Society medals and awards

Council awards

The Society’s Council has made the following awards:
 

Victoria Medal

• Professor Anson Mackay For their transformative impact on the discipline of geography 

Busk Medal

• Professor Jos Barlow For his outstanding contribution to understanding and conserving the Amazonian tropical rainforests

Cherry Kearton Medal and Award

• Harriet Fraser and Rob Fraser For their discipline-crossing work, aiming to shed light on the seldom-seen and seldom-heard in the context of rural landscapes 

Murchison Award

• Professor Noel Castree For substantial and highly influential published work about the relationships between contemporary societies and the physical environment

Back Award

• Jane Rumble OBE For outstanding commitment to shaping public policy in polar settings

Cuthbert Peek Award

• Dr Lisa Wedding For contributions to advancing contemporary methods in remote sensing of the environment, with novel applications for marine management 

Gill Memorial Award (two awards)

• Dr Sarah Bell For exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement

• Dr Jovan Scott Lewis For exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement

Ordnance Survey Awards (two awards)

• Ellie Barker For excellence in geography education at secondary level

• Simon Holland For excellence in geography education at secondary level

Taylor and Francis Award

• Dr Matt Finn For excellence in the practice and promotion of teaching in higher education

Ness Award

• Alastair Humphreys For his long-standing contributions to promoting a greater understanding of our world and wider public engagement with the outdoors

Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize

• Roisin Gilloch Boyle For the undergraduate geography dissertation judged to be the best in 2022

Area Prize

• Rosie Hampton For the best article in the journal by a new researcher: ‘Towards an agenda for oral history and geography: (Re)locating emotion in family narratives of domestic abuse in 1970s East Kilbride’

Ron Cooke Award 

• Elysia Sanders For her A Level project titled ‘How have glacial and physical post-glacial processes caused variation in the landscape of the Troutbeck Valley’

Geographical Award

• Endurance22 Expedition For significant impact in inspiring and raising the understanding of geographical expedition and discovery

Honorary Fellowship 

• Professor Simon Catling In recognition of outstanding support for geography

• Derry Corey In recognition of outstanding support for the Society

• Ted Grey In recognition of outstanding support for geography

• Alasdair Macleod In recognition of outstanding support for the Society and geography