Manchester Geography

Join us on Wed 11 Dec 4.30pm, to celebrate the career and achievements of Professor @jonnyhuck - Register to attend his inaugural lecture 'Computational Perspectives on Geographical Problems' @ Mcr Uni (in-person with recording to follow) 🥂 tickettailor.com/events/schoolo…

Head to @CPERG_UoM for more.

"Yoon’s three-hour coup has introduced a new, turbulent phase that is likely to transform Korean politics going forward. What shape that will take is a matter for urgent attention." Dr Jamie Doucette, and Jinsoo Lee, write for @jacobin jacobin.com/2024/12/yoon-s… #SouthKorea

We're proud to be playing our part in the @ESRC funded £8m research Centre on Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) launching Feb 2025. With two Geography Co-Is: Stefan Bouzarovski @stefanbuzar & James Evans @JZCOS. @UKRI_News #LowCarbon manchester.ac.uk/about/news/equ…

🎉Congratulations to the Brent Cross Town (BXT) Flourishing Index team on being Highly Commended in the Design Research for Healthy Cities category @ #HCD2024 Awards! 👏🌿#HealthyCities #UrbanDesign @BuroHappold @RelatedArgent @BarnetCouncil healthycitydesign.global/news-media/hcd…

@TC_Africa @AbiStone The team thanks all @GobabebRSH & Kaarina Efraim @MuseumsANamibia @AbiStone thanks @uomhums for a SEED New Horizons Research Stimulation Fund for dating with @LivLumLab, & @qra_uk for funds towards fieldwork @georgemleader thanks @TheLeakeyFndtn for fieldwork funding.

Dating shifting sand dunes shine a light on Namibia's desert archaeology. See piece in @TC_Africa by @AbiStone & DomStratford theconversation.com/african-archae… #archaeology #desertarchaeology #lithics #MiddleStoneAge #NamibDesert #NamibSandSea #SouthernAfrica #LuminescenceDating

Jamie will be joined by Save Windermere founder @MattStaniek at at the Universally Manchester Festival this Saturday, 8 June to talk 'Exposing the sewage scandal'. Get your free ticket: universallymanchester.com/event/exposing… #UOM200

This #WorldEnvironmentDay‌ we're celebrating @TheENDSReport's #ENDSPowerList2024, which features Prof @Jamie_Woodward_ as one of the UK's most influential environmental professionals 🌊 👏 manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

1/6🚨Our New Publication is out at @NatureEcoEvo! Learn why #CerradoConservation and other non-forested biomes🌏 matters for the world at #COP28 discussions! #NaturePublication

Fabulous to mark the retirement of the wonderful @TimAllott Some great stories from over 20 years of working in Geography @OfficialUoM Tim very successfully led as Head of Department, Head of School & ran the brilliant Donegal field course for many years. Good luck Tim!

If you haven't already, do take a look at Poppy's paper recently published on caring and flexible methods. It brings together theory, method and empirics, with some practical suggestions for good measure. Well worth a read! 👍🌟📚 @UoMUrban @GeographyUOM @NWSSDTP @CPERG_UoM

Delighted to have joined the ‘rogues gallery’ (Maggs-Kölling, 2023) as a Gobabeb Research Associate gobabeb.org/currently-at-g… @GobabebRSH @GeographyUOM @uomhums @UoM_MERI

Does your research involve working with personal data? For expert support, sign up for our course (28 Nov) bit.ly/3tVV3jB and see our essential pre-course reading for guidance on best practice man.ac.uk/07tVYl @MCRSociology @uomsoss @EducationUoM @GeographyUOM

...and we are still out doing #fieldwork despite it being somewhat windy yesterday. #soilsampling at the Wigan flashes. A great day for some collaboration with @Dael_Sassoon and @JPRitson from the @GeographyUOM #studentprojects #remediation #recovery #SoilHealth

The @EU_Commission has published a report drawing on evidence from @OfficialUoM which advises member states how to take to tackle #energy poverty across the #EU manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/… @uomhums @stefanbuzar @GeographyUoM @UoMUrban

Microplastics, tiny but potent, are infiltrating the heart of our waterways, posing a grave threat to aquatic ecosystems. 🦐🌱 We helped @officialuom to sound the alarm on this critical issue, and worked with Professor Jamie Woodward to raise awareness about his research!

@GeographyUOM @UoMUrban

Want to know more about UKRI's forthcoming Open Access policy for long-form outputs? Join the webinar on Wednesday 8 November 👇 @PlanningUOM @GlobalDevInst @EducationUoM @GeographyUOM @UoMUrban @PGRSEED

Sharing my new OA paper in @CITYanalysis I discuss the changing aspirations and lifestyles of Chinese urban dwellers, the green turn in urban governance within ecological civilization, the planetary urbanization thesis and more. @GeographyUOM @CPERG_UoM tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…