Geography & Environment, University of Aberdeen

The next edition of our blog 'Research in a Nutshell', is online!

David Flood Researcher and recent addition to our teaching team, introduces his research on sustainability transitions in tourism in the Margaret River region (WA, Australia) and what brought him to
University of Aberdeen

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Research in a Nutshell: Transitioning towards sustainable tourism | News | The University of Aberdeen David Flood describes his research project on sustainability transitions in tourism in the Margaret River region (WA, Australia) and what brought him to Aberdeen University.

Dr. Katrin Prager, jointly with teaching team members David Flood, Irmine Roshem and Flurina Wartmann, delivered a 3-day block course on Team Leadership and Management to our MSc Land Economy and MSc Sustainability students to introduce concepts of how successful teams work and how to manage a team. Students were given the opportunity to puts these into practice via the innovative approach of 'discovery learning'.

Congratulations to our most recent geography graduates and the winners of student prizes! We enjoyed celebrating all of your achievements with you and your loved ones!

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Congratulations to our most recent graduates and winner of student prizes | News | The University of Aberdeen Student, families and our Geography staff recently celebrated the summer 2022 graduation ceremonies. We congratulate all our wonderful graduates and wish them all the best for their future!We have also awarded a number of prizes to our Geography students and nominated some candidates for nationa...

🎉Fantastic News! Human Geography at Aberdeen has been ranked 1st in the UK for overall student satisfaction, with a score of 100%. 🥇

The annual NSS asks final-year students across the UK about a range of factors related to their academic experience, including teaching, learning opportunities, assessment and feedback, and academic support.

We are proud of this outstanding result and are looking forward to continue our successful teaching and support in the next term.

David Haro and Matteo Spagnolo recently led a group of PhD students to the Italian Alps, where they learned various physical geography field techniques and fully enjoyed the spectacular glacial settings (and Italian Gelato!), while also understanding the fragility of these alpine environments currently under climate change threat and anthropogenic pressure.

Congrats to PhD student Kirsten Gow for inclusion in the Top 100 list from Women in Tourism Scotland for her work with The Scottish Island Passport Project
The project works with an Island-Centred Ethos across 72 Scottish Islands to promote sustainable tourism in partnership with communities

MSc Sustainability Transitions students are helping the University to become more sustainable.

Our MSc students are engaging with catering services to review and redevelop the University of Aberdeen's sustainable food policy
by taking part in a catering workshop to review and redevelop the policy, addressing various issues such as menus and ingredients, waste and plastics, and communication of sustainable practices.

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MSc Sustainability Transitions students are helping the University to become more sustainable | News | The University of Aberdeen MSc students took part in a catering workshop to review and redevelop the University of Aberdeen's sustainable food policy, addressing various issues such as menus and ingredients, waste and plastics, and communication of sustainable practices.

Fully funded PhD opportunity to explore intergenerational communication

This interdisciplinary opportunity will be supervised by experts from Psychology, Human Geography and Sociology, this project is one of three supported by the Dunhill Medical Trust’s multiple PhD calls in ageing research.

Full details about the project on 'Intergenerational communication: understanding and supporting social interactions between younger and older adults' at Aberdeen University are available: tinyurl.com/intergenerationalcommunication

Dunhill Studentship- Project 1: Intergenerational communication: understanding and supporting social interactions between younger and older adults at Aberdeen University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Dunhill Studentship- Project 1: Intergenerational communication: understanding and supporting social interactions between younger and older adults at Aberdeen University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Concerns over the impact of tourism in economically fragile rural areas of Scotland have led to the development of a new initiative designed to help island communities gain more value from tourism in their area. This new platform may change how you book your holidays!

Read more about IsleHoliday in the recent Geography Directions piece by Professor Lorna Philip and PhD Student K Gow:

A new initiative for rural tourism: How IsleHoliday plans to help rebalance the sector By Kirsten Gow, University of Aberdeen, and Lorna J Philip, University of Aberdeen Concerns over the impact of tourism in economically fragile rural areas of Scotland has led to the development of …

Dmitri Mauquoy, Clemens von Scheffer & Tom Theurer are back from their travels to the Falkland Islands where they have spent two weeks sampling dry peatlands of the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean in order to better understand the future of Northern Hemisphere peatlands and their carbon accumulation.

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Falkland Island peatlands as a mirror to understand future European peatlands | News | The University of Aberdeen In order to understand how carbon accumulation in Northern Hemisphere peatlands may likely change in the future, it is useful to look at how carbon accumulation varies in modern day 'extreme' ('dry') peatlands located in the Falkland Islands.

What does a week in the life of MSc Sustainability Transitions students University of Aberdeen look like?
It's a week spent engaging with local government, Aberdeen City Council and lecture by renowned scientist Prof Pete Smith, author on the 4th assessment report for Intergovernmental Panel on (IPCC)

Read more about their week here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/news/15846/

More detail about the Masters of Science in Sustainability Transitions offered at the University of Aberdeen and information on how to apply: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/geography-environment/msc-sustainability-transitions-1689.php

A week in the life of MSc Sustainability Transitions students | News | The University of Aberdeen What a week for our MSc Sustainability Transitions students! While the students have already started working on their individual projects/dissertations, the programme continues to be filled with various additional learning opportunities for the future sustainability leaders.

Huge congratulations to K Gow, Artist and Aberdeen Geography postgraduate researcher specialising in islands, who has been shortlisted for the prestigious John Byrne Award for her installation 'Remote / Far away' which challenges external perceptions of Scotland's offshore islands.

The work addresses questions around how we define places as remote or peripheral and was installed for six months during 2021 on an abandoned signpost at Feolin Ferry on Jura, where Gow lives.

Read more: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/news/15799/

Full shortlist at - Annual Winners and Shortlist 2021-22 » The John Byrne Award - see: https://www.johnbyrneaward.org.uk/entries/isnt-it-quite-remote/?tags=chosen35002