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What's on

Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.

 

 

 

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Webinar

What do geographers actually do? - Spring 2026

This free event aims to support students, teachers and parents to understand what careers are available for those that choose to study geography.

Monday Night Lecture

Is agriculture the greatest threat to biodiversity?

Half of the world’s habitable land is now farmed, yet we must produce ever more food. Can we bend the curve of agricultural expansion, before it is too late?

Lecture

Time to change

Join James Godman for an inspiring evening of films, lively discussion and debate as we explore why it is time to change our lives to support the world we live in.

£4.00 - £8.00
Discussion

Mapping migration: people, policy and place

Our expert panelists will discuss human mobility, border dynamics, urban pressures, and how geography informs policies for population movement.

£5.00 - £12.00
Conference

Geospatial intelligence for crisis response

Join this in-person event uniting researchers, practitioners, and innovators to explore how geospatial thinking and tech shape emergency response.

Networking

Rural Geography Research Group morning coffee - February

MRes or PhD students researching anything related to rural geographies are invited to join the Rural Geography Research Group for its monthly relaxed, friendly early morning coffee meeting, this February.

Lecture

The geology, archaeology, history and environment of Cave Hill

Cave Hill dominates the skyline of Belfast and Cormac Hamill will reflect on the geology of the site and human influences upon it from the Mesolithic period to modern history.

Monday Night Lecture

Lone wolf: walking the faultlines of Europe

In 2011, a wolf walked 1,000 miles from Slovenia to Italy, ultimately recolonising the Alps. A decade later, Adam Weymouth walked his path, exploring the wolf's resurgence in a divided Europe.

Conference

Postgraduate conference

The Society is delighted to announce details of its 2026 Postgraduate Conference. The RGS-IBG Postgraduate Conference will be hosted online and in-person at the Society in London between 24 February and 26 February 2026.

£20.00 - £50.00
Webinar

Mapping habitat change with Living England

Join Natural England who will provide an overview of how the ‘Living England’ habitat mapping project harnesses the use of Earth observation data, artificial intelligence (AI) and extensive field data collection.

Webinar

Emerging voices in economic geography: meet the editors

Join four editors from internationally leading economic geography journals as they share practical advice on how to publish successfully in the field.

Non-Society event

Hungry for life! An evening with Prue Leith

On February 25, Prue joins Intelligence Squared live at the Royal Geographical Society to reflect on her remarkable life and share insights from her new memoir 'Being Old… and Learning to Love It!'