2022 Awards

 

Council awards

The Society’s Council has made the following awards:
 

Victoria Medal

• Professor Paul Cloke For his contribution to rural geography and to the wider discipline

Busk Medal

• Professor James D. Sidaway For fieldwork and engagement with a remarkable span of theoretical approaches

Cherry Kearton Medal and Award

• Nicholas Jones For his ability to ‘capture the uncapturable’: the ever-changing play of light on landscape

Murchison Award

• Professor David Hannah For the quality, international impact, and breadth of his publications within the field of hydroclimatology

Back Award

• Dr Fiona McConnell For outstanding scholarship underpinned by a commitment to shape public policy in geopolitical settings

Cuthbert Peek Award

• Professor Alex Singleton For contributions to contemporary methods in geography that lie at the boundary between the social and computational sciences

Gill Memorial Award (two awards)

• Professor Christina Hicks For exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement

• Dr Junxi Qian For exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement

Ordnance Survey Awards (two awards)

• Alistair Hamill For excellence in geography education at secondary level

• Iram Sammar For excellence in geography education at secondary level

Taylor and Francis Award

• Professor Nicola Thomas For outstanding leadership in research-led teaching and community partnerships

Ness Award

• Lemn Sissay OBE For recognition of his long-standing contributions to promoting insightful understandings of our place in the world by means of poetry and the spoken word

Fordham Award

• David Rumsey For his significant contributions to public access to historic maps and cartography

Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize

• Jessica Edgley For the undergraduate geography dissertation judged to be the best in 2021

Area Prize

• Dr Samantha Saville For the best article in the journal by a new researcher: “Towards humble geographies”

Ron Cooke Award 

• Joelle D’Mello For her A Level project titled “Through economic status, the environment, accessibility, and regeneration, how does quality of living vary between a rural and urban area?”

Geographical Award

• Black Girls Hike For enabling and empowering Black women and girls to connect with and enjoy being in the outdoors

Honorary Fellowship 

In recognition of outstanding support for geography

• Professor Patricia Orchid Daley

• Dr Joanne Norcup

• Professor Divya Praful Tolia-Kelly

Honorary Fellowship 

In recognition of outstanding support for the Society and geography

• Nigel Winser