Researchers from the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment, Jasper Montana, Rosaria, Trisha Gopalakrishna and E. A. Welden, explore how academics can help inform policy on biodiversity following a series of three seminars and a workshop in early Summer 2021, which brought together academics from across the Oxford Biodiversity Network to share their experience working with policymakers.

Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography and Head of the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, has delivered a flagship lecture for The British Academy.

The Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG), part of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), has named Laura Mitchell as a joint winner of their 2021 undergraduate dissertation prize.

Researchers from across the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) gave lectures and presented research as part of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual conference.

Patricia Daley, Professor of the Human Geography of Africa, Tim Schwanen, Professor of Transport Geography and Director of the Transport Studies Unit (TSU), and Dariusz Wójcik, Professor of Economic Geography, have been awarded prestigious fellowships by the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS), which recognise excellence and impact in the social sciences.

The University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) has been awarded Athena Swan Silver, recognising the department's commitment to advancing gender equality.

In September, alumni from the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) came together to reconnect at a number of events.

The School of Geography and the Environment is very saddened to hear the tragic news that Douglas Boyes (MSc in BCM 2017-18) died on 26 September.

Dr Brendan Doody was selected as the recipient of a 2021 Divisional Teaching Excellence Award for Excellence in Supervision by the University of Oxford Social Sciences Divisional Board. The award recognises Dr Doody's outstanding contribution to teaching and doctoral supervision within the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE), and the Division.

The Royal Geographical Society's Transport Geography Research group (TGRG) has named Jamie Ward as winner of the undergraduate dissertation prize for his dissertation: 'Assessing connectivity dispersal in the UK passenger aviation network 1998-2018.'