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Medals and awards showcase

Read about the geographical achievements and aspirations of our medals and awards recipients in this series of interviews.

 

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Q&A with Dr Vanessa Lawrence, CB

Read our Q&A with 2024 Founder’s Medal recipient, Dr Vanessa Lawrence, CB.

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Q&A with Stephen Venables

Read our Q&A with 2024 Patron's Medal recipient, Stephen Venables.

Drink stall at an iconic hawker centre in the central business district of Singapore.

Q&A with Professor Lily Kong

Read our Q&A with 2024 Victoria Medal recipient, Professor Lily Kong.

Small group of scientists hiking across a glacier.

Q&A with Professor Chris Clark

Read our Q&A with 2024 Busk Medal recipient, Professor Chris Clark.

A group of four divers in an underwater cave.

Q&A with Professor Stefan Doerr

Read our Q&A with 2024 Murchison Award recipient, Professor Stefan Doerr.

Women praying in a mosque.

Q&A with Professor Peter Hopkins

Read our Q&A with 2024 Back Award recipient, Professor Peter Hopkins.

People participating in a beach cleanup, collecting a variety of other single use plastics that washed in with the tide.

Q&A with Professor Peter Atkinson

Read our Q&A with 2024 Cuthbert Peek Award recipient, Professor Peter Atkinson.

Iceberg with a ship sailing closely next to it.

Q&A with Dr Iestyn Woolway

Read our Q&A with 2024 Gill Memorial Award recipient, Dr Iestyn Woolway.

Traditional Chinese buildings and a city with new skyscrapers divided by a river.

Q&A with Dr Kean Fan Lim

Read our Q&A with 2024 Gill Memorial Award recipient, Dr Kean Fan Lim.

Two astronauts on a space walk from space shuttle.

Q&A with Colonel Chris Hadfield

Read our Q&A with Colonel Chris Hadfield, recipient of the Ness Award 2024.

A woman carries a basket of flowers next to the cobblestone streets and crumbling walls of Antigua Guatemala.

Q&A with Dr Ana Laura Zavala Guillen

Read our Q&A with 2024 Area Prize recipient, Dr Ana Laura Zavala Guillen.

Woman farming in tropical surroundings carrying a child on her back hal wrapped in a colourful cloth.

Q&A with Manann Donoghoe

Read our Q&A with 2024 Area Prize recipient, Manann Donoghoe.

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Q&A with the Ulysses Trust

Read our Q&A with Polly Marsh, CEO of the Ulysses Trust, recipient of the Geographical Award 2024.