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Interview with David Simon reflecting on ‘Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Accessible, green and fair’
07 Sept 2021Urban areas can lead or lag in sustainability transitions but ultimately sustainable towns and cities exist only as components of more or less sustainable societies.
Outstanding student satisfaction confirmed in National Student Survey 2021
23 Jul 2021The National Student Survey (NSS) 2021 results confirm once again the outstanding level of satisfaction with teaching and overall experience among students in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.
PhD studentships
01 Jul 2021Applications are invited for three fully-funded PhD studentships as part of the research project ‘Thinking Deep: Creative Approaches to the Underground’ (2020-25).
Professor Katie Willis wins Doctoral Supervisor of the Year Award
20 May 2021We are delighted to announce that the winner of Royal Holloway’s Doctoral Supervisor of the Year Award is Professor Katie Willis.
Oldest known human burial in Africa, dating back 78,000 years
10 May 2021New research has discovered the oldest human burial in Africa, dating back 78,000 years ago, at a cave site on the Kenyan coast
Award-winning film to help fight climate change
08 Apr 2021A new film has been created by Geography academics highlighting the importance of the diminishing state of the world’s glaciers to younger generation.
Child tooth of Neanderthal discovered alongside tools originally thought to be unique to Homo sapiens
26 Feb 2021New analysis of a fossilised child’s tooth and stone tools from Shukbah Cave, an archaeological site located in the Hebron Hills, north of Jerusalem, reveals special stone tool making technology
We are delighted to see the Handbook of Displacement published.
05 Jan 2021Edited by a team from the Department including Peter Adey, Janet Bowstead, Katherine Brickell, Vandana Desai, Mike Dolton, and Alasdair Pinkerton, the Handbook is a landmark text that traces the achievements and knowledge gaps in the inter-disciplinary study of displacement.
2020 Antarctic place-names are announced
04 Dec 20202020 Antarctic place-names are announced to mark the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica.
Academics win prestigious award for Blood Bricks research
27 Nov 2020Two of Royal Holloway’s Geography academics have won a prestigious award for their incredible research into modern slavery and climate change in Cambodia.
Landscapes Of Detectorists
02 Nov 2020Detectorists auction raises more than £1,000 for conservation charities.