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Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

Nicholas Crane, RGS-IBG Immediate Past President will give the 55th Annual Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture.

As nationalisation versus privatisation arguments re-emerge, Stephen will explore the rescaling of nuclear industry governance to draw wider lessons for contemporary Britain.

A visitor to downtown Mexico City might not realise that this was once a lake where, in 1325, the wandering Aztecs found their promised land. Systematic excavations of this site have been ongoing since 1978.

Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

Russell will describe the cultural traditions in Faroese and Vincentian whaling and how they impact on current sustainability practices.

Danny will be talking about inequality and what Brexit teaches us about the British, whilst Klaus will be asking "who owns the Arctic?"

Kirsten will define international organisations and their various functions before considering how the UN has shaped our understanding of development and poverty, and how this has impacted on development policy.

Join Sarah on her travels from South India to The Hebrides, a photographic journey spanning two decades of adventure.

Dr Sarah Evans will speak about women’s participation in RGS-supported expeditions between 1913 and 1970.

See the blue planet from an entirely new perspective: where scientists, sailors, artists and researchers meet on the seas of the UK's coastline.

Toby will describe the beautiful tropical dry forests and woody savannas of Latin America, the threats they face and what we can do to ensure they have a safe future.

Robert recounts key aspects of travelling overland through sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, Iran and back to the UK.

Rebecca Scott, from the British Museum, discusses the Neanderthal landscapes of the channel river valley.

Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

One of the lead authors of the IPCC October 2018 report chapter on ‘Impacts on Natural and Human Systems’, Sally will speak on the impacts of 1.5°C of warming on coastal and marine areas, particularly in the South of England.

With the majority of tropical deforestation taking place in small plots, rainforest protection depends on local communities. Cool Earth has pioneered a light touch model that puts local people in control.
 

Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

This talk considers the colonisation of residential neighbourhoods by university students and some recent changes in student and developer behaviours which may help to curb the further expansion of studentified residential areas.

Neil will offer a historical perspective on flooding in York.

An interactive demonstration of open source software to search remotely sensed imagery for suitable field sites to reduce time and expense in the field.

Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

Rob describes the processes of globalisation and outlines some changes in the way cities have become imagined relating to these processes.  He identifies four internationally influential sets of ideas which offer urban solutions and illustrates how these ideas have been put into practice on the ground.

For this spring's Mark Blacksell Memorial Lecture, Dan Raven-Ellison will be speaking about Guerrilla Geographies.

David crewed the first British sailing boat to sail around the Northeast/Northwest passages in one season and will give us his personal exciting account of this epic journey and its consequences.
 

Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

Charles Barder will be speaking about motoring from the splendour of Goodwood to the steppes of Mongolia with no route, no backup... and one mid-life crisis. 

Join Professor Adrian Lister from the Natural History Museum for a talk on sea levels, ice ages and evolution.

Best-selling author of Prisoners Of Geography, Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.

A one day seminar for anyone planning expeditions and field research overseas, with a focus on self-led student projects.

Explore South West launches with this public panel discussion on the topic "Is there anything left to explore in the 21st century?".

Combining camera trap data and environmental modelling a team of University of Cumbria researchers set out to investigate the state of a snow leopard population in Kazakhstan's Ile Alatau mountains.

Stunning images show what a difference the last 50 years of international protection has had on species in the South Atlantic.

The Iditarod Trail sled dog race is a legendary journey of epic proportions across the frozen wastelands of the Alaskan wilderness. It includes 1,160 miles of snowy wilderness, crossing mountain ranges and sea ice. In this talk, Max Hall will show slides of the epic journey and discuss his unforgettable experiences on the trail. 

For well over 2,000 years, Southampton has played host to soldiers, travellers, merchants and emigrants. Join Andy from SeaCity Museum for a whistle-stop discovery of this remarkable history and the stories of people who called it home.

Peter considers the ups and downs of market-based conservation as an alternative to oil palm in Indonesia.

Philip will describe his experiences and the challenges involved in building the Foyle bridge and bridges for villages in West Africa.

A further selection of short films from Andrew's historic collection, including an 1932 expedition from Mexico to Borneo.

 

Recent neuroscience research has explored how the brain represents details of places and navigation - but how is that linked to how we navigate in the real world?

Join Jonny as he discusses his work in un-mapped environments to support humanitarian crisis relief.

This day-long workshop will bring together researchers with a variety of experience applying for grants big and small, local and national in the fields of children, youth and families.

Professor Roland Gehrels, from the University of York, will speak on sea level change and global warming, asking which lessons from the past can inform the future.

Jane Austen lived at a time when fashions in landscape design were in the process of change. This talk considers landscape design in the late Georgian and Regency periods, in the context of those wonderful masterpieces of literature. 

Honouring the achievements of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the men of the Endurance Expedition of 1914-1917, newly digitised images reveal previously unseen details of the crew’s epic struggle for survival both before and after their ship was destroyed.

A shortlist of 50 exceptional photographs and films that document the earth in all its diversity, shown at Grizedale Forest in Cumbria.

A shortlist of 50 exceptional photographs and films that document the earth in all its diversity, shown at Beechenhurst, Forest of Dean.