In the quest for the best of all societies, Professor Danny Dorling provides insights on his latest book, exploring what can be learnt from Europe's most equitable country and what's made it the world's happiest country for three years running.

Oxford University researchers have recorded the wettest October day since daily rainfall records began at the Radcliffe Meteorological Station in January 1827. 60.0 mm of rainfall was observed in the rain gauge on Saturday 3rd October 2020, which was the sixth wettest day of the 70,000 days in the records, and the rainiest day in Oxford for over 47 years.

School of Geography and the Environment undergraduate student Eliza Norris (Keble College) has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Political Geography Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2020 for her work on subterranean hospitals in the Middle East.

Laura Antona has been awarded an 18-month postdoctoral fellowship by the ESRC to build on her doctoral research, which focusses on the experiences of migrant domestic workers who are no longer willing or able to work-for or live with their employers in Singapore.

Professor of the Human Geography of Africa

Oxford experienced its wettest month for 145 years in October 2020, according to weather observers from the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University.

Dr Louise Slater has been awarded the European Geosciences Union's 2021 Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award in the field of Geomorphology.

SoGE's new Fieldworkers' Network launched to support fieldworkers through practical issues and logistical challenges, at any stage of their career.

Professor of Environmental Geography

On 16th October Dr Elizabeth Baigent, Reader in the History of Geography at the University of Oxford, delivered a special event uncovering the hidden stories of the School of Geography and the Environment's first female geographers. The event formed part of the University's centenary, marking 100 years since the first women collected their degrees.