Physical Geography Seminars
Autumn 2021-22 seminars
| Thursday 7 October 2021 |
Dr.Alex Koch – University of Hong Kong – Department of Earth Sciences
Title: Tropical forest restoration under future climate change
Seminar format: In-person and virtual
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| Thursday 14 October 2021 |
Informal, get-together seminar Seminar format: In-person and virtual |
| Thursday 21 October 2021 |
Robbie Mallett – University College London – Department of Earth Sciences Title: Arctic Ocean: poorly measured, poorly modelled, poorly understood Seminar format: In-person and virtual |
| Thursday 28 October 2021 |
Prof.Mark Maslin & Dr.Chris Brierley Pre-COP26 Seminar Seminar format: In-person and virtual |
| Thursday 4 November 2021 | TBC |
| Thursday 11 November 2021 | Reading week – No seminar |
| Thursday 18 November 2021 |
Prof.Mark Maslin, Robbie Mallett & Jhenelle Williams Post-COP26 seminar Seminar format: In-person and virtual |
| Thursday 25 November 2021 |
Dr Chengxiu Liu
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| Thursday 2 December 2021 |
Prof.Kate Heppell – Queen Mary University of London – School of Geography Title: TBC Seminar format: TBC |
| Thursday 9 December 2021 |
Dr Margaret Kadiri King’s College London – Department of Geography Seminar format: Virtual |
Spring 2020-21 seminars
| Thursday 14th January 2021 |
Dr.Heather Moorhouse & Dr.Lucy Roberts
Lancaster University - Lancaster Environment Centre & University of Nottingham -
School of Geography
Title: Tropical Asian Mega-delta ponds: socio-ecological systems at risk
Dr.Heather Moorhouse & Dr.Lucy RobertsLancaster University - Lancaster Environment Centre & University of Nottingham -School of GeographyTitle: Tropical Asian Mega-delta ponds: socio-ecological systems at risk |
| Thursday 21st January 2021 | TBC |
| Thursday 28th January 2021 | Prof.Thomas Higham University of Oxford – School of Archaeology Title: Improved radiocarbon dating through the application of Bayesian statistical modelling |
| Thursday 4th February 2021 | Prof.Dr.Dirk Verschuren Ghent University – Department of Biology Title: TBC |
| Thursday 11th February 2021 | Prof.Jon French University College London – Department of Geography Title: Operationalising resilience as a framework for coastal erosion and flood hazard management |
| Thursday 18th February 2021 | Reading week – No seminar |
| Thursday 25th February 2021 | Prof.Robert Hilton University of Durham – Department of Geography Title: Weathering of sedimentary rocks as a positive feedback on climate |
| Thursday 4th March 2021 | Prof.Chronis Tzedakis University College London – Department of Geography Title: ‘James Croll bicentenary: glacial cycles, astronomical theories and geological archives’ |
| Thursday 11th March 2021 | Dr.Andreas Born University of Bergen – Department of Earth Sciences Title: TBC |
| Thursday 18th March 2021 | Joshua Powelll University College London – Department of Geography & Institute of Zoology Title: TBC |
| Thursday 25th March 2021 | Dr.Sruthi M.Krishna Moorthy Ghent University – Department of Environment Title: TBC |
General information about the virtual seminar organisation
• The seminars will be held on Zoom. A link will be provided every Thursday morning with the talk title and abstract. You can download Zoom for free on the UCL Software database (https://swdb.ucl.ac.uk).
• You will be asked to turn your video and microphone off during the duration of the seminar except if you want to ask a question.
• The virtual seminars will follow a similar organisation as the in-person ones. We will aim to start at 1.05pm in order to let everyone join. The talks will last 30-40min and will be followed by at least 15min of questions.
• It is recommended that you ask your question in the chat section of Zoom. At the end of the talk, the seminar’s host will then ask you to present yourself and ask your question to the speaker. This will be done in a chronological order. If all of the questions in the chat box have been answered before the end of the seminar, the attendees will be able to “raise a hand” and ask questions as well.
• The seminars will also be recorded with the speaker’s agreement. You will be able to ask the seminar series convenor (Cécile Porchier, cecile.porchier.18@ucl.ac.uk) the video if you have been unable to attend the live seminar. It is, however, strongly encouraged to join the live seminars. If you are provided with the video, please do not share it to a wider audience except if it has been accepted previously by the seminar series convenor and the speaker.
• Every attendee is also expected to conduct themselves appropriately throughout the seminar. UCL Geography is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, or religion (or lack thereof). Any type of harassment will not be tolerated during the virtual seminars. If you notice anything during one of the seminars, please feel free to contact the seminar series convenor (email address above).
