A huge congratulations to our recent graduates that have received internal departmental awards for their exceptional dissertations, end of year projects and field work. Read about our prize winners' work, their findings and what inspired them to undertake these thought-provoking and often deeply personal projects.

Congratulations to the Academy of Conservation and Care for Environment (ACCE) initiative, who have been awarded the prestigious 'Star of Discovery' at the 2025 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases (AWHEIC).

New research shows that dust storms over Etosha Pan in northern Namibia are influenced not only by local weather conditions but also by global climate patterns. Dr Natasha Wallum, from the School of Geography and the Environment, explains how atmospheric dust plays a critical role in Earth system processes.

The SXNCH network and ACCE projects, led by Dr. Katrin Wilhelm and Dr. Martin Michette, have received international recognition for their work in heritage conservation, featured in a major Italian newspaper. Currently in Pompeii, ACCE unites global professionals to integrate natural and cultural heritage.

The Hans Günter Brauch Foundation for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene (HGBS) has announced that Associate Professor Gregory M. Thaler, who recently joined the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford, is one of the recipients of its prestigious International Science Prize. 

Grace de Souza's dissertation 'Convective-Permitting Model Projects Greater Reduction in Updraft Cores Over the Congo Basin' has been awarded 2nd place in Climate Change Research Group's 2023 Dissertation Prize.

The Divisional Teaching Awards formally recognize the outstanding contribution to teaching and learning and the academic development of students shown by colleagues across the Social Sciences Division.