Technological Life: Environments, Bodies, Mobilities

Professor Jennie Middleton, Associate Professor in Human Geography at the Transport Studies Unit, has been awarded a highly competitive British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship to support an innovative research project exploring the experiences of neurodivergent people navigating urban environments on foot.

A research programme led by SoGE Professor Jamie Lorimer has received renewed funding from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).

Three DPhil students from Engineering and Geography have won the First Prize in the 2025 European Competition on Net Zero Data Centres.

Professor Gillian Rose has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Victoria Medal for conspicuous merit in research in geography.

Prof Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography and Fellow of the British Academy and Academy of Social Sciences, and Prof Linda McDowell, Professor Emerita of Human Geography and Fellow of the British Academy, have been included in the third edition of Key Thinkers on Space and Place (ed. Mary Gilmartin, Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin and Susan M. Roberts; Sage, 2024), in chapters celebrating their career achievements.