The 2009 Medals & Awards are awarded during the Society's AGM on 1 June 2009, at the Society's headquarters in central London.

Her Majesty The Queen has approved the award of the royal medals, as follows:

  Founder’s Medal

• Dr Alan Baker
  ‘for contributions to historical geography’

  Patron’s Medal

• Professor Lord Nicholas Stern
  ‘for contributions to climate change policy’

The Society's Council has made the following awards:

  Victoria Medal

• Professor Philip Rees
  ‘for research in population geography and demography’

  Busk Medal

• Professor Janet Hooke
  ‘for field research in river systems and their conservation’

  Cherry Kearton Medal & Award

• Simon King
  ‘for wildlife photography’

  Murchison Award

• Professor Jenny Robinson
  ‘for publications in urban development and theory‘

  Back Award

• Professor Danny Dorling
  ‘for empirical research contributing to policy on welfare, inequality and
  social justice‘

  Cuthbert Peek Award

• Dr Christine Dunn
  ‘for development and application of participatory GIS’

  Gill Memorial Award

• Dr Katie Willis
  ‘for contributions to development studies’

  Ordnance Survey Awards (two awards)

• Graham Goldup
• Rebecca Kitchen
  ‘for excellence in teaching geography at secondary level’

  Taylor & Francis Award

• Professor Iain Hay
  ‘for excellence in teaching and learning in geography in higher
  education’

  Ness Award

• Neil Oliver
  ‘for popularising and promoting understanding of the British coastal
  landscape’

  Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize

• Heather Dinsdale
  ‘for the undergraduate geography dissertation judged to be the best in
  2008’

  Area Prize

• Dr Emilie Lagacé
  ‘for the best published article in the journal by a new researcher’
  
  The paper was entitled: “Science–policy guidelines as a benchmark: making the European Water Framework Directive””

  Honorary Fellowship (two awards)

• Rachel Bowles
• Pat Wilson
  ‘for services to geography education'