
A blog by James Beardsmore In this short blog, I want to provide some of my thoughts on my research to date as I prepare for the next phase of data collection. My research focuses on the relationship between cosmopolitanism and international finance, in particular how cosmopolitanism is acquired and mobilised by individuals who work …
Being “out out” but still “in in” at Kew Gardens: measuring the invisible of lianas and trees
November 25, 2021
A blog by Geertje van der Heijden In July 2021, Doreen Boyd and I went to the tropical greenhouses in Royal Botanical Gardens Kew to collaborate with Dr. Justin Moat to start an ambitious project to collate the first substantial tropical liana (woody vines) and tree spectral library. Equipped with a fancy Spectral Evolution spectrometer …
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