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About the Society Need to know The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is the UK’s learned society for geography and professional body for geographers. We are also a membership organisation and a registered charity. The Society was founded in 1830 to advance geographical science and this remains our core purpose. We achieve this through supporting geographical research, education, and fieldwork and expeditions, as well as by advocating on behalf of the discipline and promoting geography to public audiences. We value our independence as well as the breadth of our activities that support the understanding of the world’s people, places and environments. Everyone with an enthusiasm for geography, travel and exploration is welcome to join. W www.rgs.org T @RGS_IBG E membership@rgs.org T +44 (0)20 7591 3080
A message © Geospatial Commission From the President It’s my great pleasure to write as More broadly, I believe geography brings President of our extraordinary Society. with it valuable life skills: insatiable curiosity about how our world is constructed and Firstly, I would like to thank you, our evolving, a collaborative mindset, an members, for staying true to the Society appreciation of ‘connectedness’, and over the last, exceptional, 18 months. a desire to make a real-world difference. Because of your loyalty, the imaginative You will already know that geographers team at the Society has maintained are a friendly bunch and I certainly found support for geographical education, during my time at Ordnance Survey research, expeditions and fieldwork with that geographers across the world new and different resources delivered are adept at forming strong, open and in new and different ways. supportive communities. This positive response is one reason We can look forward to an interesting year why I feel great optimism for geography. of renewal. I am delighted to be working Our discipline is providing answers to with Joe, the Society’s team, Council, today’s challenges – social, economic corporate sponsors and you all to spread and environmental. This view is shared the word, strengthen the Society and serve by many, as can be seen in the the discipline that we all love. establishment of the UK’s first Geospatial Commission, which is promoting and investing in ‘location’ to help form and deliver policy across the UK. Nigel Clifford President 1
Society News Welcome back Council elections At the time of writing, the Foyle Reading Congratulations to our newest members Room is open by appointment only, and of Council elected at the Annual General the Members’ Room is due to reopen in Meeting in June: Nigel Clifford (President), September. In-person events will also Stephen Jones (Honorary Secretary: restart in September. Events, including Expeditions and Fieldwork), Helen Monday night lectures, will continue to be Walkington (Councillor: Expeditions live streamed and recorded. Please check and Fieldwork), Melanie Norman (Vice our website for information. President: Education), Narinder Mann W www.rgs.org/visiting-the-society (Councillor: Education), Rachel Pain (Chair of Annual Conference: Research A remarkable legacy and Higher Education) and Vandana We recently received a gift of £50,000 from Desai (Councillor: Research and Higher the estate of Jennifer Fry. Jennifer was a Education), Jordi Buckley (Postgraduate Fellow for 27 years and a regular volunteer Representative). helping to care for the Society’s Collections. Her generous bequest will help us inspire Thank you to our outgoing members of new audiences by providing better Council for their hard work and dedication. interpretation and display of the Collections. W www.rgs.org/councilelections Contact Christine James at c.james@rgs. org to learn how your gift could be used to support the Society’s charitable work. W www.rgs.org/leave-a-legacy 2
Birthday honours © Folio Society Congratulations to all those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours, including Sir Michael Gooley, chairman of Trailfinders on his knighthood for services to business and charity. Congratulations Congratulations to Professor Felix Driver, Royal Holloway, University of London, who was awarded the Society for the History of Natural History President’s Medal for A piece of history his research on the Hidden Histories of A new publication by the Folio Society, Exploration, and to Professor Paul Bates, Everest From Reconnaissance to Summit, University of Bristol, who was recently 1921 to 1953 recounts five key expeditions elected as Fellow of the Royal Society. to Everest and includes incredible mountain photographs held in the Society’s archives, Online joining alongside testimony gathered from articles, You can now join and gift Ordinary memoirs, reports and letters. Membership, Young Geographer membership or School Membership by This remarkable two volume edition is completing a quick and easy online form. available to buy from the Folio Society. W www.rgs.org/join-us/ W www.foliosociety.com/uk/everest.html 3
Education News Geography superheroes © RGS-IBG Geography superheroes Financial Times competition We have transformed real-life geographers We are seeking thoughtful and well-argued into superheroes to inspire young people responses from sixth form students for our to think about their power for change. third School Essay Competition with the Financial Times, as part of its education Each of the cartoon geography superheroes programme. In anticipation of the COP26 can be collected, shared and displayed summit, entries must explain how transport to complement accompanying resources changes might help the world achieve the including podcasts and lectures. goals of the Paris Agreement. With a focus Our initial superheroes include Earth on the movement of food or the movement scientist, Dr Anjana Khatwa, Black of people, submissions should reference Geographers founder, Francisca Rockey, data and FT articles to demonstrate how flood expert and climate change modeller, we can accelerate action. The deadline Professor Hannah Cloke, and Seals from for entries is 1 October. Space researcher, Prem Gill. W www.rgs.org/FTcomp W www.rgs.org/geography-superheroes 4
Stay Home Stories Thames Valley Police resources To understand the domestic impact of the The Society has partnered with Thames coronavirus pandemic, the Society is a Valley Police (TVP) on research into the partner on the Mapping Home strand of the geography of bike crime, using local and Stay Home Stories research project. Pupils national data to explore its patterns and from across Key Stages 2-4 have been distribution. The first educational resource invited to take part in a nationwide mapping comprises a scheme of work and podcast exercise which will help illuminate how featuring TVP officers and analysts who children and young people’s experiences use GIS to track crime. Young people will of home may have changed. Resources be invited to contribute to the research are available for teachers to support by mapping how bikes in their area are the development of mapping skills and locked and stored. encourage engagement with a sense of W www.rgs.org/resources place. The materials produced, including Weddell Sea partnership the winning entries from this year’s Young We are pleased that the Society’s Weddell Geographer of the Year competition, will Sea Educational partnership, supported by be brought together in a virtual exhibition the Flotilla Foundation, has been extended later in the year. and the Society will continue to create W www.rgs.org/stayhome educational resources to engage young people with Antarctica’s unique terrestrial and marine environments. W www.rgs.org/wse 5
From the field News In the field Grants supporting 32 projects A small number of researchers funded by With the generous support of our donors, our grants programme have been able to over £91,000 of funding has been allocated go into the field in a safe and responsible this year to support 32 field research manner. PhD student Daniela Soto, projects. An increased number of projects University of Sussex, is working in South will be studying geographical issues in the America investigating lithium extraction, UK, including investigating the geography supported by the Dudley Stamp Memorial of antibiotic- and vaccine-related attitudes, Award. Julio Rodríguez Stimson, University alongside further afield studies. Application of Cambridge, is nearing the end of 12 deadlines for the 2022 grants programme months of fieldwork on the Galapagos begin in November 2021. Islands, studying how people understand, W www.rgs.org/grants perceive, and adapt to climate change. Funding opportunities Expeditions and Fieldwork Handbook We have recently revamped our list of grant- The Transglobe Expedition Trust has giving organisations to make it easier to signed an MOU with the Society, which find funding for fieldwork. Alongside the includes a donation of £50K, to support Society’s own grants programme, this a multi-media expeditions and fieldwork resource is a great place to start when handbook. The Society’s grant applicants, looking for funding for your own expeditions Explore attendees and students conducting and fieldwork. fieldwork will all benefit from this resource. W www.rgs.org/otherfunding 6
Professional News Geography in government Location data ethics The Government Geography Profession The Society has signed up as a supporter awards celebrated excellence in geography of the Locus Charter, a proposed set of across the public sector. The overall common international principles to guide winners were Public Health England’s GIS responsible practice when using location Team, Emergency Preparedness Division, data, supporting data owners and users to for their contribution to the COVID-19 safeguard privacy, protect the vulnerable response, and the Office for National and address any harmful impacts of bias. Statistics Data Science Campus, for their We are now working with the Association machine learning approach to estimating for Geographic Information (AGI) to support vehicle and pedestrian activity. geographers in putting the principles W www.rgs.org/GiG-2021-award-winners into practice. We are also engaging with wider initiatives around data ethics and Knowledge exchange and briefing responsible uses of location data, such The Society hosted an online event on as the Geospatial Commission’s public realising co-benefits in blue-green cities. dialogues project, the UK Statistics A panel of geographers, engineers and Authority’s advice for researchers and designers discussed the transformative statisticians on the use of geospatial change needed in how urban flood risk data, and resources for exploring location and water security are managed. A policy data ethics in universities. briefing has since been published, setting out recommendations for action. W www.rgs.org/impact/bluegreencities 7
Research and higher education News © Panel 8 Photography Annual Conference 2021 Research Group interview series We are looking forward to welcoming you The Society’s Quantitative Methods to our largely virtual annual conference Research Group (QMRG), in collaboration between Tuesday 31 August and Friday with the Spatial Analytics and Data (SAD) 3 September. The conference is on track Seminar Series, have launched Spatial to be the largest on record with over 475 Analytics and Data: the interviews, a sessions and a stimulating programme of forum for dialogue among researchers keynotes, convened by conference chair united by an interest in geographic data Uma Kothari. Registration is available up and spatial analytics. to and during the conference – contact us An extension of the SAD seminar series, at ac2021@rgs.org for more information. it offers a platform for experts in spatial W www.rgs.org/ac2021 analytics and data to offer their insights 8
on the evolutions in the field. Interviewees One of the projects, led by Professor Gavin include Michael Batty, Helen Couclelis and Bridge at Durham University, is investigating Danny Dorling. the ongoing transformation of the UK’s W www.rgs.org/research-group-SAD- strategic position within global oil networks. interviews Using social science methods and an innovative research design, the project Support for geographical research will contribute new knowledge about the The Society is delighted to be partnering changing role of different ‘assets’ in the with a number of geographers who are UK for international oil firms and advance leading UK Research and Innovation understanding about the processes that funded research projects, to further our connect national and global economies. understanding of the world, its people, places and environments. The projects We are working with the project teams to include, among others, developing a new disseminate the findings of the research to generation of global flood models, looking geography students, professionals and the at the effects of El Nino on the lives of wider public. We will provide updates on all vulnerable groups in Peru, understanding the projects as they progress. how ideas and experiences of home have changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic (p.5), and transforming discussions about race and anti-racism in UK higher education institutions (p.42). 9
Events Highlights by logging in to the Members’ Area and © RGS-IBG accessing our Livestream page. If you haven’t previously logged in, you can set a password using the ‘forgotten password’ link on the login page. Bookings will be required for all in person events, including Monday night lectures, and can be made via each event’s page on our website. Our regional committees are intending to provide a mix of both in person and online events throughout the autumn. All of our plans are dependent on dependent on Autumn events programme government and public health policies, At the time of writing, we are planning for advice and guidance, and as such we Society-organised events, including our may have to alter them at short notice. Monday night lecture series, to be held However, we will keep you informed as in the Ondaatje Theatre in front of a live and when things are confirmed or need audience. We will continue to live stream to be changed. our events so that they are available to Fellows and members wherever they live. Please check our website for the most You can access the live stream of our up to date event information. Monday night lectures, and other events, W www.rgs.org/events 10
Autumn 2021 events Monday night lectures at a glance 6.30pm -7.45pm RGS-IBG, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR or online at W www.rgs.org/livestream Date For Title Speaker 20 September M The international year of caves and karst: Andy Eavis explore, study and protect 27 September M Housing, inequality and uncertainty: what’s next, where? Professor Susan Smith 4 October M Directing economic growth: a mission-oriented approach Professor Mariana Mazzucato 11 October M CARICUK: Creative Approaches to Race Dr Patricia Noxolo and (in)security in the Caribbean and the UK 18 October M The handshake: a gripping history Ella Al-Shamahi 25 October M Teaching hopeful geographies in an age of crises Dr Emma Mawdsley 1 November M Working with the world: the British Museum in the 21st century Dr Hartwig Fischer 8 November M Building a planet happy clothing system Patrick Grant 15 November M Positive tipping points to avoid climate tipping points Professor Tim Lenton 22 November M Rewilding the wild: lessons from Australia Lizzy Crotty 29 November M The Arab conquests Justin Marozzi 6 December M I belong here: a journey along the backbone of Britain Anita Sethi 11
Monday night lectures Events booking Fellows and members can access the live stream of our Monday night lectures by logging in to the You can find more information and book tickets online Members’ Area and accessing our live stream page W www.rgs.org/events E events@rgs.org or call us W www.rgs.org/livestream. If you haven’t previously on T 020 7591 3100 (10.00am-5.00pm, Monday to logged in, you can set a password using the Friday). Our staff will be more than happy to guide ‘forgotten password’ link on the login page. you through the booking process and answer any questions you may have. You will need to book in advance to attend our Monday night lectures in-person at the Society Please note that unexpected changes to events may this term. This is to aid social distancing should occur, especially those planned to take place in person, we be required to reduce the capacity of those please check our website for up-to-date information. in attendance. Bookings will open at 10.00am, We’re Good to Go 14 days in advance for each lecture. All Monday We can’t wait to welcome you back to the Society night lectures are for members only this autumn. and we want you to feel confident and safe when We hope to resume suppers in the autumn term, you visit us. On our website we explain how we are please check our website for up-to-date information. keeping staff and visitors COVID-secure based on Key to events the latest government and public health guidelines. B Book tickets in advance W www.rgs.org/good-to-go M Members only The Society has ‘We’re Good to Go’ COVID-19 Continuing professional development industry standard accreditation in partnership with for the Chartered Geographer scheme The National Tourist Organisations of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which recognises we have Accessibility followed government and industry COVID-19 Wheelchair spaces are available in the Ondaatje guidelines, ensuring processes are in place to maintain Theatre. A personal assistant or carer can usually be cleanliness and aid social and physical distancing. accommodated. Please contact the Events Office in advance on T 020 7591 3100 E events@rgs.org Online events Registered assistance dogs welcome. The Ondaatje All Society-organised online events can be booked Theatre has an induction loop for those with hearing and watched via our website. Search for the individual impairments. An accessible toilet is available. event page on W www.rgs.org/whatson. 12
Opportunity to meet other members Regional event organisers The Younger Members’ Committee will host an Regions Chair informal get-together on Zoom following the live David Lovell E regionschair@rgs.org stream of each Monday night lecture from 7.45pm. East of England Opportunity to give a microlecture Clare Brown E ea@rgs.org The Younger Members’ Committee are seeking Midlands speakers for the Thursday 10 March 2022 Martin Haslett E midlands@rgs.org Geographical journeys: microlectures event. Visit the website for guidelines and submit proposals Northern Ireland by 31 October. E ymc@rgs.org W www.rgs.org/ymc Oliver Dunnett E ni@rgs.org Cheshire Regional events Tina Lees-Jones E cnw@rgs.org Events are open to all unless otherwise stated. Please bring your RGS-IBG membership card North West to events and contact venues directly about the Jonathan Stevens E nw@rgs.org facilities available and accessibility. South Henry Hogger E south@rgs.org Thank you to all our Fellows and members who are involved in organising regional events. West of England Geoffrey Parkes E wesw@rgs.org For more information on any of the events run by South West the regional committees or to get involved yourself Derry Corey E sw@rgs.org please see the website or get in touch with a Regional Event Organiser. North Devon Martin Kemp E northdevon@rgs.org South Wales Geoffrey Parkes E wesw@rgs.org North Wales Tina Lees-Jones E cnw@rgs.org Yorkshire and the North East Jonathan Bridge and David McEvoy E yne@rgs.org Singapore Oliver Worsley E singapore@rgs.org Hong Kong Rupert McCowan T +852 2583 9700 E admin@rgshk.org.hk W www.rgshk.org.hk 13
B Wednesday 8 September 6.30pm - 9.30pm September Social (Chichester) Members and supporters evening B Tuesday 31 August to Friday 3 September Join us in the historic town of Chichester for an Conference (online and London) evening of short presentations on geography-related RGS-IBG Annual International Conference topics and personal journeys. Organised by the South Chaired by Professor Uma Kothari regional committee. Cathedral Room, Chichester The four-day conference attracts over 2,000 College, Westgate Fields, West Sussex, PO19 1SB. geographers from around the world. This year, £12, RGS-IBG members £10 (includes buffet). the conference is taking place online with a small in-person core, with the theme borders, borderlands B Thursday 9 September and bordering. At the Society and online. 10.30am - 11.00am Networking event (online) B Thursday 2 September 7.00pm - 9.30pm Chartered Geographer virtual coffee morning Lecture (online) Join our Chartered Geographer coffee morning to AONBs: how they address meet and network with other Chartered Geographers. current environmental concerns Online. Free. Simon Amstutz Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) are Thursday 9 September 7.30pm - 9.00pm havens for wildlife and are designated national areas Lecture (online and Bath) of importance. Here we will learn of the management Phenology: climate change of two such areas, Dedham Vale and Suffolk Coast and the country diary and Heaths. Organised by the East of England Grahame Madge regional committee. Online. Free. How is nature being affected by climate change? For example, why in the South West, do daffodils B Wednesday 8 September 6.30pm - 7.45pm bloom now in December and January rather than Lecture (online) February and March? Joint event with the Bath An overview of the unprecedented Royal Literary and Scientific Institution. Organised 2021 Geldingadalir eruption by the West of England and South Wales regional Dr Oliver Lamb committee. BRLSI, 16 Queen Square, BA1 2HN and This talk will give an overview of the Geldingadalir online. £4, RGS-IBG members and students £2. fissure eruption in south west Iceland, which began W www.brlsi.org in March 2021, the first such eruption in the area for 800 years. Organised by the Cheshire and North Wales regional committee. Online. Free. 14
B Wednesday 15 September 9.00am - 12.00pm B Monday 20 September 3.30pm - 4.30pm Guided walk (Bath) Lecture (Appledore) Cotswold enterprise Latitude Dick Bateman Nicholas Crane An approximate three-hour guided walk on the Latitude is an epic story of survival and science set western edge of Bath. Joint event with the Bath in mountain camps and remote observatories. Joint Royal Literary and Scientific Institution. Organised event with the Appledore Book Festival. Organised by the West of England and South Wales regional by the South West regional committee. Skern Lodge, committee. Meeting place: Shallows Public Car Torridge Road, Devon, EX39 1NG. £12, RGS-IBG Park, Saltford, BS31 3EX grid ref: 686 673. Free. members £8 (first 50 members to book). Contact Lucy Bartlett E Lucy.Bartlett@bathscape.co.uk W www.appledorebookfestival.co.uk W www.bathscapewalkingfestival.co.uk B M Monday 20 September 6.30pm - 7.45pm B Wednesday 15 September 6.00pm - 11.00pm Monday night lecture (online and London) Annual forum (lecture and dinner) (Tavistock) The international year of caves HMS Endurance in Antarctica and karst: explore, study and protect Rear Admiral Nick Lambert Andy Eavis A trip down memory lane with some reflections on The lecture will include the latest caving discoveries, the vitality of the marine environment. Organised fascinating underground science projects and will by the South West regional committee. Mount Kelly, highlight the role of cavers in underground sites in PL19 0HZ. To book for dinner please send cheque British Sites of Special Scientific Interest, as well as for £30 (payable to South West Region) to Derry the work of Cave Rescue Organisations. Corey, 47 Glenfield Road, Glenholt, PL6 7LN by At the Society and online. Free, members only. 3 September. Contact Derry Corey T 01752 703354 B Tuesday 21 September B Wednesday 15 September 4.00pm - 5.00pm 7.00pm - 8.30pm Using our Thames Valley Police Lecture (online) bike crime resources Carbon capture, use and storage Harri Hegarty and its role in delivering net zero This is a resources walkthrough session for teachers Dr Helen Atkinson who would like to find out more about our bike crime C-Capture discuss CCUS technology and the role resources, produced in partnership with Thames it will play as countries and companies commit to Valley Police. Online. Free. reaching net zero emissions. Organised by the South regional committee. Online. Free. 15
B Tuesday 21 September B Wednesday 22 September 6.00pm - 7.00pm 6.30pm - 7.45pm Networking event (online) Lecture (online) Chartered Geographer West with the light: my life in nature for teachers and educators Brian Jackman Join our online networking session to meet and The autobiography sheds light on Jackman’s lifelong network with Chartered Geographers with experience love of nature, instilled by childhood holidays and the in teaching and education. Online. Free. stories that led to his passion for Africa and the big cats that still enthral him. Joint event with Bradt Travel B Wednesday 22 September Guides. Organised by the Cheshire and North Wales 1.00pm - 2.00pm regional committee. Online. Free. Workshop (online) Making an application for Chartered B Wednesday 22 September 7.30pm - 9.00pm Geographer: introductory webinar Lecture (online) Chartered Geographer is the Society’s professional Antarctica’s most extreme rescue mission accreditation for those using their geographical skills, Tim Nutbeam knowledge and understanding in the workplace. Malcolm Roberts was overwintering at the remote Join this webinar to learn more about the benefits of Halley Research Station in Antarctica when he becoming Chartered. Online. Free. suffered severe internal bleeding. Tim explains the extreme logistical and psychological challenges he B Wednesday 22 September and his team overcame to rescue him. Organised 6.30pm - 8.00pm by the Yorkshire and North East regional committee. Workshop (online) Online. Free. Expedition and wilderness medicine: an introduction B Thursday 23 September A workshop to assist health professionals who wish 7.00pm - 8.30pm to practice expedition or wilderness medicine – open Lecture (online) to junior doctors and medical students, early career How is Antarctica changing wilderness medics and nurses and those responsible and why should we care? for health and safety on overseas expeditions. Joint Professor Martin Siegert event between the Society’s Expedition Medicine Martin will discuss how we know the Antarctic ice Advisory Group and Younger Members Committee. sheet is reacting to climate change and what it Online. £10. means for the UK. Organised by the South regional committee. Online. Free. 16
B Monday 27 September 2.30pm - 3.30pm B Thursday 30 September 7.30pm - 9.00pm Be Inspired afternoon talk (London) Lecture (online) Herbert Ponting The power of geography Anne Strathie Tim Marshall From California, via Japan to the Antarctic, Writer and journalist Tim Marshall will talk about Anne Strathie follows the creator of some of the the influence of geography on history and politics. 20th century’s most iconic images. Organised by the Northern Ireland regional At the Society. £5, RGS-IBG members free. committee. Online. Free. B M Monday 27 September 6.30pm - 7.45pm October Monday night lecture (online and London) Housing, inequality and uncertainty: B Saturday 2 October 10.30am - 12.30pm what’s next, where? Guided walk (Ashby-de-la-Zouch) Professor Susan Smith Exploring the topography Residential property is a major under-acknowledged of Ashby-de-la-Zouch driver of economic inequality in the long run. Trevor James Following a dislocation of unprecedented scale and Trevor, a local historian leads our walk, seeking impact, might housing nevertheless add shape to out the fossilised topography of Ashby, finding our radically uncertain future? At the Society and architectural highlights along the way. Joint event online. Free, members only. with the Historical Association (Mid-Trent and Mercia). Organised by the Midlands regional committee. Tuesday 28 September 7.00pm - 8.30pm Meeting place TBC. Free. Lecture (online) Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean B Saturday 2 October 10.30am - 12.30pm Professor Tom Rippeth Field visit (Ipswich) A lecture on the increasing role of heat from the Dedham Vale AONB and River Stour Atlantic Ocean in melting Arctic Ocean sea ice and Simon Amstutz and Simon Leatherdale the potential impacts on the UK. Organised by the Following on from the 2 September lecture, Simon South regional committee. Online. Free. has offered to give a guided walk in Dedham Vale to highlight the work of the Trust and the ongoing management. Organised by the East of England regional committee. Stutton Community Hall, Manningtree, Stutton, IP9 2TA. £5, RGS-IBG members free. Contact Gary Battell T 07513 800118 E gary.battell@14trees.co.uk 17
Monday 4 October - Sunday 19 December B Tuesday 5 October 4.00pm - 6.00pm Exhibition (Ashley Heath) Workshop (online) Earth Photo exhibition: Moors Valley Analysing, contextualising Country Park and Forest and processing geographical data Earth Photo 2021 has attracted hundreds of photo This workshop is part of a series designed to and video submissions which stimulate conversations help geography teachers build their confidence about our world and its inhabitants. Visit Moors Valley in teaching the mathematical content of A Level this autumn to see a stunning selection of the geography. The sessions will look at a range of shortlisted images, from categories including people, statistical content. We will model approaches to place, nature, changing forests and a climate of teaching mathematical content and share ideas on change. Developed jointly by the Society, Forestry how to engage students in meaningful discussions England and Parker Harris. Supported by Jaguar about data in geography. Online. Free. Land Rover and the Sun Institute: Environment & Sustainability. Moors Valley Country Park and B Tuesday 5 October 5.00pm - 6.30pm Forest, Horton Road, BH24 2ET. Free. Workshop (online) Ofsted’s approach to evaluating B M Monday 4 October 6.30pm - 7.45pm subject-level curriculum at primary level Monday night lecture (online and London) Iain Freeland Directing economic growth: Following the publication of the Geography Research a mission-oriented approach Review by Ofsted over the Summer, Iain, HMI at Professor Mariana Mazzucato Ofsted, joins us to explore key features that subject This lecture will make the case for rethinking the role leaders and teachers may want to take into account of government in the economy, drawing on Mariana’s when reviewing their geography curriculum. recent and widely acclaimed book, Mission Economy: Online. Free. A moonshot guide to changing capitalism. At the Society and online. Free, members only. B Tuesday 5 October 6.00pm - 7.15pm Film screening (online) B Monday 4 October 7.00pm - 9.00pm Pedal for parks Panel discussion (Pateley Bridge) Pedal 4 Parks cycled over land and sea (on waterbikes) Land-use in the uplands: the case for change from the Orkney Islands to the Isles of Scilly, doing this A panel of experts will discuss why changes in land use as sustainably as possible and filming the experience are necessary in Nidderdale and the uplands of Britain. and visiting National Parks on their journey. Joint event Organised by the Yorkshire and North East regional with the Snowdonia Society. Organised by the Cheshire committee. Nidderdale High School and Community and North Wales regional committee. Online. Free. College, Low Wath Rd, Harrogate, HG3 5HL. Free. 18
M Wednesday 6 October 1.00pm - 1.45pm Saturday 9 - Friday 15 October Lunchtime lecture (online) Festival (online and London) Earth Stories Great Exhibition Road Festival The Sustainable Development Goals outline the The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual global ambition for a sustainable future. Our new celebration of science and the arts in South Kensington series of lunchtime lectures will look at these goals with online events throughout the year. The festival is and discuss ideas and share of examples of those a collaboration between organisations on and around working to create a just and more sustainable world Exhibition Road. Exhibition Road and online. Free. within planetary boundaries. Online. Free, members only. B M Monday 11 October 6.30pm - 7.45pm Monday night lecture (online and London) B Wednesday 6 October 5.00pm - 6.30pm CARICUK: Creative Approaches to Race and Workshop (online) (in)security in the Caribbean and the UK Ofsted’s approach to evaluating Dr Patricia Noxolo subject-level curriculum at secondary level Pat will discuss her one-year engagement project. Iain Freeland Through arts collaborations and a learning pack Following the publication of the Geography Research CARICUK challenges geography educators, at all Review by Ofsted over the summer, Iain, HMI at levels, to think differently about race. At the Society Ofsted, joins us to explore key features that subject and online. Free, members only. leaders and teachers may want to take into account when reviewing their geography curriculum. B Monday 11 October 7.30pm - 9.00pm Online. Free. Lecture (online) Fire risk reduction in informal settlements Thursday 7 October 7.00pm - 9.00pm Steve Jordan and Mike Dayson Lecture (Plymouth) Steve and Mike will discuss their first-hand experiences Scrambles amongst the Alps: of fires in informal settlements and how these incidents early mountaineering ventures impact the estimated 21 million displaced persons Andrew Thompson living in refugee camps. Organised by the Yorkshire Why did people of the 18th and 19th centuries and North East regional committee. Online. Free. become fascinated by high mountains? Organised by the South West regional committee. Plymouth University, Portland Square, PL4 8AA. Free. Contact Colin Kilvington T 01752 564972 19
B Tuesday 12 October 7.00pm - 8.30pm B Thursday 14 October 6.30pm - 7.45pm Lecture (online) EGR Taylor Lecture (London) Global threat to local action: English travellers to Venice, 1450-1600 responding to the climate crisis Professor Michael Brennan Andy Lester This lecture focuses on early-modern Anglo-Venetian This talk summarises the climate and nature crisis and relations and is based on a forthcoming Hakluyt what is being done at grassroots level to address the Society volume of edited texts of accounts by English most extraordinary challenge of our time. Organised travellers at this period, including those by pilgrims, by the South regional committee. Online. Free. diplomats, merchants, scholars, spies, religious exiles, mariners and youths undertaking educational Wednesday 13 October 4.00pm - 5.00pm ‘grand tours’. At the Society. Free. Lecture (online) Making a flying start with B Thursday 14 October 7.30pm - 9.00pm year 12 geography A Level Lecture (online and Bath) Dr Simon Oakes Sustainable transport in Year 12 A Level geography students are welcome to the Bath commuting area join us for this one-hour free online event designed to Councillor Joanna Wright help you make a flying start. Online. Free. Joanna will talk about the obstacles and challenges local government faces when making moves to B Wednesday 13 October sustainable transport, addressing air quality, and 7.30pm - 9.00pm improving neighbourhoods. Joint event with the Bath Lecture (online) Royal Literary and Scientific Institution. Organised Water security: ways to address by the West of England and South Wales regional an emerging global crisis committee. BRLSI, 16 Queen Square, BA1 2HN Dr Jessica Budds and online. £5, RGS-IBG members and students £2. Jessica will give a talk about the framing of the concept W www.brlsi.org of water security from a geographical perspective. Organised by the East of England regional committee. Online. Free. 20
B Friday 15 October 7.00pm - 8.30pm Tuesday 19 October 4.40pm - 6.00pm Panel discussion (online and London) Lecture (Exeter) 39 Ways to Save the Planet Climate change solutions: An evening about climate change to put a smile on not just a bog standard approach your face. To celebrate the launch of environmental Professor Angela Gallego-Sala journalist and Society Fellow, Tom Heap’s book, The talk will explore how we may find nature-based 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Tom and a panel of solutions to the climate change crisis. Organised by inspiring people who contributed to the book discuss the South West regional committee. Exeter College some of their ideas to relieve the stress that climate Main Site, Lecture Theatre, Institute of Technology, change is placing on the Earth. At the Society and Hele Road, EX4 4JS. Free. Contact Chris Brightman online. In person: £10, RGS-IBG members £8. Online: T 01392 877630 £6, RGS-IBG members £4. B Tuesday 19 October 7.00pm - 9.00pm B M Monday 18 October 6.30pm - 7.45pm Panel discussion (online and London) Monday night lecture (online and London) How do we talk about migration? The handshake: a gripping history Migration often dominates the news, however, do Ella Al-Shamahi you understand the complex and personal stories Ella, a paleoanthropologist, explores the untold behind the headlines? Our panel look at some of science and surprising history behind one of our the approaches researchers are using to share most ancient social gestures, the handshake, and these experiences, through comics, animations and argues that it is at least seven million years old. art installations. RGS-IBG and online. In-person: At the Society and online. Free, members only. £10, RGS-IBG members £8. Online: £6, RGS-IBG members £4. Tuesday 19 October 4.00pm - 6.00pm Workshop (online) B Wednesday 20 October Using averages and variation 4.00pm - 5.00pm with A Level geographers Workshop (online) This workshop is part of a series designed to Making an application for Chartered help geography teachers build their confidence Geographer: introductory webinar in teaching the mathematical content of A Level Chartered Geographer is the Society’s professional geography. The sessions will look at a range of accreditation for those using their geographical skills, statistical content. We will model approaches to knowledge and understanding in the workplace. teaching mathematical content and share ideas on Join this webinar to learn more about the benefits how to engage students in meaningful discussions of becoming Chartered. Online. Free. about data in geography. Online. Free. 21
B Wednesday 20 October 7.30pm - 9.00pm B M Monday 25 October 6.30pm - 7.45pm Lecture (online) Monday night lecture (online and London) Our changing relationship with Teaching hopeful geographies home heating in Northern Europe in an age of crises Professor Aimee Ambrose Dr Emma Mawdsley This talk will explore how heating transitions have How can we engage with ‘hopeful geographies’? played out in the everyday lives of ordinary people Emma argues that geography degrees must actively across place and time and how they have made promote teaching and learning about the many societal, economic, cultural and political change different ways of thinking about and acting on ‘hope’. manifest in the heart of the home. Organised by At the Society and online. Free, members only. the Yorkshire and North East regional committee. Online. Free. B Thursday 28 October 7.30pm - 9.00pm Lecture (Worcester) B Friday 22 October 7.30pm - 9.00pm 39 ways to save the planet Lecture (Kings Lynn) Tom Heap 39 ways to save the planet An evening about climate change to put a smile Tom Heap on your face. Tom talks about the inspiring people An evening about climate change to put a smile delivering solutions to global warming. There are so on your face. Tom talks about the inspiring people many ways to cut carbon emissions, some proven delivering solutions to global warming. There are so and growing others promising but craving uptake. many ways to cut carbon emissions, some proven Huntingdon Hall. £15, RGS-IBG members £10. and growing, others promising but craving uptake. W www.worcesterlive.co.uk King’s Lynn Festival, St. George’s Guildhall. £12, RGS-IBG members and under 18s £10. B Thursday 28 October 7.30pm - 9.00pm W www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk Lecture (online) Beyond the agenda of COP26: B Monday 25 October 2.30pm - 3.30pm international transport emissions Be Inspired afternoon talk (London) Professor John Vogler Arabian Sands Immediately ahead of the start of COP26, John Alexander Maitland explores the challenges of managing carbon Alexander will tell the story of Wilfred Thesiger’s first emissions from two sectors which are notably absent crossing of the Empty Quarter, 75 years ago, in 1946; from the Glasgow agenda, international aviation and what led to this epic journey; the journey itself; and the shipping. Organised by the Yorkshire and North East book that followed, now considered one of the greatest regional committee. Online. Free. books ever written about Arabia. At the Society. £5, RGS-IBG members free. 22
Tuesday 2 November 7.00pm - 9.00pm November Lecture (Tiverton) Landslide hazards B M Monday 1 November 6.30pm - 7.45pm Dr Georgie Bennett Monday night lecture (online and London) Landslides are a global hazard in hilly and mountainous Working with the world: the British Museum regions and may be triggered by rainfall, earthquakes in the 21st century and human activity. Organised by the South West Dr Hartwig Fischer regional committee. Ondaatje Theatre, Blundell’s Hartwig discusses how the Museum collaborates School, Halberton Road, EX16 4DN. Free. Contact with a network of individuals, institutions and Peter Offord to attend post lecture meal before 25 communities across the globe to share their stories October. T 01884 855511 both at the Museum and with the world. At the Society and online. Free, members only. B Wednesday 3 November 10.30am - 11.00am Monday 1 November 7.00pm - 8.00pm Networking event (online) Book club (London) Chartered Geographer virtual coffee morning The Book of Trespass: Join our Chartered Geographer coffee morning to Crossing the Lines That Divide Us meet and network with other Chartered Geographers. The Book of Trespass takes us on a journey over Online. Free. the walls of England, into the thousands of square miles of rivers, woodland, lakes and meadows that M Wednesday 3 November 1.00pm - 1.45pm are blocked from public access. Please read the Lunchtime lecture (online) book beforehand, and prepare for a welcoming Earth Stories evening of community and stimulating conversation. The Sustainable Development Goals outline the At the Society. £10, RGS-IBG members £8. global ambition for a sustainable future. Our new series of lunchtime lectures will look at these goals B Tuesday 2 November 6.30pm - 7.45pm and discuss ideas and share of examples of those Lecture (online) working to create a just and more sustainable world Louise adventure: within planetary boundaries. around-the-world sailing odyssey Online. Free, members only. Grant Gordon Grant sailed over 55,000 nautical miles rounding Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. Louise adventure records the stories of the people, places and events that shaped this round-the-world odyssey. Organised by the Cheshire and North Wales regional committee. Online. Free. 23
B Wednesday 3 November 7.00pm - 9.00pm B Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 November Panel discussion (online and London) 9.30am - 6.00pm How do I connect to a place and its people? Conference (London) An evening of armchair travel, slow travel is the Explore 2021 opportunity to become part of local life. Our panel Explore is the Society’s annual gathering of field discuss different approaches they have taken to researchers and explorers. With lectures, workshops immerse themselves in the places and with the and exhibits, providing inspiration, contacts and people they have meet. At the Society and online. practical advice. The emphasis is on small projects In-person: £10, RGS-IBG members £8. with a research component but anyone planning Online: £6, RGS-IBG members £4. overseas expeditions or fieldwork is welcome, regardless of age or experience. At the Society. B Thursday 4 November Early bird tickets from £75. 5.00pm - 6.00pm Using our Thames Valley Police B M Monday 8 November 6.30pm - 7.45pm bike crime resources Monday night lecture (online and London) Harri Hegarty Building a planet happy clothing system This is a resources walkthrough session for teachers Patrick Grant who would like to find out more about our bike How can we change the system that makes and crime resources, produced in partnership with sells our clothes to be renewable and regenerative Thames Valley Police. This is a repeat of the session both environmentally and economically, and make on 21 September. Online. Free. it happy for the planet and happy for consumers? At the Society and online. Free, members only. B Thursday 4 November 7.30pm - 9.00pm Lecture (Belfast) Tuesday 9 November 4.00pm - 6.00pm Plant exploration today Workshop (online) Neil Porteous Using technology to get data to work for you The travels of a plant nut from Melbourne to Mandalay. This workshop is part of a series designed to help Organised by the Northern Ireland regional committee. geography teachers build their confidence in teaching Elmwood Building, Queen’s University Belfast, the mathematical content of A Level geography. Elmwood Avenue, BT7 1NN. Free. The sessions will look at a range of statistical content. We will model approaches to teaching mathematical content and share ideas on how to engage students in meaningful discussions about data in geography. Online. Free. 24
B Thursday 11 November B M Monday 15 November 6.30pm - 7.45pm 7.15pm - 8.30pm Monday night lecture (online and London) Lecture (online) Positive tipping points to Elephants, camels, and environmental avoid climate tipping points peacebuilding in Kenya Professor Tim Lenton Dr Charis Enns How positive tipping points in social or economic A lecture on Charis’ research on environmental systems can trigger positive change to mitigate peace and conflict in East Africa, working with youth damaging tipping points in the climate system. researchers in northern Kenya. Joint event with the At the Society and online. Free, members only. York and District GA. Organised by the Yorkshire and North East regional committee. Online. Free. B Tuesday 16 November 7.00pm - 8.30pm B Friday 12 November 7.00pm - 9.00pm Lecture (Southampton) Panel discussion (online and London) Mobile games in the great outdoors Are countries meeting their Mike Hawkyard Paris agreement targets? Geo-location games are encouraging people Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are at around the world to get outside. Go on an exploration the heart of the Paris Agreement and the achievement with Mike, Ordnance Survey’s new Head of Mobile of these long-term goals. Join us on the final day of Games, to see what’s out there! Joint event with COP26 to review the efforts to reduce emissions and Ordnance Survey. Organised by the South regional adapt to the impacts of climate change. committee. Ordnance Survey, Explorer House, At the Society and online. In-person: £10, RGS-IBG Adanac Drive, SO16 0AS. Free. members £8. Online: £6, RGS-IBG members £4. B Wednesday 17 November B Monday 15 November 2.30pm - 3.30pm 5.00pm - 6.30pm Be Inspired afternoon talk (London) Workshop (online) Cross-Channel entanglements: Assessment for learning in geography: the Société de Géographie de Paris, how to write questions that work the Royal Geographical Society and Dr Simon Oakes fin-de-siècle aesthetics of knowledge This event, aimed at both new and more experienced Emily Hayes teachers, will focus on key principles of assessment Founded in 1821, this year the Société de Géographie for learning at different key stages in secondary de Paris celebrates its bicentenary anniversary. In this geography. Online. £40, RGS-IBG members £30. fascinating talk, Emily will explore the connections between the RGS and the SGP over the later 19th century. At the Society. £5, RGS-IBG members free. 25
B Thursday 18 November 7.30pm - 9.30pm B M Monday 22 November 6.30pm - 7.45pm Lecture and Collections display (London) Monday night lecture (online and London) Departures Rewilding the wild: lessons from Australia Alasdair MacLeod Lizzy Crotty An evening illustrating the preparation, planning Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate and moment of departure for a range of historic globally. Hear how Australian Wildlife Conservancy, expeditions linked to the Society’s historic Collections. one of the world’s largest non-profit conservation Organised by the Younger Members’ Committee. organisations, is reacting to prevent further extinctions. At the Society. £25, RGS-IBG members £22. At the Society and online. Free, members only. B Thursday 18 November 7.00pm - 9.00pm Monday 22 November 7.00pm - 8.30pm Lecture (online) (doors open at 6.30pm) Small charity, big difference? Lecture (Peterborough) Team Kenya’s approach to the SDGs The current issues of inequality Lynda Evans and housing in the UK This talk will highlight small charities working in Professor Susan Smith international development to support the Sustainable Susan’s expert insight into the challenges of inequality Development Goals, in areas such as girls’ education, in housing in the United Kingdom. Organised by the women’s economic empowerment, food security and East of England regional committee. The King’s (the advocacy for safe communities. Organised by the Cathedral) School, Park Road, PE1 2UE. £5, RGS-IBG Yorkshire and North East regional committee. members and students free. Online. Free. B Tuesday 23 November 9.45am - 4.30pm B Monday 22 November 2.30pm - 3.30pm Workshop (London) Be Inspired afternoon talk (London) Educational Visits Coordinator training The relief models of Sir L. Dudley Stamp Essential training for new EVCs responsible for George Tobin the policies and practice around risk management. George’s talk will explore the fascinating collection At the Society. £280, RGS-IBG members £252. of relief models held at the Society which represent a significant component of Stamp’s life work, and of the creative and engaging ways which defined his approach to the teaching of geography throughout the mid-20th century. At the Society. £5, RGS-IBG members free. 26
Tuesday 23 November 4.00pm - 5.00pm B Wednesday 24 November Lecture (online) 9.45am - 4.00pm Aiming to excel in Year 13 geography A Level Workshop (London) Dr Simon Oakes Educational Visits Coordinator Year 13 A Level geography students are invited to update workshop this one-hour free online event providing plenty of top This course gives trained EVCs the opportunity tips for succeeding in your final A Level examinations. to revalidate while looking at current issues and Online. Free. sharing good practice for out-of-school visits. At the Society. £280, RGS-IBG members £252. Tuesday 23 November 4.00pm - 6.00pm Workshop (online) B Wednesday 24 November Truth or lies: working with big data sets 1.00pm - 2.00pm This workshop is part of a series designed to help Workshop (online) geography teachers build their confidence in teaching Making an application for Chartered the mathematical content of A Level geography. Geographer: introductory webinar The sessions will look at a range of statistical content. Chartered Geographer is the Society’s professional We will model approaches to teaching mathematical accreditation for those using their geographical skills, content and share ideas on how to engage students knowledge and understanding in the workplace. in meaningful discussions about data in geography. Join this webinar to learn more about the benefits Online. Free. of becoming Chartered. Online. Free. B Tuesday 23 - Wednesday 24 November B Thursday 25 November 9.00am - 5.30pm 10.00am - 4.30pm Workshop (London) Workshop (London) Off-site safety management course OSSM training the trainer A must for those involved in planned visits in the UK or A one-day course for trainers with relevant previous overseas, this course looks at the safety management experience in managing a wide range of visits in issues involved in planning, managing and evaluating the UK and overseas who wish to deliver the off-site local visits, fieldtrips, residentials and exchanges. safety management course to their own groups. At the Society. £360, RGS-IBG members £300. At the Society. £216, RGS-IBG members £192. 27
B Thursday 25 November B Wednesday 1 December 5.00pm - 7.00pm 7.30pm - 9.00pm Workshop (online) Lecture (online) Evaluating like a geographer Water harvesting in dryland areas A session designed for teachers focused on the Dr Kevin Cook evaluative demands posed by geography assessment WaterHarvest is a UK based charity that has been objectives and strategies for developing students’ working in India for over 30 years. This lecture will evaluative capabilities. examine the opportunities for two-way technology Online. £45, RGS-IBG members £35. transfer between Rajasthan and Kenya. Organised by the Yorkshire and North East regional committee. M Wednesday 1 December Online. Free. TBC (online and London) B M Monday 29 November 6.30pm - 7.45pm Medals and awards celebration Monday night lecture (online and London) Our medals and awards recognise people or The Arab conquests organisations for their outstanding contributions to Justin Marozzi geographical research, fieldwork and teaching, and The extraordinary story of one of the greatest feats public engagement. Join us as we celebrate the of arms in history, when seventh and eighth century 2020 and 2021 award recipients. At the Society warriors burst out of Arabia, established an empire and online. Free, members plus one guest. and changed the world forever. At the Society and online. Free, members only. B M Wednesday 1 December TBC (London) December Annual reception Join us as we celebrate another successful year for the Society. At the Society. £20, members only M Wednesday 1 December 1.00pm - 1.45pm (includes drinks). Bookings open on 1 November. Lunchtime lecture (online) Earth Stories The Sustainable Development Goals outline the global ambition for a sustainable future. Our new series of lunchtime lectures will look at these goals and discuss ideas and share of examples of those working to create a just and more sustainable world within planetary boundaries. Online. Free, members only. 28
B Thursday 2 December 7.30pm - 9.00pm Monday 6 December 7.00pm - 8.00pm Lecture (Belfast) Book club (London) Around the world in 30 years: A woman in the Polar night a diplomat’s journey A classic memoir that tells the incredible tale of a Andrew Heyn woman defying society’s expectations to find freedom Andrew will reflect on a distinguished diplomatic and peace in the adventure of a lifetime. Please read career in the UK Foreign Office from 1989 to 2020 the book beforehand, and prepare for a welcoming and discuss how foreign policy has been carried evening of community and stimulating conversation. out in this period of dramatic geopolitical change. At the Society. £10, RGS-IBG members £8. Organised by the Northern Ireland regional committee. Elmwood Building, Queen’s University Belfast, Tuesday 7 December 4.00pm - 6.00pm Elmwood Avenue, BT7 1NN. Free. Workshop (online) Statistical testing with a focus on chi-squared B M Saturday 4 December 2.30pm - 4.00pm This workshop is part of a series designed to help Lecture (online and London) geography teachers build their confidence in teaching Children’s lecture the mathematical content of A Level geography. Join us for the Society’s annual Children’s lecture. The sessions will look at a range of statistical content. Geography Ambassadors will provide fun activities We will model approaches to teaching mathematical after the lecture. At the Society and online. content and share ideas on how to engage students RGS-IBG members free (up to five tickets each). in meaningful discussions about data in geography. Online. Free. B M Monday 6 December 6.30pm - 7.45pm Monday night lecture (online and London) B Tuesday 7 December 7.30pm - 9.00pm I belong here: a journey Social event (online) along the backbone of Britain Fellows and members Christmas quiz Anita Sethi As the year draws to an end, join the South regional Anita, author of the acclaimed book I Belong Here: committee for a festive online get-together and test a Journey Along the Backbone of Britain explores your geography knowledge in our Christmas quiz! nature, wildness, walking and what it means to belong. Organised by the South regional committee. At the Society and online. Free, members only. Online. Free. 29
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