One of the ways in which the Society’s Research Groups support and promote their area of geography is by offering dissertation awards and prizes to students. These awards sit alongside the Society’s Alfred Steers prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in a UK geography department, and prizes offered by the Quaternary Research Association and the British Society for Geomorphology.
The annual dissertation prizes recognise outstanding work from both undergraduate and postgraduate students across a number of sub-disciplines, and emphasise originality of thought, quality of research and excellence in presentation.
Last year 39 students from 16 institutions were recognised, with prize-winning topics ranging from sediment source fingerprinting and the histories of surviving Cold War bunkers, to Deliveroo bicycle couriers and photojournalism.
This year’s competitions are now open, with 33 awards and prizes available. We encourage UK geography departments to submit innovative, high quality thesis research to the various prizes for the undergraduate dissertation awards.
Find out more about the entry requirements and the associated deadlines for the Research Group dissertation prizes.
Interested in becoming a member of one our Research Groups? Find out more.