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Talks on demand

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Monday Night Lecture

Lost, found and followed: remarkable tales from tracking wild animals

Biologist Lucy Hawkes reveals how cutting-edge animal tracking technology is transforming our understanding of some of the planet’s most exciting wild animals.

Discussion

Living with risk: the geography of disasters

Join geographers Amy Donovan, Sophie Blackburn and Tracey Coates and for a discussion exploring how communities experience, understand and respond to disaster risk.

Monday Night Lecture

Lessons from the wild: nothing grows in the comfort zone - Anna Dimitriadis

Growing up, Anna, a wildlife filmmaker, believed she had missed the age of exploration. However, the further she travelled, the more she realised the greatest mysteries lay somewhere entirely unexpected.

Webinar

Geography in practice: mapping population change with worldpop

This webinar introduces WorldPop’s work in developing demographic data and explores how geospatial data, satellite imagery and population modelling using AI can be used to address gaps in population data, particularly in regions where census information is limited, outdated or unavailable.

Monday Night Lecture

Glaciers and ice sheets in a warming world: impacts and outcomes

A UK UNESCO initiative reveals the disastrous loss of glaciers and their vital supply of water to mountain communities, and enhanced ice sheet melting that will accelerate coastal flooding world-wide.

Webinar

What do geographers actually do?

A webinar for secondary school students and teachers exploring careers with geography.

Lecture

Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown

Dr Laurie Parsons explores the murky practices of outsourcing environmental impact, when emissions and waste are exported from rich to poor countries. 

Monday Night Lecture

Putting the news on the map - October 2026

Leading journalists and media watchers place the stories of the week within the wider geographical landscape, making connections across environmental, political and social forces.

Webinar

Disaster risk management: communicating and understanding risk

Join us for a webinar series covering the launch of a new book 'Geographical Perspectives on Disaster Risk Management'.

Lecture

Gladys West "I've got to get this right": A life of achievements that underpin GPS

This year's EGR Taylor lecture seeks to do justice to Gladys West and the impact of her work.

Monday Night Lecture

Saving seahorses to help save our seas - Professor Amanda Vincent

Leading conservationist Professor Amanda Vincent tells a compelling story of blending research, management and policy to make change for ocean life, with the magical seahorses guiding our way.

Discussion

Britain and beyond: discovering Islamic heritage

Experts will discuss the geographical and historical threads linking Britain to Islam in this panel discussion.