Geography Matters

20/12/2025

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Our colleague Dr Emil Dauncey has been working with an amazing organisation CHIVA Africa (https://chiva-africa.org/) helping children and adolescents exposed to and living with HIV. Listen to Emil's reflections on this important work.

12/12/2025

🌐 Geography & Environmental Studies at The Open University Postgraduate Convenor, Dr Kim Kullman, looks after our vibrant community of postgraduate researchers.

💎 He says: "Are you ready to tackle some of the world’s most urgent challenges, from the climate crisis and migration to conflicts and political division? The Open University is seeking self-motivated, curious and collaborative PhD candidates to contribute to cutting-edge, world-changing research in Geography and Environmental Studies."

📢 Please spread the word about the opportunities for PhD that we currently have available: https://lnkd.in/e3dqsNuZ

❓ What we offer:
👓 Supervision by leading academics in the field
🗺️ Opportunities to present at international conferences
🌍 Collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment
✒️ Support to apply for funded studentships from interdisciplinary doctoral training programmes

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12/12/2025

🗺️ We highly recommend the 'Geography Makes A Difference' series on GEOGMUM blog (https://lnkd.in/ecnTZAcP), not least because the latest article features Geography & Environmental Studies at The Open University:
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12/12/2025

🏅 Huge congratulations to Shofiullah Bahalwan (they/them) for winning the 2025 dissertation prize for The Open University module D325: Researching Everyday Geographies (https://lnkd.in/eUFWeFG5).

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🏅 Huge congratulations to Shofiullah Bahalwan (they/them) for winning the 2025 dissertation prize for The Open University module D325: Researching Everyday Geographies (https://lnkd.in/eUFWeFG5). 🌆 Shofie is a community organiser and a student residing in Berlin, Germany, where they are curren...

10/11/2025

🏙️ Professor Doreen Massey (https://lnkd.in/eEWYz8xH)) was a celebrated geographer at The Open University known for her work on hashtag , hashtag and hashtag .

✒️ Although Doreen passed away nearly a decade ago, her legacy at Geography & Environmental Studies at The Open University continues. Through the lens of Doreen's writing, spanning nearly five decades (1970s-2010s), our colleagues Colin Lorne, Ben Newman and Carry van Lieshout ask:

❓ What would Doreen think of the troubles of the present?

📺 Join the The Open University's Research Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (GCSJ) seminar to find out an answer to this question. Details in the link below.

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🏙️ Professor Doreen Massey (https://lnkd.in/eEWYz8xH)) was a celebrated geographer at The Open University known for her work on , and . ✒️ Although Doreen passed away nearly a decade ago, her legacy at Geography & Environmental Studies at The Open University continues. Th...

05/11/2025

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21/09/2025

📣OU Geography & Environmental Studies has a new LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ou-geography-environmental-studies. Please follow if you are on LinkedIn to find out all the latest information about our work

07/02/2023

The Moving Market Places project team have just put out a video about the project with interviews of the team members and footage from around Europe.

The Moving Market Places project ran from 2019 to 2022 and investigated the people and practices of urban and rural market places in four different countries; The…

05/05/2021

Take part in this new seminar series organised by our colleague Sonja Rewhorn with CIRICAN consultancy. The series discusses ideas and innovation for levelling up in rural places with three thematic sessions:

18 May — Social Enterprise
15 June — Health Inequalities
13 July — Digital Futures

The first session discussing social enterprise takes place on the 18th May, 11:00am–12:30pm via Zoom. Speakers include Nick Coates from Beamz.

All welcome!

You can register for the session here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-resilient-rural-communities-tickets-148904333871

28/04/2021

Join our friend Dr Jan Van Duppen (OU STEM) for this fantastic looking workshop titled: The post-pandemic sustainable future of community gardens in London

Online Workshop on Friday 30th of April 2021 from 10am – 1pm

This interdisciplinary workshop brings together gardeners, scholars, designers, and policymakers to discuss the post-pandemic sustainable future of community gardens in London. All welcome. For more information please see below, and one can sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-post-pandemic-sustainable-future-of-community-gardens-in-london-tickets-152124669983

07/12/2020

Recently our colleagues Prof Shonil Bhagwat and Honorary Associate Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi were part of this fascinating event hosted by The British Museum, 'An Introduction to the Arctic'.

The full recording of the event is avaialble here:

Join academics from The Open University and special guests as they introduce you to the diverse landscapes and complex histories of the Arctic Peoples and th...