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Joined September 2019
Toxic metals found in UK peatlands could pose health risk: BBC coverage of the PIPES project featuring our own Graeme Swindles, Richard Fewster and Ellie Purdy.
bbc.co.uk
Wildfires and climate change could see decades' worth of pollutants released into the water courses.
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Warmest of congratulations from all your colleagues here @QUBGeography!!.
Congratulations to Professor M. Satish Kumar, who has been announced as the inaugural Dean of our new campus in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), India. Professor Kumar will take up the role in July 2025 and will be based in #GIFTCity, providing academic
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We are currently advertising a Teaching Fellow in Human Geography (maternity cover - 0.75 FTE). Closing date 16.6. Please spread the word.
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Warm congratulations to our fantastic colleague Dr Alastair Ruffell who was awarded the Raymond Murray Medal for work in forensic geology. The medal was presented in Rome at the 15th anniversary meeting of the International Union of Geosciences Initiative on Forensic Geology.
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Warm congratulations to Ben Rocke who defended his PhD last week (A Proposed Search Strategy for the Use of Drones in Detecting Clandestine Burials). Supervised by Dr Alastair Ruffell and Prof Graeme Swindles and examined by Dr Laurance Donnelly and Professor Eileen Murphy.
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Dr Tristan Sturm was interviewed about online disinformation in Europe and Russian influence in online spaces. Times Radio / The Times and Sunday Times (Hugo Rifkind) (2:37:00-2:44:53):
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RT @GraemeSwindles: Fully funded PhD opportunity Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts (Q….
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Keynote 2: Professor Simin Davoudi constructively critiques the use and misuse of 'resilience' in neoliberal contexts.
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After an amazing three days, the Conference of Irish Geographers 2025 draws to a close. Thanks to all who participated in an incredible programme of presentations, roundtables, posters and two fantastic keynotes. 👏🌞#CIG2025
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Congratulations to @QUBGeography's Dr M. Satish Kumar on the submission of the first-of-its-kind Kerala Urban Policy Commission report. Dr Kumar acted as Chair of the Commission. For more, see
indianexpress.com
The commission suggested introducing a targeted green fee on urban development projects to fund disaster risk reduction initiatives, including resilient infrastructure and emergency response systems.
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RT @CarlaPMateus: I am organising and chairing a session on ‘Historical Climatology: climate change and extreme weather events’ at the Conf….
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We are very much looking forward to hosting the Annual Conference of Irish Geographers, 7-9 May 2025. To find out more and to participate see:
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"Up to 90% of 2026 FIFA World Cup stadiums could face dangerous heat levels for players & officials”, a study led by Dr Donal Mullan finds (.🔥⚽#FIFA #WorldCup2026.
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International Journal of Biometeorology - Climate change is making extreme heat events more frequent and intense. This negatively impacts many aspects of society, including organised sport. As the...
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We're delighted to announce that @QUBGeography's PhD student, Steven Farquhar, won the @HAPPatQUB's best overall MA Performance in the School out of 140 students for his MA in Geopolitics degree. Congratulations @sfarquhar64!
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Congratulations to our very first set of MSc Climate Change graduates, who all had a great time celebrating at our lovely festive winter graduation yesterday. Wishing you all every success in the future - hopefully a more sustainable future that you will all help to shape!
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A hot-off-the-press op-ed from Geography’s @SturmTristan, expert on evangelical apocalyptic beliefs, on the appointment of Mike Huckabee as US ambassador to Israel.
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RT @sandyzpatterson: Fantastic @The_GA Belfast Branch ALevel lecture this evening. @NMajury led an informative and insightful session on th….
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Wonderful research seminar today from @Toal_CritGeo @QUBGeography on his vital new book, Oceans Rise, Empires Fall. The presentation and conversation was convivial, critical and oh so urgent . many thanks Gerard.
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RT @profkdlilley: It's been a day of prepping lectures, #GIS and #landscape for our @QUBGeography second year students 😍👇 .
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