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Interviews with medal and award winners

Hear from recipients of our medals and awards. Discover their personal journeys, professional achievements, research contributions and broader impact on the field of geography across various disciplines.

Interviews 2025 medal and award recipients

A ship crossing through two glaciers seen from far above.

Q&A with Børge Ousland

Read our interview with 2025 Founder's Medal recipient, Børge Ousland.

Susan Smith and four others with instruments.

Q&A with Professor Susan J. Smith

Read our interview with 2025 Patron's Medal recipient, Professor Susan J. Smith.

Two people watch over a digitised version of a city.

Q&A with Professor Gillian Rose

Read our interview with 2025 Victoria Medal recipient, Professor Gillian Rose.

Murray Gray climbing rock wall while looking at the camera with a smile.

Q&A with Professor Murray Gray

Read our interview with 2025 Busk Medal recipient, Professor Murray Gray.

Page in 'Atlas of Finance' book showing diagram of map of London next to body of text.

Q&A with Professor Dariusz Wójcik

Read our interview with 2025 Murchison Award recipient, Professor Dariusz (Darek) Wójcik.

Q&A with Professor Mark Green

Read our interview with 2025 Back Award recipient, Professor Mark Green.

Person canoeing on river during sunset.

Q&A with Professor Chris Sandbrook

Read our interview with 2025 Cuthbert Peek recipient, Professor Chris Sandbrook.

Heat diagram of projected maximum air temperature for summer months for 5 km2 units across England and Wales, based on a RCP8.5 high emissions scenario.

Q&A with Dr Caitlin Robinson

Read our interview with 2025 Gill Memorial Award recipient, Dr Caitlin Robinson.

Teacher and students conducting geographical fieldwork on the beach.

Q&A with Chloë Searl

Read our interview with one of our two 2025 Ordnance Survey Award recipients, Chloë Searl.

Paul Logue posing on a cliffside with white chalk cliffs in the background leading into the sea.

Q&A with Paul Logue

Read our interview with one of our two 2025 Ordnance Survey Award recipients, Paul Logue.

Phoebe Smith ice hiking on ice sheet.

Q&A with Phoebe Smith

Read our interview with 2025 Ness Award recipient, Phoebe Smith.

Aerial view of a peninsula with agricultural fields and scattered houses.

Q&A with Ben Kosky

Read our interview with the 2025 Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize winner, Ben Kosky.

A rider on horseback, leading a second horse adorned with a red sash, receives a letter from a person standing on the ground.

Q&A with Palden Tsering

Read our interview with our 2025 Area Prize winner, Palden Tsering.

Preet Chandi in the South Pole taking a selfie next to a reflective globe. A Union Jack flag is visisble out of focus left of the globe.

Q&A with Harpreet (Preet) Chandi MBE

Read our interview with 2025 Geographical Award recipient, Harpreet (Preet) Chandi MBE.

Q&A with Oliver Uberti

Read our interview with our 2025 Geographical Engagement Award recipient, Oliver Uberti.

A damaged house and road by the coast. Rubble lays on the beach.

Q&A with Dr Robert Muir-Wood

Read our interview with 2025 Professional Geography Award recipient, Robert Muir-Wood.

Academic Laura Pulido, stood next to large globe at the London School of Economics.

Q&A with Professor Laura Pulido

Read our interview with one of our four 2025 Honorary Fellowship recipients, Professor Laura Pulido.

Group of people posing in a green rural field with misty mountains in the background. Michael Woods stand fourth from the left.

Q&A with Professor Michael Woods

Read our interview with one of our four 2025 Honerary Fellowship recipients, Professor Michael Woods.

Person with camera wearing orange jacket in the middle of an sandy orange Morocco desert.

Q&A with Ana-Maria Pavalache

Read our Q&A with our 2025 Cherry Kearton Medal and Award recipient, Ana-Maria Pavalache.

Interviews 2024 medal and award recipients

An aerial view of a busy interchange highway in a big city.

Q&A with Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB

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

Maintain climber with pickaxe.

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 interview 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.

A woman who is rock climbing inside a cave.

Q&A with the Ulysses Trust

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