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Geographies of power and the new global security landscape
With global tensions shifting in Eastern Europe, the Indo-Pacific, and Africa, this panel will explore how geographic thinking helps understand and respond to evolving security threats, including hybrid warfare, migration pressures, and resource conflicts.
Revisiting the Dolgarrog dam disaster after 100 years
On 2 November 1925, a catastrophic flood swept through Dolgarrog village in north Wales, depositing enormous boulders and killing 16 people. In 2025, what have we learnt from this flood disaster?
UK child poverty: the state we’re in
Join leading experts to explore the geography, causes, and consequences of child poverty in the UK today, and what urgent actions are needed to build a fairer future.
Multiple deprivation in England, 2004 to 2025
Join us for a lunchtime webinar discussing the release of the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation. Explore how deprivation varies across England and how the use of this report can shape policy interventions and reduce spatial inequalities.
Bound by water: linking Amazonian diversity and climate vulnerability
In this lecture, National Geographic Explorers Julia Tavares and Thiago Silva will explore how they are combining cutting-edge methods in plant morphology and functional ecology, environmental monitoring, drone remote sensing and 3D laser scanning (LiDAR) to address a central question: How are different Amazonian forests being affected by climate change?
Call of the Loon
A series of a solo sea kayaking expeditions, focused on finding and recording the calls of all of Scotland's breeding seabird species. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
Katoka in the lost world 2024
Olivia McGregor, recipient of the 2024 Neville Shulman Challenge Award, travelled to one of the last biodiverse wildernesses on earth, commonly referred to as ‘The Lost World’ in Guyana. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
Echoes of the Okavango 2025
Jay Frain will discuss Echoes of the Okavango, a 2025 expedition combining exploration and storytelling. This presentation was part of the Society's Explore weekend 2025.
Farming Futures Cycle Tour
This spring, Veronica White embarked on the Farming Futures Cycle Tour – a low-carbon, human-powered PhD fieldwork adventure, supported by one of our Postgraduate Research Awards. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
Exercise Bear Escape
India Chambers shares insights from a remote two-week bikepacking expedition around Vancouver Island, Canada. This presentation was part of the RGS Explore Weekend 2025.
2025 Global GeoARTBlitz
Hear from Roseann Hanson about the outcomes of this year’s GeoARTBlitz, a global fusion of geography, nature and art coordinated by the RGS Art of Exploration Collective. This presentation was part of the Society's Explore weekend 2025.
Challenging maps and exploration symposium
Join us for a day of expert panels discussing the connections, historical and contemporary, between maps and exploration. Event sponsored by the Sunderland Collection.