'Powering Productivity in African Grids' @ukmecs.bsky.social event @lborouniversity.bsky.social with regulatory authorities and experts from across the globe, 21-22 May www.eventbrite.com/e/powering-p...

New planning policy resources co-authored by Professor Peter Kraftl @lborogeog.bsky.social ⬇️

Interested in weather or climate? We’re looking for 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀 across UK universities – a great way to build experience, meet people in the field, and get more involved (just a few hours a month). Take a look: www.rmets.org/student-amba...

A new #blog by ukmecs.bsky.social shows how #black #carbon reductions from #cleancooking transitions can be quantified; highlighting #CleanCooking isn’t just about long‑term #emissions #reductions, it also delivers immediate #climate benefits & improved #airquality: mecs.org.uk/blog/from-id...

Are prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, regulated or a hub for insider betting? Professor Sarah Mills @lborogeog.bsky.social spoke to Naga Munchetty on Radio 5 Live @bbc5live.bsky.social about the issue. Listen here at 19:05 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📻 🔈 I was just live on BBC Radio 5 Live talking to Naga Munchetty about prediction markets and Iran (from 11:19 timestamp) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @britishacademy.bsky.social @lborogeog.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social

Many congratulations to Professor Sarah Holloway @profslh.bsky.social who has received the @geographers.bsky.social 2026 Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award! 🎉 www.aag.org/2026-aag-awa...

Loughborough is bidding to become the UK Town of Culture 2028 #TownOfCulture2028 www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

Doctoral researcher Jamie MacManaway on deglaciation and its effects in Bolivia @uk.theconversation.com www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...

New journal article in 'Energy for Sustainable Development', led by former @lborogeog.bsky.social MA student Mia Whittaker, 'Synergies and trade-offs of energy extractives in building resilient infrastructures in Mozambique'. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New publication in British Educational Research Journal, co-authored by @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social: 'From science to storytelling: Advancing a climate knowledge–action framework through reflections on youth-focused, participatory action research in Vietnam'. doi.org/10.1002/berj...

My piece in the @financialtimes.com today on prediction markets, following Arizona's legal case, based on my @britishacademy.bsky.social research: www.ft.com/content/9181...

Listen on SoundCloud to the #podcast #interview we had with @drjonmillett.bsky.social from @lborouniversity.bsky.social in 2019 on the #LTE #AinsdaleDuneSlacks- a #grazing experiment bit.ly/38CQvEw @naturalengland.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk ‬ @drciaradwyer.bsky.social ‬🌏

🌞 During the Triassic period, 230 million years ago, Charnwood Forest lay near the equator, and was a hot, desert-like environment. 🔴 The red sandstones and siltstones deposited during this time are associated with those deserts, as well as seasonal flash flood events.

Shepherd's Cress (Teesdalia nudicaulis) growing in gravelly acidic soil at its sole location in Leicestershire, recorded on today's Leicester Botany Group field meeting. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

🌿 Interested in environmental science? CENTA is offering paid undergrad research placements for summer 2026. New projects online now, more coming soon. Apply here: centa.ac.uk/apply/centa-... #EnvironmentalScience #STEM #ResearchPlacement #CENTA #PaidPlacements

New publication in @bjse.bsky.social: Louise Holt, Marian Trudgill and Francisco Azpitarte: 'Parents’ perspectives on special education in England: institutional disability discrimination and non-compliance with the law'. doi.org/10.1080/0142...

Join us at our next Geography Seminar on Wednesday, 18th March at 1pm (WAV036), for a presentation by Joe Capstick (Keele), titled 'From small fragments to small talk: Exploring the challenges of beach litter'.

New paper exploring families' and practitioners' understandings of housing insecurity co-authored by @lborogeog.bsky.social's Professor Peter Kraftl ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Applications for the 2026 Fi Wi Road Internship are now open! Offering paid part-time work, mentoring, group sessions and workshops, this opportunity is open to Black or mixed Black heritage geography students currently enrolled at a UK university. Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/NsR850YuM81

🌿 Interested in environmental science and want a paid research placement this summer? Our 2026 undergrad placements now open for Minority Ethnic Home applicants meeting eligibility criteria. 🔗 Info here: centa.ac.uk/apply/centa-... Projects open to all eligible applicants to be posted soon!

⭐ Last year we announced our official 100 Treasures of Charnwood Forest, featuring famous sites and forgotten artefacts from across the Geopark. 🏺 What's included from your community? 🌐 Explore the Treasures: www.charnwoodforest.org/100treasures/

Boston and the Making of a Global City - book discussion with author Jim O'Connell and @lborogeog.bsky.social's Michael Hoyler @bostonu.bsky.social's Initiative on Cities. gawc.lboro.ac.uk/boston-and-t...

Leigh Martindale shares reflections from Energy Modelling Platform for Africa #EMPA2026 at the University of Cape Town, where he contributed to the OSeMOSYS training track www.re-integrate-au.eu?p=811

New paper by Charlie Patel, Paul Wood, Rachel Jane Cooper and Kate Mathers: 'Current distribution of the neonative Cymatia rogenhoferi (Fieber, 1864) in the UK' www.reabic.net/journals/bir...

Join us at our next Geography Seminar on Wednesday, 11th March at 1pm (WAV036), for a joint talk by our own Annie Dowse with Emily Johns (Nature Strategy Manager, @ssentransmission.bsky.social), titled 'PhD Placement: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission'.

The latest newsletter of FLOOD-CDT, the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures, with contributions by @lborogeog.bsky.social's Dr @edwinbaynes.bsky.social, Imogen Onions and @louisethurston.bsky.social ⬇️ 🌊 More on FLOOD-CDT: flood-cdt.ac.uk sway.cloud.microsoft/IWFF1yn4978c...

Happy spring campus @lborouniversity.bsky.social!

🌋 The rocks of Charnwood Lodge are famous for their volcanic blocks, likely deposited in debris flows from a nearby volcano. 📷 This photo was taken in 1896 by W. W. Watts. He would go on to become a fellow of The Royal Society and president of The Geological Society. ©️ NERC

Published today! New book 'Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning', co-authored by @drjwharrison.bsky.social with Dr Daniel Galland and @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social ⬇️

New research led by Dr Tom Stanton published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

Congratulations to @ferdoush.bsky.social, whose book 'Sovereign Atonement: Citizenship, Territory, and the State at the Bangladesh-India Border' @universitypress.cambridge.org has been shortlisted for the 2026 British Association for South Asian Studies Book Prize! www.basas.org.uk/news-events/...

Funded and self-funded doctoral opportunities @lborouniversity.bsky.social, including in our Department @lborogeog.bsky.social ⬇️ www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Congratulations to Dr @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social who is starting in his new role as Lecturer in Physical Geography @lborogeog.bsky.social today! www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...

A new opinion piece authored by Professor Sarah Mills @lborogeog.bsky.social looks at the rise of prediction markets, letting anonymous users gamble on uncertainty. Read more 👇 www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...

Great to chat to CKNV radio in Vancouver, Canada just now on their breakfast show, about prediction markets globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/p... - theconversation.com/everything-c... @lboropr.bsky.social @lborogeog.bsky.social

Learn more about our exciting new academic programme with @unitar.bsky.social 'Climate, Energy and Humanitarian Action' in this forthcoming open webinar on 3 March, 5-6pm (CET) unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣 New Paper! Pebble shape, size and arrangement control their resistance to transport… we did the stats to simplify how bed texture influences grain mobility! With @edwinbaynes.bsky.social, @sterice.bsky.social and Kate Mathers ⬇️⬇️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

New publication in 'Data in Brief', co-authored by Dr Tom Stanton, Lecturer in Geography: an open source collection of ATR-FTIR spectra to support the identification of plastic and non-plastic textile fibres in environmental research and beyond. ⬇️

"Everything can be a bet now – the rise and risks of prediction markets" - my piece in @theconversation.com today: theconversation.com/everything-c...

Forthcoming online seminar of the HistGeogUni network, co-convened by Professor Heike Jöns: 'University Archives: A Roundtable Discussion', 4 March, 2pm. www.histgeog-uni.net/history-of-u...

Amazing baking on show in our Department's Annual Bake Off!

MECS recently participated in the 16th Session of the IRENA Assembly in Abu Dhabi, as well as meetings of the SDG 7 Technical Advisory Group. MECS ensured that sustainable access to modern energy cooking was a key component of the ongoing discussions. Key takeaways: mecs.org.uk/blog/takeawa...

New paper in Nature Energy, co-authored by Jairo Quiros-Tortos, our Professor of Practice – Sustainable Transitions, and Deputy Director of @ccgprogramme.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New publication out in Population, Space and Place: Louise Holt, Francisco Azpitarte and Sobhi Berjawi on 'Uneven geographies of special educational needs and school segregation in England' doi.org/10.1002/psp....

Nominations are open for the Loughborough Students' Union executive team lsu.co.uk/elections/exec

New publication out in Children's Geographies: Peter Kraftl on 'Questioning relations in/and children’s geographies' doi.org/10.1080/1473...

Meet Dr @allanwatson1.bsky.social, Editor of Geoforum, and fellow journal editors in economic geography, James Faulconbridge, @karenpylai.bsky.social and Siobhan McGrath, at this webinar on 25th Feb ⬇️

Join us at our next Departmental Research Seminar on Wednesday, 18th February at 1pm (WAV036), where Dr @sophiemilnes.bsky.social will be presenting findings from her PhD research in a talk entitled 'Weighted Decisions': Student Experiences During a Cost-of-Living Crisis.

Lovely scenes of Snowdrops and Hazel flowering this week, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour