Slawson Awards

By the kind generosity of Fellows Paul and Mary Slawson, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) offers two to three awards annually, each between £1,000 - £3,000, for PhD students intending to carry out geographical field research.

The awards, which have been given since 2001, support geographical fieldwork involving development issues with a high social and economic value.

Deadline

22 February 2013

Apply

  Slawson Award guidelines (PDF) 
  Research Ethics and Code of Practice (PDF)

Slawson Award recipients

  2012: Anne Toomey (Lancaster University). 'Community Science as a Tool for Engagement in Conservation Practice: Understanding how Different Ways of Knowing can Translate into Better Ways of Doing in Madidi National Park, Bolivia'

  2012: LauraJan Obermuller (University of St. Andrews). 'Guyana’s Plan to Mitigate Climate Change Through Forest Preservation, a Socioeconomic Disaster or a Green Economic Solution: Forest People Perspectives on the Potential of Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Policies'

  2012:  Caitlin Bentley (Royal Holloway University). 'Bilateral Donors and Civil Society Organisations: Technologies for Learning and Accountability'

  2012: Nick Clare (University of Sheffield). '¡Que Se Vayan Todos! Labour, Migrants, and the ‘Underclass’ in Buenos Aires'

  2011: Patricia Campbell (University of Glasgow). 'The Shack Becomes the House, the Slum Becomes the Suburb': Human Settlement Development in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania'

  2011: Andres Luque (Durham University). 'Reconfiguring the City: Emerging Renewable Energy Practices in Middle Income Nations'

  2011: Frances Lambrick (University of Oxford). 'Community Forestry in Cambodia: Ecological effects and Potential for Climate Mitigation Funding'

  2010: Julia Aglionby (Newcastle University). 'The Delivery of Ecosystem Services on Common Land in Protected Areas, a Legal and Institutional Perspective'

  2010: Caroline Day (University of Reading). 'Growing up caring; the lifecourse transitions of young people caring for parents and relatives in Zambia'

  2010: Chandra Bushan Kumar (Aberystwyth University). 'Changing Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Delhi, a Developing World Megacity – Space, Politics and Environmental Governance'

  2009: James Morrissey (University of Oxford). 'A Comparative Political Ecology of Migration in the Ethiopian Highlands'

  2009: Gary Watmough (University of Southampton).'Exploring Spatial Relationships Between Socio-economic Variables and Environmental Factors in Assam, North East India'

  2009: Tamlynn Fleetwood (Durham University). 'Social Inclusion and Integration in Post-apartheid Education: the Everyday Spaces and Identities of Secondary School Learners in Durban, South Africa'

  2008: Li Kheng Poh (University of Brighton). 'NIMBYism and Environmental Accountability in Malaysia: Insights from the Broga and Bukit Merah Environmental Campaigns'

  2008: Gotzone Garay (University of Kent). 'Kenyah Badeng Ethnoclimatology: Local Knowledge, Scientific Forecasting and Responses to the El Nino Phenomenon in Central Borneo'

  2007: Roy Huijsmans (Durham University). 'Local Childhoods in a Global World: Changing Place, Social Position, and Meaning of Work Practices Amount Lao Children'

  2007: Richard Paley (University of Cambridge). 'Factors Influencing Effectiveness of Protected Area Management Institutions and Organisations in Cambodia'

  2007: Fraser Sugden (University of Edinburgh). 'Markets, the State and Social Structures on the Nepali Lowlands: The Political Economy of Agrarian Change'

  2006: Troy Sternberg (University of Oxford). 'Water and Land Use in Change in the Mongolian Environment'

  2006: Alexandra Conliffe (University of Oxford). 'The Rio Conventions: Multi-Scalar Synergies, Trade-Offs and Impacts on Local Livelihoods in the Aral Sea Region'

  2006: Julie Taylor (University of Oxford). 'Indigenous Knowledge and Geographic Information Systems in Namibia's West Caprivi' 

  2005: Lorena Pasquini (University of Sheffield). 'Private-Sector Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa'

  2005: Emma Whittingham (University of Exeter). 'Exploring Local and External Development Interfaces in Changing Fisheries Livelihoods in Cambodia'
 
  2005: Daniel Turner (University of Sheffield). 'The Changing Nature of Social & Institutional Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana'

  2004: Susannah Sallu (University of Sheffield). 'Biodiversity, Degradation and Livelihoods – Local Environmental Change in Southern Africa'

  2004: Peter Mackie (Swansea University). 'Children in Informal Trading: Cuzco, Peru'

  2003: Emmeline Skinner (University College London). 'Older People, Poverty and Social Livelihood Strategies in Latin America'

  2003: Felicity Thomas (University of Sheffield). 'The Impacts of HIV and AIDS on the Livelihoods of Female-Headed Households in Northern Namibia'
 
  2003: David Mandiyanike (Royal Holloway University). 'In Search of Capacity: The Case of Zimbabwe's Rural Local Authorities'

  2002: Douglas McNab (University of Sheffield). 'Environmental Change, Land Degradation and Livelihood Diversity in Northern Province, South Africa'

  2002: Jennie Mallela (Manchester Metropolitan University). 'Fluvial Impacts on Coral Reef Framework, Carbonate Production and Community Composition, Rio Bueno, Jamaica'
   
  2001: Yara Evans (Aberystwyth University). 'Efforts Towards Sustainable Tourism: The Case of Serra do Mar State Park, São Paulo, Brazil'

  2001: Laurence Vagassky (London School of Economics). 'Upgrading Projects in Dakar's Informal Settlements: A Kick Start to Economic Transformation?'      

  2001: Andrew Bradley (University of Leicester). 'Driving Forces of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Tropical Montane Forests'  

For further information on the projects listed above, including a summary of the research and expedition reports, please browse the Society's Expeditions Database.