Geography

Overview

Home to one of the UK’s most dynamic groups of geographical researchers, scholars and teachers, Geography at Manchester has risen to become one of the top-tier institutions for its size.

We are renowned for the high quality of our contributions to the international research community.

In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF), 94% of our outputs were considered internationally recognised, with an exceptionally high proportion (65%) judged to be internationally excellent or world-leading.

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Publications

The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Environmental drivers of Holocene forest development in the Middle Atlas, Morocco

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Gender and Ethical Consumption: Towards a New Research Agenda

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Projects

Signposting NERC-funded research on vegetation fire in collaboration with the England and Wales Wildfire Forum (PROJECT)

Project: Other

Dendrochronological records of plant physiological response to drought stress in the Middle Atlas, Morocco (PROJECT)

Project: Research

Developing a risk assessment approach for forest fire at the rural-urban interface: potential of the wildfire threat analysis framework (PROJECT)

Project: Research

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Activities

Wildfire in the UK: mapping and managing a Cinderella risk

Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

Mapping and managing wildfire risk the UK: geospatial science and knowledge exchange

Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

wildfires 2017: the UK wildfire resilience conference

Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc

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Media coverage and contribution

THE GUARDIAN: 'Never drink in a flat-roofed pub': how the old joke became a reality

Press / Media: Expert comment

CITYMETRIC: Manchester is finally beginning to embrace the cycling revolution

Press / Media: Research

THE INDEPENDENT: G4S accused of 'culture of intimidation' against asylum seekers who complain about poor housing

Press / Media: Expert comment

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Student theses

Transnational Retail In Southeast Asia: Transformation And Regulation In The National Retail Markets of Malaysia And Thailand.

UoM administered thesis: Phd

Living the Map: Mobile Mapping in Post/colonial Cities

UoM administered thesis: Phd

(De)mortgaging lives: Financialisation, biopolitics and political subjectivation in the Barcelona metropolitan region

UoM administered thesis: Phd

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Prizes

Arts and Humanities Research Council Leadership Fellow

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

Area Prize for New Research 2014 - Honourable Mention

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

7th Nordic Geographers' Meeting

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Impact

Deprivation Indices and Urban Regeneration Policy

Impact: Environmental impacts, Economic impacts, Societal impacts

Human Well-being and Environmental Policy

Impact: Environmental impacts, Technological impacts, Societal impacts

Policy Support for Wildfire Management and Contingency Planning in the United Kingdom

Impact: Environmental impacts, Legal impacts, Societal impacts, Technological impacts

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