September 2008
- Mark Maslin in carbon debate at Tory Party Conference
- Professor Maslin takes part in a debate at a Conservative Party Conference fringe event.
- On-line publishing initiative on the geographies of science
- Colleagues from the Department of Geography and the Department of Science and Technology Studies at UCL have collaborated in the development of a new on-line resource, the Locating Technoscience Reader.
- Another busy year of fieldwork for the ECRC scientists
- Scientists at the Environmental Change Research Centre have had another busy year in the field, visiting over 200 lake and river sites, mostly in the UK but some as far afield as Botswana.
- New Geographies of Race and Racism
- Dr Claire Dwyer and Dr Caroline Bressey have recently released an edited collection focusing on research into youth, mixed-race identities and ethnicity.
- Richard Munton reviews DEFRA's evidence strategy
- Professor Richard Munton is taking part in a two-day review of DEFRA’s evidence strategy
- How can cities be economically more innovative?
- Professor Peter Wood was recently invited to speak and chair a session at the DIME International Workshop in Newcastle.
- Members of Geography Department attend and present at RGS conference
- The annual RGS Conference was well attended by members of UCL Geography
- Migrants going home?
- Professor John Salt has been reviewing recent trends in UK labour immigration
- On 8 September UCL will award an Honorary Degree to Emeritus Professor Peter Haggett CBE
- Peter has held geographical research and teaching posts at universities around the world for fifty years beginning with his first appointment as Lecturer at UCL in 1955.
- Department Researchers release website mapping surnames across the globe
- Various members from SPLINT and CASA have produced a website which maps over ten million unique surnames.
- Member of department awarded an EC FP7 grant for marine research
- Dr Peter Jones is part of a consortium of researchers awarded an EC FP7 grant for research on monitoring and evaluation of spatially managed marine areas (MESMA).
