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.
RGS Explore Weekend 2025
Book your tickets for this year's RGS Explore Weekend. Connect with leading explorers and field practitioners, and learn everything you need to make your expedition a success.
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An elephant never forgets
A behind-the-scenes, illustrated talk from Sophy Roberts about her new Sunday Times bestseller, A Training School for Elephants, which weaves past and present in travels that take her from Iraq to India, the DRC and Tanzania, finishing up at a convent with an elephant on Lake Tanganyika.
Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements gain ground across Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Join experts for a discussion on sustaining climate action amid political shifts on both sides of the Atlantic.
School Member lecture: Inequality - the next crisis and children – Danny Dorling
School and Student Members are invited to come along to this lecture to hear from leading academic, Danny Dorling, on the topic of inequality. This event is being held exclusively for the Society's School and Student Members only.
The rise of green finance: can banks prevent climate disaster?
Dr Liam Clegg explores if financial institutions at local, national and international level help to mitigate climate change.
Oman - The Jewel of Arabia: a 30-day journey to Arabia Felix
Lecture on The Jewel of Arabia expedition: 30 days on foot, by camel and 4x4 in Oman in the 1927 footsteps of British Explorer Bertram Thomas.
The library of lost maps
James Cheshire spent three years uncovering the treasures of a long-forgotten map library for his book The Library of Lost Maps. Sharing the contents of this archive, he will reveal the power of maps and their makers to transform our world.
Clearing a path through the new world disorder
Former Major General Rob Thomson from The HALO Trust, the world’s largest mine clearing NGO, will discuss how a changing geopolitical order marked by great power competition, increased conflict, and the retreat of multilateralism is affecting human development and security.
Lightning at sea in the 18th and 19th centuries
The 2025 EGR Taylor lecture, by Dr Sara Caputo, will use a range of printed and archival sources from Britain and Western Europe to discuss how lightning shaped the maritime world to an extent that is yet to be fully recognised.
EGR Taylor lecture supper 2025
Post-lecture supper on 9 October following the EGR Taylor lecture by Dr Sara Caputo. Spaces are limited, book in advance by 12.00pm on Thursday 2 October.
The North Pole: the history of an obsession
Join explorer Erling Kagge to hear tales of wild imaginings, broken hearts, melting ice, and life dreams achieved at 50 degrees below. The legends, motivations, physical challenges and the nature of exploration at large.
Kicheche at 25 - Toils and triumphs of safaris since 2000
Join Kicheche founders Greg Monson & Paul Goldstein and some of their outstanding staff for a spectacular celebration of 25 years of safaris.
The High North: reflections on an opening Arctic
Dr Steve Aiken has led operational patrols beneath the ice and advised the Ministry of Defence research on defence and security matters in the High North. He reflects on this increasingly contested part of the world.