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The Official page for Geography at Newcastle University.
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Fantastic to see our colleagues Professor Bethan Davies
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and Dr Owen King contributing to UNESCO & WMO’s new volume Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes!
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
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Newcastle scientists contribute to UNESCO glacier loss report
Scientists from Newcastle University have contributed to a major new international report highlighting accelerating decline of glaciers and ice sheets and the consequences for people and the planet.
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2025/11/unescoglacierlossreport/
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NCL press release:
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Alison Stenning
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Our recent article reflecting on neighbohood play during the first covid-19 lockdown, using Donald Winnicott (and Bonnie Honig and Joanna Kellond) to think about play, space, and care, both in the pandemic and beyond, now has a home in
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's December issue.
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we explore what the experiences of some children and families in their neighbourhoods during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown can tell us about the value and importance of neighbourhood ...
https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tran.70005
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It was a delight to contribute a couple of chapters to this important UK National Commission to UNESCO book on glaciers and ice sheets in a warming world:
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
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Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes | UNESCO in the UK
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes reveals how British-led research is helping the world understand, and respond to, one of the most visible frontlines of climate change.
https://unesco.org.uk/resources/glaciers-and-ice-sheets-in-a-warming-world-impacts-and-outcomes
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On Remembrance Sunday. I was delighted to retell this amazing story of a little-known WW2 truce. Sometimes it takes courage not to fight.
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Newcastle professor recalls US-Japan picnic truce
Prof Nick Megoran says the picnic on Aka island is as remarkable as the 1914 Christmas Day truce.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg43kwvq4e9o
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Alison Stenning
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Today I attended an update from Jarrow Forward, the board leading Jarrow’s Plan for Neighbourhoods work. A lot of important initiatives but I’m especially excited to see our research and advocacy around play being picked up and placed at the heart of the plan.
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🌐Geography Lunch Club 🙌 Lovely lunch at Grainger Market with colleagues ☕️ 🥟🥙 A much-needed catch up. Thanks for organising, Adam!
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Jonathan Pugh
9 days ago
I have a new article, published
#openaccess
Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways Dialogues in Human Geography Volume 15, Issue 3
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
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Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways - Jonathan Pugh, 2025
This commentary engages Bodden's (2025) ‘Working through our differences’ to draw out how contemporary frameworks of reasoning in human geography extend th...
https://doi.org/10.1177/20438206241242467
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Christine Batchelor
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University! 👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores". This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat. More details:
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Christine Batchelor
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University! 👉"What controls ice flow across Palmer and Ellsworth Lands, Antarctica?" This project will use remote sensing datasets to examine the controls on past, present and future ice flow in Antarctica. More details:
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Bristol University Press
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INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor
Peter Hopkins
. Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia. University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30:
https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF
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INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins
INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University
https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF
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Lots of us are involved today in a workshop with National Trust colleagues, led by
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, exploring young people’s access to nature, heritage and beauty. We’ve heard from
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Bethan Davies
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Come and study for a PhD with me
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📢Are you interested in studying for a PhD in the environmental sciences? 👉🏻Consider joining our vibrant Physical Geography community at Newcastle University for a funded PhD studentship. We have 9 new exciting opportunities. See more details on our LinkedIn Page:
www.linkedin.com/posts/geogra...
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Bethan Davies
13 days ago
I am very happy to advertise this PhD focusing on groundwater flooding, with partners at
@bgs.ac.uk
and plenty of applied and industry partnerships!
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Search for Postgraduate Scholarships and Other Funding
Search scholarships and funding for postgraduate study at Newcastle University. Find financial support tailored to your course and eligibility.
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=flood261
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Andrew Henderson
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A new
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funded PhD opportunity based at
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Now we’re here on Bluesky, we’re going to share some updates - projects, publications, media work, etc. - from colleagues from over the last few months as a bit of catch up…
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Andy Large and Andrew Henderson gave keynote presentations at the 4th Mega-Deltas conference in Shanghai 20-22 November. As well as keynote on the Living Delta Hub's work they presented the FREE DeLTAS toolkit for assessing delta sustainability
www.deltastoolkit.com
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Writing for
@uk.theconversation.com
, our Geography colleagues Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy discuss how supposed "conflict-free" minerals are likely to have at least some connection to war. Full story >>
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Comment: ‘Conflict-free’ minerals used in waging of modern wars
Writing for The Conversation, Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy discuss how many of the “conflict-free” minerals sourced in Africa are likely to have at least some connection to war.
https://bit.ly/4hukFII
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And here, for our first day on Bluesky, is a Geography at Newcastle starter pack, which will develop as our presence on Bluesky does. Please do follow us!
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What happens when borders reopen? My new article for Geopolitics journal, co-written with the economist Zalina Enikeeva.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What Happens When Borders Reopen? Dematerialising the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary
Border studies have recently been focussed on what happens when borders close, leaving the question of border reopenings both largely unexplored and unconceptualized. We argue here for a new focus ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14650045.2025.2575986
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Jessa Loomis
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Caitlin Henry and I were recently interviewed for this story based on our research into private equity investment in healthcare which explores whose sickness provides profit, where and how care is provisioned, and what impacts this form of investment has on the quality of healthcare and life.
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Bethan Davies
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Delighted to be advertising an exciting PhD opportunity on South Georgia's glaciers through
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. Please get in touch if you want to discuss and forward to any interested parties!
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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The glaciers of South Georgia from the 1950s to 2100 CE
https://iapetus.ac.uk/studentships/the-glaciers-of-south-georgia-from-the-1950s-to-2100-ce/
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Nick Cutler
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New PhD project with me, Althea Davies and Louise de Raad of Zulu Ecosystems: "The legacy of lost woods: soil microbial communities and the regeneration of the Caledonian Forest". Full details here:
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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The legacy of lost woods: soil microbial communities and the regeneration of the Caledonian Forest
https://iapetus.ac.uk/studentships/the-legacy-of-lost-woods-soil-microbial-communities-and-the-regeneration-of-the-caledonian-forest/
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As a positive start to our feed, here is our brand new student-led Student Staff Committee, working this year to make sure our programmes run smoothly and successfully. A bumper year for members, across all three years and human & physical, representing our almost 700 undergraduate students.
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Hello! We're the new Bluesky account for Geography at Newcastle University (UK). We'll be sharing new, updates, reflections, projects and more from Geography staff, postgraduates, and students.
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