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News highlights from the Department of Geography can be found below with links to older items to the left. For details of news and events across the College visit the News Centre.
The 2011 King’s Awards reception took place on 21 September in the Weston Room at the Maughan Library.
A team led by Professor Martin Wooster from the geography department’s Environmental Monitoring & Modelling Group, recently took part in a week-long exercise in Dorset, where a number of prescribed fires were lit for research purposes.
Professor Ragnar E. Löfstedt, Professor of Risk Management and the Director of King’s Centre for Risk Management, has been appointed to chair a government review of health and safety in the workplace.
A new state-of-the-art laboratory opened in the Department of Geography on Friday 25 February. The John B Thornes Laboratory is named in honour of the late Professor John Thornes, former Research Professor and Head of Department.
MA/MSc Creative Cities is an innovative joint programme from the Centre for Culture, Media & Creative Industries and the Department of Geography that critically examines the ideas, practices and policies of creative cities.
New publication by Dr Deborah Potts about African cities, the livelihoods of their residents, and the increased significance for both of circular migration and rural-urban linkages.
2010
November 2010
Adaption to Climate Change
New publication from Dr Mark Pelling is the first comprehensive analysis of the social dimensions to climate change adaptation.
British Science Association Festival
Professor Nick Clifford has accepted an invitation to become President of the British Science Association Geography Section for a year from 2010-11.
October 2010
Probabilistic Prediction Workshop
To mark the close of their ESRC project, David Demeritt, Hannah Cloke, and Sebastien Nobert convened a group of multidisciplinary experts from across Europe to discuss the challenges of developing and using innovative ensemble forecasting technology for flood risk and water resource management.
Reframing Afghanistan
PhD student Jennifer McCarthy currently has some of her PhD research on display to the public at Canada House on Trafalgar Square.
September 2010
Celebrity, media and the environment research network
A new research network met today to explore and develop research on the relationship between celebrity, the media and environment.
August 2010
Student's crayfish study welcomed by British Waterways
Research being undertaken by Geography undergraduate student Laura Cross has been welcomed by British Waterways.
June 2010
The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology
Second edition of major interdisciplinary reference work published.
King's student represents UK’s girls
Ruby Tabner, a second year undergraduate Development Geography student, recently represented the UK at the inaugural G(irls) 20 Summit in Toronto.
May 2010
Achieving water security worldwide
The London Water Research Group hosted its fifth international workshop on HydroHegemony over the weekend (8-9 May).
May 2010
Shared Spaces
A report based on research conducted by Professor Rob Imrie for the Thomas Pocklington Trust about the impact of new urban design on the movement and mobility of vision impaired people.
March 2010
Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective is edited by Michael K. Goodman and Michael Redclift and examines the relationship between space, place and consumption.
February 2010
Document authored by Dr Richard Wiltshire published today following a press conference attended by Communities Minister John Denham and DEFRA Minister Hilary Benn. A Place to Grow is available on the Local Government Association (LGA) website.
Adaption to Climate Change
New publication from Dr Mark Pelling is the first comprehensive analysis of the social dimensions to climate change adaptation.
British Science Association Festival
Professor Nick Clifford has accepted an invitation to become President of the British Science Association Geography Section for a year from 2010-11.
October 2010
Probabilistic Prediction Workshop
To mark the close of their ESRC project, David Demeritt, Hannah Cloke, and Sebastien Nobert convened a group of multidisciplinary experts from across Europe to discuss the challenges of developing and using innovative ensemble forecasting technology for flood risk and water resource management.
Reframing Afghanistan
PhD student Jennifer McCarthy currently has some of her PhD research on display to the public at Canada House on Trafalgar Square.
September 2010
Celebrity, media and the environment research network
A new research network met today to explore and develop research on the relationship between celebrity, the media and environment.
August 2010
Student's crayfish study welcomed by British Waterways
Research being undertaken by Geography undergraduate student Laura Cross has been welcomed by British Waterways.
June 2010
The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology
Second edition of major interdisciplinary reference work published.
King's student represents UK’s girls
Ruby Tabner, a second year undergraduate Development Geography student, recently represented the UK at the inaugural G(irls) 20 Summit in Toronto.
May 2010
Achieving water security worldwide
The London Water Research Group hosted its fifth international workshop on HydroHegemony over the weekend (8-9 May).
May 2010
Shared Spaces
A report based on research conducted by Professor Rob Imrie for the Thomas Pocklington Trust about the impact of new urban design on the movement and mobility of vision impaired people.
March 2010
Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective is edited by Michael K. Goodman and Michael Redclift and examines the relationship between space, place and consumption.
February 2010
Document authored by Dr Richard Wiltshire published today following a press conference attended by Communities Minister John Denham and DEFRA Minister Hilary Benn. A Place to Grow is available on the Local Government Association (LGA) website.
