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Blood Bricks project shortlisted for Times Higher Education award

21 Sept 2020

Congratulations from all in the Department to Professor Katherine Brickell, Dr Laurie Parsons, and team who have been shortlisted for the 2020 Times Higher Education ‘Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences’ for their work on Blood Bricks.

Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia provide earliest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula

21 Sept 2020

PhD candidate Richard Clark-Wilson along Professors Simon Armitage and Ian Candy from the Department of Geography are part of an international team investigating human prehistory and environmental change on the Arabian Peninsula.

Sustainable agricultural intensification to feed the cities and grow Africa

11 Sept 2020

To feed the growing urban population, food security strategies must step away from conventional dichotomous thinking that considers agriculture and food production as solely rural activities, and urban areas as food consumption locations.

Chartered Chemist award.

14 Aug 2020

Inaki Valcarcel, one of our technicians in the Department of Geography, has been awarded the designation of the Chartered Chemist by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Disaster Trade: new project launched by Dr Laurie Parsons

22 Jul 2020

Dr Laurie Parsons and team have recently launched the online component of a project.

Home SOS: New book by Professor Katherine Brickell

21 Jul 2020

We are delighted to see Professor Katherine Brickell’s new book, Home SOS: Gender, Violence, and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia, published this month.

Dr Bethan Davies is selected to serve as a member of APC

03 Jul 2020

We are delighted to announce that Dr Bethan Davies has been appointed to the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (APC).

Antarcticglaciers.org wins Curry Fund Certificate of Excellence

03 Jul 2020

Congratulations to Dr Bethan Davies who has been awarded the Curry Fund Certificate of Excellence for Geological Education for www.Antarcticglaciers.org.

Landscapes of Detectorists

11 Jun 2020

Co-edited by Dr Innes M. Keighren and Dr Joanne Norcup, the book will be published on 19 June.

Just the Tonic:

03 Jun 2020

Winner at the 2020 Fortnum and Masons Food and Drink Awards.

Professor David Simon joins new Commission on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification

28 May 2020

David Simon will work alongside renowned experts from across the Global South for a major new Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification.

New study will highlight the complex international challenges behind climate change

12 May 2020

Royal Holloway study set to investigate the social and environmental impacts of international trade from Cambodia and Bangladesh to the UK
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