Join us at our next Geography Seminar for a talk by Peter Kraftl, Professor of Human Geography @lborouniversity.bsky.social, titled 'Starting with trees: Critically reflecting on research and practice with children, young people and trees', Wednesday, 18th November, 1pm.

The #COP31 Presidency is showcasing how countries can translate climate plans into investment opportunities using open-source approaches developed with @lborouniversity.bsky.social led @ccgprogramme.bsky.social and its partners. www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

COP31 Presidency adopts CCG-supported approach to turn climate ambition into investment

The COP31 Presidency is showcasing how countries can translate climate plans into investment opportunities using open-source approaches developed with Loughborough-led Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) ...

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For years, clean cooking and electricity access have been treated as separate challenges. One focused on fuels and health, the other on infrastructure and connections. Increasingly, however, that distinction no longer makes sense. @ukmecs.bsky.social #COP31 www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

Electric cooking is no longer a niche idea – it's becoming central to the energy transition

For years, clean cooking and electricity access have been treated as separate challenges. One focused on fuels and health, the other on infrastructure and connections. Increasingly, however, that dist...

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Our Urban Political Geographies Fieldcourse is currently exploring Paris, led by Dr @marcoantonsich.bsky.social and Professor Darren Smith. Today: From 19th-century Paris to the post-industrial city.

Key message from our session today at COP31: eCooking is gaining attention as part of the clean cooking transition but appliances alone are not enough. Progress depends on planning for reliable power, affordability, sustained use and the needs of households. Read more: mecs.org.uk/blog/making-...

Join us today at #COP31 at our event co-organised by MECS, GeCCo - Global Electric Cooking Coalition, UNDP, Government of Ethiopia, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) - watch live from 11:15-12:15 GMT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Kt...

🥳 We are delighted to share the news that Charnwood Forest has been recommended for UNESCO Global Geopark status by the Global Geopark Council. 🔜 Our application will now proceed for final approval by the UNESCO Executive Board in April. 🌐 Read more: www.charnwoodforest.org/charnwood-fo...

📣 @lborouniversity.bsky.social at #COP31, including @ukmecs.bsky.social and @ccgprogramme.bsky.social ⬇️ www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

Loughborough at COP31

The University's world-leading research in climate, environment and sustainability will feature in a series of events throughout COP31 demonstrating how academic expertise can support evidence-based s...

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💡 New from @statesofprecarity.bsky.social - a toolkit bringing together practical, experience-based guidance for PhD researchers and early-career academics navigating job searches and securing employment in UK Higher Education. Please share! ➡️ Blog post blog.geographydirections.com/2026/10/21/n...

Navigating states of precarity: A new toolkit for early career academics

By the States of Precarity Team: James Esson, Johanne Bruun, Rachel Colls, Peter Forman, Anna Jackman, Jasmine Joanes & Rachael Squire Finding and starting an academic job involves navigating a…

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COP31 - save the date! Join us in the Türkiye Pavilion, Green Zone, on 16th November for this collaborative event led by MECS, GeCCo & KESID - a panel on partnerships to supply efficient electric cooking appliances to Global South markets. Register in advance: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-innov...

New paper: 'Electric Youth: Young People, Energy Infrastructures, and Power Cuts' in Annals @geographers.bsky.social, co-authored by Professor Peter Kraftl. doi.org/10.1080/2469...

Electric Youth: Young People, Energy Infrastructures, and Power Cuts

Drawing on an interdisciplinary study that explored how large-scale regional, national, and supranational infrastructural crises are experienced, felt and lived with by young people, this article e...

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👀 ... led by Dr John Hillier, our Reader in Natural Hazard Risk. Congratulations John and colleagues! 🎉

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New EGU scientific division: Geoscience and Society🎉! This division will bring together researchers focused on the connection between #geoscientific topics across the Earth, planetary and space sciences, and #social subjects. 🧵Read more: egu.eu/9YXAJV 📷: Ravi Satyappa Dabbanavar on imaggeo.egu.eu

At COP31, Prof. Ed Brown & Alicia Butterfield will be representing MECS & GeCCo (Global Electric Cooking Coalition) respectively. They are looking forward to connecting with sector members & partners, & exploring how we can continue to drive the global transition to clean, electric cooking.

@profslh.bsky.social is co-investigator on a new @leverhulme.ac.uk project combining literary studies and human geography, led by @sadiseshiah.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social, with Dr Amy Culley (Lincoln) and Prof Jonathon Shears (Keele). Congratulations all! www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

Loughborough professors win £397,752 Leverhulme Trust grant to explore the generation gap in literature and society

Researchers at Loughborough University have been awarded £397,752 to investigate whether books, plays and poetry can challenge age-related stereotypes and improve understanding between younger and old...

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Join us at our next Geography Seminar for a talk by @drjonmillett.bsky.social, titled 'How biodiverse is campus?', Wednesday, 4th Nov, 1pm at @lborouniversity.bsky.social. Jon will be discussing surprising local results from the UK-wide BIOSCAN project, led by @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Dr John Hillier, our Reader in Natural Hazard Risk, has been appointed interim President of the newly formed 'Division on Geoscience and Society' of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu. www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

Loughborough academic to preside over new Geoscience & Society Division at European Geosciences Union

For the first time since 2008, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is forming a new scientific division, with Dr John Hillier from Loughborough University being the Division President.

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MECS made the case for scaling & financing electric cooking at the World Bank Group & IMF Annual Meetings and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Annual Meeting, held recently in Bangkok. Access highlights and key messages in the news item by Eva Idugboe: mecs.org.uk/mecs-makes-t... #eCooking

Visit our upcoming Open Day on 14th November to learn more about our postgraduate master's programmes in climate change and environmental monitoring @lborogeog.bsky.social: Programmes: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... Open Day: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/open-e... We look forward to meeting you!

Join us at our Geography Seminar on Wednesday, 28th October, 1pm, in person or virtually for a hybrid book talk by Dr David I. Backer @schooldaves.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Education Policy, Seton Hall University (US), titled 'As public as possible: Radical finance for America's schools'.

A fantastic range of fully-funded @centa.bsky.social PhD projects with our physical geographers @lborogeog.bsky.social and colleagues across @lborouniversity.bsky.social and beyond: centa.ac.uk/projects/?_s...

Join us at our Geography Seminar next Tuesday, 20th Oct, 1pm, at @lborouniversity.bsky.social for a talk by Dr Jan Varpanen @liu.se, titled 'Childhood and the human condition - a spatial view'.

🥳 In celebration of International Geodiversity Day we're releasing a new animation that brings to life the amazing 562 million year old story of Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood! 🌐Read more, and watch the video, here: www.charnwoodforest.org/new-animatio...

#ECER2026 Tampere. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹'𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 "(𝗥𝗲)𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀" (with subtitles)#EduSci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQTAyc7BNF4&list=PLXb_eafEFJ0M&index=7

A new paper revealing how polycentric urban regions such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are actively governed through transcalar state strategies, by Jiaying Xue, @drjwharrison.bsky.social and Michael Hoyler @lborogeog.bsky.social. gawc.lboro.ac.uk/beyond-state...

Beyond state rescaling? – GaWC

A new paper revealing how polycentric urban regions such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are actively governed through transcalar state strategies:

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Join us at our first Geography Seminar in 2026/27, Wed 30th Sept, 1pm, at @lborouniversity.bsky.social for a talk by our own Professor Rob Wilby. This seminar will recount the remarkable advances made in hydroclimatic science and applications over the last 40 years - the length of just one career.

A community-led research project involving academics from @lborouniversity.bsky.social and coastal communities across Scotland’s west coast has been shortlisted for @rspbscotland.bsky.social's Nature of Scotland Innovation Award (Tom Stanton @lborogeog.bsky.social). www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...

Loughborough University project shortlisted for RSPB Nature of Scotland Innovation Award

A community-led research project involving academics from Loughborough University and coastal communities across Scotland’s west coast has been shortlisted for a prestigious Nature of Scotland Award.

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@lborouniversity.bsky.social has launched the FloodScapes Research Network, a pioneering interdisciplinary initiative designed to shift global flood management toward a people-centered, climate-adaptive framework (led by @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social). www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...

FloodScapes network to transform flood resilience through research

Loughborough University has launched the FloodScapes Research Network, a pioneering interdisciplinary initiative designed to shift global flood management toward a people-centered, climate-adaptive fr...

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Interested in how 🍂🌿nature 🐾🥾🌳is therapeutic? Please look at and share my anonymous survey🍀 loughboroughssehs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Saline lakes could be more beneficial than previously thought, reveals a new study in Nature Communications, co-authored by Professor David Ryves. www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/... Read Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Saline lakes we ignore may disappear before we learn their true value, new study warns

Saline lakes, that have often been disregarded due to their locations and generally undrinkable water, could be more beneficial than previously thought, a new study shows.

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A new paper analysing major changes in world city dynamics over more than two decades, using GaWC data for 2000, 2012 and 2024, by X. Liu, @bdrudder.bsky.social, X. Feng, F. Zhang, J. Lu, W. Shen, P.J. Taylor and M. Hoyler, in ZfW – Advances in Economic Geography. gawc.lboro.ac.uk/an-urban-rol...