Grants awarded in 2021
The following projects have been awarded funding as part of this year’s grants programme. In light of the current coronavirus pandemic, funds will be released when it is safe, responsible and appropriate for researchers to go in to the field, following Government, FCDO and in-country guidance.
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Selma Benyovszky (University of Reading) The water-energy nexus in Algeria: the government water discourse and its interrelation with the hydrocarbon sector
Arianna Tozzi (University of Manchester) Disentangling (ground) waterscapes: understanding everyday experiences of resilience in drought-affected areas of Maharashtra, India
Viviana Pupeza (University of Cambridge) Cape to Cairo Urban Transformations under Cecil Rhodes, 1890-1914
William Harcourt (University of St Andrews) Measuring and monitoring glacier calving in Svalbard using a multisensor approach
Holly Chubb (Newcastle University) The implications of glacier recession for mass movement processes and hazards
Emanuele Amo (Aberystwyth University) The theoretical and practical impact of Slow Food's communities on the notion of food sovereignty
Hao Lu (University of Exeter) Sustainable conservation of vernacular heritage in Chinese villages: case studies of Jiangxi and Hubei Provinces
Daniela Soto (University of Sussex) The Lithium Pyramid in South America: narratives and territorialities in the context of lithium extraction
Lydia Katsis (University of Southampton) Safeguarding the tropical forests of Belize: integrating the acoustic landscape into anti-poaching patrol design and evaluation
Viviana Pupeza (University of Cambridge) Cape to Cairo Urban Transformations under Cecil Rhodes, 1890-1914
Amy Reid (Ulster University) Investigating the relationship between emotional geographies and border politics in post-conflict Cyprus
Leandra Stracquadanio (University of Brighton) African Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) distribution and behavioural ecology in relation to electric fences
Dr Nicoletta Leonardi (University of Liverpool) Building coastal resilience one sediment grain at the time
Dr Katharine Welsh and Dr Rebecca Collins (University of Chester) Gamifying Green: harnessing household habit changes catalysed by COVID-19
Julien Picard (London School of Economics and Political Science) Will you reject food if it is morally incompatible with your beliefs?
Vassilis Gkoumas (University of Cambridge) Social impacts of conservation policies: Assessing the perceptions and attitudes of local communities towards Marine Protected Areas in South Europe
William Harcourt (University of St Andrews) Measuring and monitoring glacier calving in Svalbard using a multisensor approach
Eilidh Watson (University of Glasgow) Investigating the energy access impacts, needs and ambitions of women in rural Malawi under three electricity access scenarios
Dominic Phillips (University of Southampton) Investigating the effects of fragmentation and environmental change on tropical montane Lepidoptera
Sophie Plant (University of Glasgow) Investigating intraspecific variation in geochemical tracers of past bleaching in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
Dr Tristram Irvine-Fynn and Graham Goldup (Aberystwyth University and Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove) Immersive teaching toolkit: landscapes of West Wales
Dr Maddy Thompson (Keele University) Space of ADHD: a study into women with ADHD
Velveth Perez (University of Glasgow) A geological and geographical study of Ljótipollur’s violent eruption: what to learn from the past and how to prepare for the future
Sarah Easter (Aberystwyth University) Investigation into contaminant transport, mineral-microbe interaction and geochemistry within temperate glacier surfaces
Dr Nicholas Girkin (Cranfield University) Mapping the extent and vulnerability of Central American peatland carbon stocks
Dr Patricia Noxolo (University of Birmingham) Supervision for black Geography PhD students: Towards Good Practice Guidelines
Dr Emma Mawdsley (University of Cambridge) Hopeful Geographies
Dr Maddy Thompson (Keele University) Space of ADHD: a study into women with ADHD
Dr Alistair Anderson (University of Nottingham) Investigating the Geography of Antibiotic- and Vaccine-related Attitudes in Britain
Dr Adrian Dye (University of York) Glacier Response to Extreme Temperature Events in the Arctic
Dr Mark Holton (University of Plymouth) Encountering coastal youth citizenship
Dr Stephanie Denning (Coventry University) The rise of Christian social franchises: responding to UK poverty
Dr Martin Zebracki (University of Leeds) RESOURCE: Re-writing Spaces of Injustice under Radical Social Change
Dr Stephan Harrison (University of Exeter) Rock glaciers, climate change and water supplies in the Himalaya