A huge congratulations to our 2025 graduates - it was brilliant to celebrate with you today. Wishing you all the very best for the future #WeAreUoS

Summer could be 42 days longer by the end of the century according to our @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social scientists and @royalholloway.bsky.social researchers ☀️ European lake mud dating back thousands of years helped them make the prediction. Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/fdcljgd2ga

Congratulations to Professors Justin Sheffield & Andrew Tatem who have been included in Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researcher List. The list recognises researchers with exceptional reach and influence, ranking in the top 1% of citations for their fields. southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...

Intense sand mining is putting the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia at risk of collapse with catastrophic consequences. Scientists have now determined the cause of this decline to be sand mining in the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam. 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/bqqpxhrguz

Artificial developments are weakening the natural defenses of our shorelines, leaving people vulnerable to rising sea-level, says our visiting researcher Dr Dhritiraj Sengupta. Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, he says mapping them can help👇 theconversation.com/artificial-d...

GCSE students from three local schools came onto campus to learn about the flood risks affecting Southampton. They took part in interactive workshops with the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks. southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...

What will the world look like in a decade? We might have the answer 🌎📊 Our WorldPop experts are launching new global population data, offering insights into where people live, their demographics, and more. Register to watch the launch👇https://eventbrite.pulse.ly/oowjsp4mty

A major shift in South Pacific climate conditions around 1,000 years ago may have drawn people east to settle on the region's more remote, wetter islands, away from the drier west. New research from our geography researchers and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 👉 tr.ee/UJpEVL

🌍📊 WorldPop's cutting-edge research showcased at #JSM2025 #SatelliteData to improve #population estimates - esp. where data is scarce. 📡 >40% less bias. 📍 Smarter models. 🚀 Better decisions for health, aid & planning. #Statistics #DataForGood www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...

🌍 Big data, big impact! Join us on 4 Sep for the launch of WorldPop Global 2015–2030 - a new open-access, high-res, age & sex-disaggregated population estimate dataset covering 242 countries 📅 4 Sep | 🕒 3 pm BST 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374590861... #PopulationData #OpenData

🌍 How can data save lives during disasters? WorldPop co-produced high-resolution population data for a new UN study, helping map how vulnerable groups face risks from floods, earthquakes & more. Smarter data = smarter planning. 💡📊 #UNFPA #UNDRR #DataForGood www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...

📊 Discover The Power of Population Data! 🌍 Join WorldPop’s free webinar on Sept 4 to learn about our new high-res, open-access population datasets (2015–2030) for 242 countries. Learn from experts + get your questions answered! 🔗 Register now: www.worldpop.org/blog/discove... #PopulationData

🚨 New preprint: 73 high-res, global, multi-temporal geospatial datasets! Covering 2015–2023 at ~100m resolution, these open data power better population modelling for health, policy & more. #GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth www.worldpop.org/blog/new-ope...

Our researchers are working with local councils and food aid services to improve food pantries across the South as the demand for them surges. The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste. Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/b6in27yuaf

🚀 A true honour to welcome Professor Dame Wendy Hall to WorldPop! We had an inspiring & wide-ranging conversation on using AI to fill global demographic data gaps 🌍 - plus insights into UK data sharing initiatives & the power of interdisciplinary collaboration. #AIforGood #Demographics #DataScience

We are ready to go! 🎉 Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)! #UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS @southamptonctu.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social

The 2025/26 Public Engagement Development Fund Call is now open! Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact. Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57

As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series - celebrating the careers of some of our newly promoted Professors - Professor Dianna Smith gave an insightful lecture on Food Aid and Fish Fingers: Towards a Fairer Food System. @geodianna.bsky.social Watch here 👇 youtu.be/VPnajLQf5L4

Our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series celebrates the careers of some of our newest Professors. Prof. Jo Nield opened the series with a fascinating talk on TLS: Telling Landscape Stories (or playing with laser patterns in deserts). Watch here 👇 youtu.be/1MSreSzCoAY

A joy to be listening to @geodianna.bsky.social's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social inaugural lecture "Food aid and fish fingers: towards a fairer food system" Not just a fascinating life and academic journey, but telling it like it is: #FoodPoverty is poverty poverty

➡️New research: Spatio-temporal patterns of #health service delivery and access to maternal, child, and outpatient healthcare in #Volta region, #Ghana 📊New approach monitoring service changes using #HealthData & #SpatialAnalysis #DHIMS2 #GhanaHealthService @dhis2.org 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1654...

Join us for the launch of Sacred Connections: Heritage Revival by Indian-origin Communities in the UK—a panel and exhibition exploring legacy and living heritage through sound, photos and sacred objects. 🗓️ 21 June, 1–4 PM | John Hansard Gallery 🔗 bit.ly/4dWlVCV 📸 Amit Guha

Our climate experts report that Planet Earth is getting thirstier, which is making droughts more extreme 🌍💧   They believe the atmosphere is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants due to climate change.   Find out more 👉 tr.ee/lALd7k

📣Listen to Professor Andy Tatem to hear how WorldPop is changing lives and improving decision making in low- and middle-income countries in #TheWeSociety podcast from ‪@acadsocsciences.bsky.social‬ and #WillHutton 🔗 www.worldpop.org/blog/the-we-... 🌍 #LMIC #SocialScience #Data4Good

🎙️ New podcast alert 🎙️ Don't miss our Prof Andy Tatem on the latest episode of ‪‪@acadsocsciences.bsky.social‬'s popular We Society podcast. He's been talking about the pioneering work of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social‬ 👇👇

Another fantastic Faculty Technicians Away Day hosted by Psychology and @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social thanks Pete Langdon and Agnes Michalik for organising.

Our researchers have uncovered the mystery on how ‘mini sand dunes’ form. The findings could tell us not just how they form on beaches and in deserts, but also on other planets. Read more 👉 tr.ee/drHBy4

Thinking of @drkingothebeach.bsky.social today: teaching Toomey et al. (2013: doi.org/10.1130/G341...) [one of my all-time favourite papers] and Ortiz & Ashton (2019: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...) as we near the end of this year's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social Y2 coastal module.

Pint of Science is coming to Southampton (May 19 to 21) 🍻🔬 Where science and beer join forces for a series of wacky and insightful sessions led by our amazing researchers 🤖 Read more 👉 tr.ee/0J2MLN @pintofscience.uk

In April 2021, India had the highest number of new and active cases of Covid in the world. Our @worldpop-uos.bsky.social researchers have scoured data on India during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide insights for future pandemic management. Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wSmvK

📣Beta test our new global #population #data - 2015 to 2030 ⬇️Now freely available to download ⬇️ www.worldpop.org/blog/beta-te... #HDX #HumanitarianData @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social @sotongeospatial.bsky.social @cpc-cg.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social @geone-ws.bsky.social @aphrc.bsky.social

🚨New research: Subnational variations in the quality of household survey data in sub-Saharan Africa Easy-to-access geospatial estimates of survey data quality highlight the need to invest in better targeting of household surveys in remote areas. Nature Communications 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

📣Wed 30 Apr 13:00 CAT (UTC+2) join Senior Enterprise Fellow @heatherchamberlain.bsky.social speaking on how high resolution mapped #PopulationData support health programme planning With the #Zambia #Climate Change #Sustainability & #Health Network Zoom 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/8160107575...

Join us for the launch of Hidden in Stone, a public exhibition exploring 200 million years of life on the South Coast! Opening this weekend at God’s House Tower, Southampton until June 1st. Discover artwork, meet the researchers and artists! More info 👉 bit.ly/43VN9qr

Wild-eyed rush to prep materials ahead of class tomorrow for UG Y2 @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social coastal students, but relieved that the DEMs of our overwash-morphology-in-a-tank trials are looking pretty good. (I like the aesthetics of these "ghost scans.") Morphometric analysis next.

Applications are open for the Geospatial Data: AI & Deep Learning Summer School at the University of Southampton! Upskill in environmental monitoring, data collection, and analysis. Apply by 31 March 2025 for a 30% tuition discount! Read more 👉 bit.ly/41ZIlxh

We have a rich fossil heritage on the south coast, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, the first humans on these islands... And everything in between. Come and find out about it at our new exhibition, running from April 4th to June 1st. godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi... @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Y2 @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social coastal students running barrier washover experiments (last week, this week & next). Today’s condition was a built floodplain. This base plate lifted out of tank tidily & intact 👌🏼

Our @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social researchers are working with @southdownsnp.bsky.social on a project to reintroduce two beavers to the Meon Valley 🦫 Scientists hope to learn more about how the animals transform chalk streams. Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_Bea...

From cement to silicon chips, the modern world is built on sand. Our researchers are investigating the hidden impact that sand mining has on the Mekong River and those who live along its banks. Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wR8et

We celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for our brand-new education building at Highfield Campus today🏢 Set to open 2027, the building will offer new teaching, study, social, and wellbeing spaces to enhance the student experience. Read more: brnw.ch/UoS_News_New... @lornafielker.bsky.social

We are highlighting an episode of the #MelioraPodcast for the #SRI, that covers the fascinating topic of #ArtificialIntelligence and sustainability. This episode discusses the potential long-term sustainability challenges of AI. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/6WIe...

Listen to series 5 episode 2 of the #meliorapodcast for the #SRI at #UoS. @skemp42.bsky.social was joined by @vickydominguez.bsky.social and Sien Van Der Plank, to discuss how an invasive species of seaweed is affected global coastal communities. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3bcb...

Today is #WorldDayOfSocialJustice! To learn more about research that builds wellbeing, dignity and promotes inclusive peace, listen to @dremmaclaire.bsky.social episode of the #MelioraPodcast for the #SRI #UoS. Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/7drc...

Listen to series 5 episode 1 of the #meliora podcast for the #SRI #UoS! In this episode @skemp42.bsky.social was joined by @ellieatayeebennet.bsky.social to discuss Ellie’s amazing research about the intersect between #faith and #veganism. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/41X6...

We are launching season 5 of the #MelioraPodcast for the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at #UoS. Tune in to learn about one of the greatest global challenges that is #Sustainability. Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/6zhl96q...

Could future maps give us a glimpse of what the world's population will look like in 2100? Our experts are drawing up maps which can be used to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of Earth’s population. More here 👉 brnw.ch/21wQFw2 @worldpop-uos.bsky.social

🚀 Exciting event alert! Join us for "Mapping Success: Women in Geospatial!" 🎉 📍 University of Southampton, Highfield Campus 📅 11 March 2025 ⏰ 11:00 – 17:00 Keynotes, networking & the inauguration of the Geospatial Computing Facility! 🌍✨ 🔗 Register by 28th Feb – spots limited!

Our researchers teamed up with scientists in India to uncover the extent of the suffocating impact of coal mining dust on nearby forests 🌳 The dust – containing aluminium, silica and iron – prevents the trees from ‘breathing’ properly. Read more 👇