Welcome
The School of Geography and the Environment is an intellectually vibrant, research-intensive academic department at the centre of British geography.
The School has research excellence in its core disciplines, one of the UK's leading Undergraduate Honour Schools in Geography and a world-class International Graduate School.
New topics for DPhil research in Physical Geography are now available
(NERC funding to be confirmed) - find out more
Forthcoming Seminars
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 1 February 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
Transport and Daily Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring young people's experiences
Dr Gina Porter, Department of Anthropology, Durham University.
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 8 February 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
Transport Is Social Policy: Focus on higher education in the UK context
Dr Susan Kenyon.
Oxford Water Security Network Seminar Series
5pm, Wednesday 8 February 2012, Lecture Theatre, Lincoln College, EPA Science Centre, Oxford
Water Security and Mobile Technologies in Africa
Dr Rob Hope, School of Geography and the Environment.
Water Security and Health
Professor David Bradley, School of Geography and the Environment.
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 15 February 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
The Prosthetic Citizen: Forms of citizenship for a mobile world
Professor Tim Cresswell, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London.
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 22 February 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
Auto-Disabilities: The case of shared space environments
Professor Robert Imrie, Department of Geography, King's College, University of London.
Oxford Water Security Network Seminar Series
5pm, Wednesday 22 February 2012, Lecture Theatre, Lincoln College, EPA Science Centre, Oxford
Water Security and Technological Innovations
Professor Ian Thompson, Engineering Sciences.
Water Security and the Use of Climate Information in US Water Management
Professor Steve Rayner, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society.
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 29 February 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
Breathing Unequally: Environmental justice and transport-related air pollution
Professor Gordon Walker, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University.
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 7 March 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
Gender and Transport, the Neglected Dimension: Social inclusion, access and sustainable urban mobility
Professor Margaret Grieco, Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University.
Oxford Water Security Network Seminar Series
5pm, Wednesday 7 March 2012, Lecture Theatre, Lincoln College, EPA Science Centre, Oxford
Water Security and the Politics of African Energy Development
Professor David Anderson, African Studies Centre.
Water Security and Groundwater Resources in Africa
Professor Mike Edmunds, School of Geography and the Environment.
TSU Seminar Series: Socio-Spatial inequalities, transport and mobilities
5pm, Wednesday 14 March 2012, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE, Oxford
Bodies, Buses and Bureaucracy: Reflections on common interests in disability rights and service provision
Dr Ruth Butler, Department of Social Sciences, University of Hull.
Forthcoming Events
1-3pm, Wednesday 22 February 2012, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Wilfred Thesiger Photographs - The Pitt Rivers Collection
A unique photo display of Thesiger's work will be held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, with special guest - Alexander Maitland (Thesiger's biographer), who will provide insight and commentary. Spaces are limited - please sign up by emailing: Dr Troy Sternberg
4.30pm, Thursday 23 February 2012, Blue Boar lecture theatre, Christ Church, Oxford
Oxford Louwes Lecture - Accountability and International Law: Reflections from Water Projects
Professor Edith Brown Weiss, Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, and Co-Director of the Joint Degree in Law and Government, Georgetown University Law Centre.
23 - 24 March 2012, St Anne's College, University of Oxford
Beyond Carbon: Ensuring justice and equity in REDD+ across levels of governance
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has rapidly become a key pillar of international cooperation on climate change. A host of state and non-state actors at all levels of governance have entered this emerging policy field and this conference aims to take stock of these developments to date from both natural and social science perspectives and will discuss the role of justice and equity in current debates on REDD+. Its particular aim is to discuss the limits and opportunities in deriving co-benefits from REDD+ activities.
29 - 30 March 2012, SoGE, University of Oxford
2nd Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference: Progress and integration in desert research
The conference brings together UK researchers interested in dryland people and environments. The goal is to stimulate debate and collaboration across academic departments, share knowledge and expand desert paradigms. With the theme of 'Progress and integration in desert research' we look forward to papers and discussion that bring together the different approaches and perspectives applied to desert research.
16 - 18 April 2012, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford
Water Security, Risk and Society
This international conference on water security seeks to advance scientific inquiry and inform policy choices by developing an evidence base about the status of and pathways to water security in terms of multiple risks, scales, and actors. The conference will address water security challenges in developed and developing countries and regions, seeking to identify and elucidate global interdependencies between different socio-economic and cultural contexts.
18 May 2012, SoGE, University of Oxford
Graduate Student Conference: Institutional Investor and Corporate Governance for Sustainability
This conference provides graduate students the opportunity to present their research and engage in a unique dialogue with academics and practitioners on governance challenges and opportunities facing a global economy broadly characterized by increasing integration, resource scarcity and growing inequality. The ongoing climate change debates and economic crises provide examples of how financial markets have become an important policy mechanism for sustainable economies and financial systems and this conference seeks to unite academic rigour with practical questions of implementation.
27 - 28 September 2012, University of Oxford
Allianz - Oxford Pensions Conference 2012
An invited seminar organised by Allianz Global Investors and the University of Oxford.
