Departmental News News stories News items relating to the staff, students, courses and partnerships of the University of Sheffield Department of Geography. 27 March 2024 Lecture: Can researching everyday practices usefully inform social transformation for sustainability? The multiple crises that human societies are faced with today are fundamentally the consequences of human actions. But can research that focuses on everyday practices usefully inform wide-ranging systemic changes? 15 April 2024 Job alert: Research Associate in Drivers and Attribution of Antarctic Extreme Weather Events We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to join the NERC-funded highlight topic project PICANTE (Processes, Impacts, and Changes of ANTarctic Extreme weather’), led by Dr Julie Jones. jobs.ac.uk 14 March 2024 Two Geography students win SURE awards Two students from the Department of Geography have been recognised for their work as part of SURE, the Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience. 7 February 2024 Geography at Sheffield recognised for advancement of gender equality We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award for commitment to the advancement of gender equality within the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield. Search Agriculture Bill: here’s what it means for farming and the environment after Brexit Dr Ruth Little and Dr Judith Tsouvalis discuss the UK’s new Agriculture Bill, which has been called “one of the most significant pieces of legislation for farmers in England for over 70 years”. 20 January 2020 | Published by The Conversation ‘Green Barrier’ air quality project wins support from the British Academy A project on the use of green barriers to improve air quality, well-being and community mobilisation in Buenos Aires has been supported by the British Academy. 18 December 2019 Exploring the Kinder Scout plateau Dr Stephen Livingstone discusses his recent field trip and the hunt for glaciers in the Peak District. 5 November 2019 Geography Alumnus helping shape Climate change policy Recently James Harries, who studied Geography from 1993-96, visited the department. James, who now lives in Manchester, is a principal consultant working on climate change at Ricardo Energy & Environment. 4 November 2019 Peter Jackson elected to Academia Europaea On 23 October, Peter Jackson attended a ceremony at the Ateneu Barcelones to celebrate his election to the Academia Europaea. 1 November 2019 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Current page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 … Next page Next › Last page Last »