Congratulations @hollywytia.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD yesterday (thanks to examiners @mikebentley.bsky.social & @dmrippin.bsky.social)! 🥳 It was a pleasure to supervise Holly's work on "Rivers on ice: the distribution & evolution of supraglacial channels on mountain glaciers"! ❄️

Durham Geography is devastated by the sad news of the death of our dear friend and enormously respected and much-loved colleague, Sarah Knuth, after an incredibly brave battle with cancer. Our thoughts go out to her family and close friends. We will miss her immensely.

🗣️ “Having scientists in the room…is really important to raise the urgency and the ambition of climate action.” Prof Chris Stokes, @geogdurham.bsky.social talks about why scientists are crucial to the UN COP climate summits. See more 👉 tinyurl.com/34z2nh8m

Does it make sense legally, environmentally and ethically to try climate interventions? Prof Philip Steinberg, Director of DurhamARCTIC, @geogdurham.bsky.social, is developing a set of parameters for governing agencies when looking at so-called geoengineering. See more 👉 tinyurl.com/34z2nh8m

Congratulations to @paullangley.bsky.social on the publication of FinTech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance, co-authored with Andrew Leyshon. Further details about the book here: www.zonebooks.org/books/325-fi...

Last week we welcomed our students, their family and friends to the Department on a sunny graduation day to celebrate their wonderful achievements. On behalf of everyone @geogdurham we wish you all the very best in the next steps in your journey!

Registration is now open for the UK Antarctic Science meeting which will be hosted by Durham Geography in September. The deadline for registration and abstract submissions is Monday 27th July. Link for both processes are below. Conference link: lnkd.in/etW9fmMM

Our colleague @benandersongeog.bsky.social has just published this piece in 'The Conversation': 'The politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?': theconversation.com/the-politics...

The politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?

In the post-2008 world, the political climate is often determined by emotion rather than ideology.

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Yesterday we gathered to celebrate our incredible graduates. After years of lectures, tutorials, & field trips, watching our students graduate is always the highlight of our year. We are so proud of everything this cohort has achieved and can't wait to see the impact they make on the world next.

Congratulations to Professor Karen Lai who has won the award for ‘Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision’ in Durham University’s annual Teaching and Learning Awards. Fantastic news and well done Karen!' 🎉🍾

Our warmest congratulations to all our graduating students today in the class of 2026. We wanted to acknowledge all your hard work over the past three years, to celebrate your wonderful achievements and to wish you all the very best in your future endeavours! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🎉🍾🙌

We're advancing understanding of the Arctic, and how we might better protect this crucial part of our planet. The Arctic was the subject of our latest Chancellor-in-Conversation event 👉 tinyurl.com/muvces6t @durhamanthropology.bsky.social, @geogdurham.bsky.social, @durhamglaciology.bsky.social

New research has found why powerful seabed flows can be so damaging to internet cables on the ocean floor. An international team, including Matthieu Cartigny @geogdurham.bsky.social, offers a framework for better predicting these events and protecting infrastructure. 🔗 Read more: brnw.ch/21x3zhE

Abstract submission is open for the Eighth Sea Level & Coastal Change (SLaCC) meeting, hosted by Durham Geography, 9th-10th September 2026. The meeting is free to attend for Early Career Scientists (who still need to register). Abstract submission deadline is 7th August, details tinyurl.com/5ym9rkzz

Ahead of COP31 later this year, our colleague Professor Chris Stokes is at the mid-year UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, discussing how the latest science can feed into the negotiations.

We are looking forward to welcoming Calum Mitchell (Aarhus University) to the Department on Wednesday June 24th. Calum will speak on 'Digital Natures: prefiguration & the aesthetic regimes of nature recovery', details here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Researchers have identified a vast fan-shaped basin system hidden beneath Antarctica's ice, reshaping understanding of its geological past. Involving @polarguy.bsky.social from our @geogdurham.bsky.social and led by University of Genoa – read more about this work 🧊 👉 bit.ly/4v1gWsk

Researchers from our Geography Department have uncovered new insights into how meltwater drains through cracks in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... #ClimateChange

Durham researchers reveal new clues about Greenland glacier melting - Durham University

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Durham Geography PhD student Jay Sinclair has helped to instal the first air quality monitor for a new community monitoring project in Teesside. Funded by @rgs.org, the study tracks how heavy industry and new green projects affect health, stress, and sleep. Exciting work on environmental justice! 🌍💨

We are really looking forward to welcoming Professor Joseph Weiss to the Department on June 11th. Joseph's presentation is entitled 'Irreconcilable: Indigeneity and the Violence of Colonial Erasure in Contemporary Canada'. Further details in the attached poster and below, all welcome.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Professor Adam Hanieh (SOAS) to the Department on June 2nd for his talk on 'Greening the Gulf? Renewables, Fossil Capitalism, and the ‘East-East’ Axis of World Energy'. Details in the attached poster, all welcome.

🦫🦫 Our new paper on urban #rewilding with #beavers is out now in EPE! We characterise the Ealing Beaver Project in London as a form of prefigurative urban ecological politics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @jlorimer.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social

Beavers in paradise: Prefiguring London's urban wilds - Jonathon Turnbull, Thomas Fry, Jamie Lorimer, 2026

Beavers have emerged as the flagship species for rewilding in Britain. Absent from the landscape since the sixteenth century, legal and illegal releases across ...

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Once a Durham Geographer, always a Durham Geographer! 🌍We’ve caught up with our alumni to hear about their life after Durham and how they’re tackling real-world challenges. Watch the full interview series here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... 🎓📍#DurhamUniversity #Geography #Alumni #Careers

Our colleague @jonnyjjt.bsky.social is quoted in this piece published yesterday by the BBC on the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. The article looks at what the disaster has meant for wildlife living around the devastated nuclear power plant: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Surviving in a poisoned land: Chernobyl's wildlife is different, but not in the ways you might think

It's 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster. This is what it has meant for wildlife living around the devastated nuclear power plant.

bbc.co.uk

Our article was re-published today, on the 40th anniversary of the #Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe, in Ukrainian in Suspilne Kultura We explore Polissyan naturecultures in the work of Maria Prymachenko before and after #Chornobyl suspilne.media/culture/1297... @geogdurham.bsky.social

Горе тим людям, які неграмотні й нічого не розуміють

Як змінився поліський ландшафт після аварії на Чорнобильській АЕС, Полісся у творчості Марії Примаченко, реакція Марії Примаченко на Чорнобильську катастрофу. — Суспільне Культура

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The 2026 #MSCA Postdoctoral call is open. 🚀 What: 12–24 months of funded research 🎓 Who: PhD holders (all nationalities) ⌛ Deadline: 9 Sept 2026 Start planning your proposal with us now! 🏰Queries to research.geog@durham.ac.uk. Further info: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/funding/msca...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

Our colleague Gavin Bridge is quoted a number of times in this piece just published in The Independent about extracting oil and gas from the North Sea: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Why drilling in the North Sea won’t bring down UK energy prices

Trump, Farage, the Tories and the right-wing press are all calling for it, but here's why experts say extracting oil and gas from the North Sea can't bring down UK energy prices

independent.co.uk

Last week, I was honoured to discuss Chornobyl's environmental and political legacies with fantastic colleagues as we approach the 40th anniversary of the nuclear catastrophe A recording is available, featuring Serhii Plokhy, Eglė Rindzevičiūtė, and Sasha Dovzhyk www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrrz...

40 years on: Chornobyl’s legacy and European environmental security

YouTube video by Ukrainian Institute London

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Check out the new issue of Routes on young people and rewilding 👇 Really pleased to bring this one to fruition with the amazing crew at Youngwilders!

Routes: The Journal For Student Geographers@routesjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🐺 The new issue of #ROUTES is OUT NOW! 🐺 In this Special Issue, we have teamed up with youth-led nature recovery NGO, Youngwilders, to explore the relationship between young people and #rewilding Read the full issue here: routesjournal.org/youngwilders... @rgs.org @geographicalassoc.bsky.social

Guest Lecture, co-organised by our Geographies of Life research cluster: 'Curating Learning Journeys - Transformational Experiences in the Classroom', Dr Erzsébet Strausz, Central European University, Vienna. Thursday, 30th April 2026, 13.00-14.30, room PCL 054 (Palatine Centre)