Dr Andrew Maclaren receives ECR grant to attend 9th Rural Quadrennial Conference (Vermont)

The Rural Quadrennial conference brings together geographers from the UK Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) (RGS-IBG) Rural Geography Research Group, the United States’ American Association of Geographers Rural Geography Specialty Group and Canadian Association of Geographers Rural Geography Study Group. The conference is held every four years in...

Human Geography postgraduates attend 27th annual Advanced Research Training in Human Geography event

Firmly established as a key element of formal research training for Human Geography students from across Scotland, the 27th annual Advanced Research Training in Human Geography event was held at Firbush Point Outdoor Activity Centre, Loch Tay 7th – 9th October. The course is designed and delivered by a consortium...

New volume with contribution from Dr Lorna Philip launched at the 21st Wigtown Book Festival

Dumfries and Galloway People and Place c1700 – 1914, published by Birlinn, was launched at the Wigtown Book Festival – firmly established as one of the UKs premier literary events. Dr Lorna Philip, who contributed a substantive chapter to this volume, attended the sell-out event in the Wigtown County Buildings...

MLE students take instructive fieldtrip to Finzean Estate

In their second week, the new Master of Land Economy students went on a field trip to Finzean Estate hosted by Andrew Farquharson. After a warm welcome in the Finzean Tearoom, the students were shown around the estate. Andrew explained the challenges of estate management, ranging from volatile market prices...

Senior academic appears on popular Canadian science and technology TV series

A senior academic from the School of Geosciences has appeared in a TV programme exploring water resource issues in the islands of Eastern Canada.

SAGES'19 Symposium: Global Climate Challenges for a Blue Green Economy

Coastal Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling with UAVs

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen are using Unmanned Airborne Vehicle (UAV) based sensors to monitor, map and model coastal change around the Scottish coastline. The work is supported by two Scottish Natural Heritage-funded projects, including the PhD research of Geography student Andrew Smith, and a UCEMM/AICSM project led by...

Drs Philip and Prager participate in the Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology

Dr Lorna Philip and Dr Katrin Prager were both delegates at the XXVIII Congress of the ESRS in Trondheim, Norway during the last week of June.  Katrin was involved in Working Group 17: "Place-based cooperation and sharing among farmers for agroecological innovation", and presented a paper entitled Establishing and maintaining...

June 2019 PhD Newsletter now available

Issue 3 of the School of Geosciences' PhD newsletter is now available. Showcasing the many activities and achievements of our postgraduate students, the newsletter is a great representation of our active and thriving PhD programme. The newsletter is available here.

Summer 2019 Geosciences Graduation

Summer 2019 graduation ceremonies for the School of Geosciences took place on 17 June, followed by a reception and prize-giving ceremony. The School offers warm congraulations to all of our graduates! School of Geosciences Prizes, 2018-2019: Archaeology: Best Archaeology Dissertation: Veronica Lee Best Fourth Year Archaeology Student: Sesilia Niehaus Distinguished Achievement at Level 4 Archaeology:...