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Dr Hannah Fitzpatrick receives Carnegie grant to research "Geography's Decolonisation" in Australia
Dr Hannah Fitzpatrick, Teaching Fellow in Geography, has received a Scottish Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant to undertake a project entitled ‘Geography’s Decolonisation: Re-ordering territory and producing geographical knowledge in the midst of decolonisation’. Dr Fitzpatrick will travel to the National Library of Australia, the British Library, the British National...
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Drs Mighall and Philip awarded Honorary Fellowships of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Drs Tim Mighall and Lorna Philip were awarded Honorary Fellowships of the RSGS on Monday 6th February in recognition of their contributions to the society and to geography. The awards were presented by the RSGS’s Chief Executive, Mike Robinson, at a meeting of the RSGS Aberdeen members. Tim and Lorna...
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Funded PhD Opportunity: Antarctic Palaeo Climate
Applications are now being accepted for a funded PhD on “Climate at the onset of the Antarctic ice-sheet growth: a detailed analysis of ice-buried glacial cirques”. This PhD project will utilise high-resolution surface and subglacial topographic data from the Antarctic Ice Sheet to identify and map glacial cirques beneath the...
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Drs Philip and Currie (JHI) begin project exploring impacts of Storm Frank on NE Scotland
Scotland’s Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) is funding a 3-year research project to explore the impacts on people and communities following the December 2015/ January 2016 flood events in Scotland. The project is a collaboration between the University of Aberdeen and the James Hutton Institute and will be led...
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Dr Lorna Philip to deliver masterclass at the University of Macerata's International Seminars Week
Lorna has been invited to participate in the University of Macerata’s International Seminars Week (13th - 16th December 2016, further details at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7WPux84j4M&feature=youtu.be). The event is designed to provide Masters students in the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism with an opportunity to engage with advanced study topics delivered...
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Drs Lorna Philip & Fiona Williams explore digital implications of 'remote rural' for home businesses
Dr Lorna Philip and colleague Dr Fiona Williams explore the digital implications of ‘remote rural’ for home-based businesses at Collaborative ESRC Home Business Seminar Series, University of Southampton 10-11th Oct 2016. Lorna and Fiona’s paper is based on findings from the RuralPAWS project and explores the impacts of inadequate – or...
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Department of Geography & Environment welcomes visit from Professor Hildegardo Cordova Aguilar
It is a pleasure to announce that between Monday 26th and Wednesday 28th September the Department of Geography & Environment will be hosting Professor Hildegardo Cordova Aguilar of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima, Peru). Professor Cordova Aguilar is an internationally esteemed environmental geographer specialising in environmental sustainability and the...
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Prof. Kevin Edwards delivers keynote address at Quaternary Research Association Discussion Meeting
Prof. Kevin Edwards delivered the keynote address at the Quaternary Research Association Discussion Meeting (‘New approaches, new insights; how developments over the last 30 years have changed our understanding of the palaeoecology of the British Isles during the Holocene’). The meeting took place on 6-7 September at the National Museum...
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Dr Jean-Christophe Comte and Samson Oiro receive RGS Environment and Sustainability Research Grant
Dr Jean-Christophe Comte and PhD student Samson Oiro have received a £10k Environment and Sustainability Research Grant from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for a project entitled, ‘East African groundwater resources under climatic and human pressure: A comparative study bringing field evidence to water sustainability in Kenya.’ The overall aim...
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David Watts & Ben Marsden (History) welcome new ESRC PhD student
David Watts (Geography) and Ben Marsden (History) have been awarded a PhD studentship by the Economic and Social Research Council, through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science. The PhD, which has attracted collaborative funding from the Association of Meat Inspectors Trust, will examine the history of meat inspection in...