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Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · Oct 23
Check out the exciting Autumn 2025 line up for our Loughborough Geography Seminar Series! We are dedicated to creating an exciting space for knowledge exchange versus webinar-style lectures, so most of these talks are in person. Please feel free to DM with any questions!
Geography Seminar Series, Autumn 2025 lineup. Summer Summaries Check out what your colleagues have been up to! Robert Kloosterman, Universiteit van Amsterdam Migrant & Ethnic Entrepreneurs & the Emerging Societal Context Sarah Mills, Loughborough University: The Gamiflcation of Citizenship Ania Zielonka, Polish Academy of Sciences Mountain Rivers as Critical Hotspots of Secondary Microplastic Production Josh Wolstenholme, Loughborough University Sediment transport & flood risk: Why is it important and how can we monitor it? Trivik Verma, Loughborough University Constructing Just Mobility Futures Nick Midgley, Nottingham Trent University Assessment of tussac grassland degradation in the Falklands Islands Powerpoint Karaoke We've made describing other people's research a holiday tradition!
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👉 Join us for a free online talk by Prof Duncan McIlroy, as he shares the story of Charnwood Forest's newest fossil: Charnia brasieri!

📅 Tuesday 9 December, 7.30pm

🌐 Book you place now: www.charnwoodforest.org/event/free-o...
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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... and the book is out too: @andrewleyshon.bsky.social & @allanwatson1.bsky.social 'The rise of the platform music industries' agendapub.com/page/detail/... (open access!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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statesofprecarity.bsky.social
Today, we’re starting a countdown to the launch event for our States of Precarity in UK HE Geography report. Based on 364 responses from across the discipline, it maps how precarity is shaping academic lives. #StatesofPrecarity

Follow along as we share the findings week by week.

Register below👉
States of precarity in UK geography report launch
We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Field Pansy (Viola arvensis) in an arable field margin, Leicestershire. #wildflowerhour
Close-up of a pale yellow flower of Field Pansy (Viola arvensis). Field Pansy in flower in an arable field margin, Leicestershire.
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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charnwoodforest.bsky.social
⚓️ Charles Booth, the shipowner and social reformer, died on this day in 1916.

📕 Booth lived in Grace Dieu Manor, Thringstone for the last 30 years of his life, and is best known for his book 'Life and Labour of the People in London'.
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Ed Brown, our Professor of Global Energy Challenges, reporting from #COP30 on the global clean cooking crisis youtu.be/SAKIEvmh7-c?...
The Global Clean Cooking Crisis: Professor Ed Brown at COP30
YouTube video by Loughborough University
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November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Book launch: Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire, by Alena Pfoser
Brockington U005 and on Teams
Wednesday December 3rd, 16:00-17:00
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Today I am remembering my former colleague Jo Bullard who has died at just 56. A very supportive, encouraging, assiduous geographer, it is impossible to imagine @lborogeog.bsky.social without her. I know her passing has affected many very deeply, my thoughts with them on day of her funeral. RIP.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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We are very sad to share the news of Jo Bullard, one of our editors, who passed away last month.

Jo's rich contribution to the discipline is evident in this obituary published by the RGS: www.rgs.org/about-us/our.... She will be greatly missed.
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
lborogeog.bsky.social
We will be celebrating Jo Bullard's life on Thursday 4th December, from 2.30pm at Loughborough University.

Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo:
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
Professor Joanna Bullard (1969-2025) | Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Joanna Elizabeth Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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*Funded #PhD opportunities on Flooding*

At FloodCDT, we're currently advertising a large number of PhD projects combining cutting-edge science, engineering, and social approaches to deliver real-world impact:

See here for the full list of projects: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

flood-cdt.ac.uk
FindAPhD : Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT) at University of Southampton
Apply for a PhD: Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT) at University of Southampton
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November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Sand mining reducing the flow of Southeast Asia’s largest lake, new report warns
A new study led by Loughborough University, and published in Nature Sustainability , has highlighted how sand mining is endangering the normal functioning of the largest freshwater lake in Southeast A...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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New #openaccess paper out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies where we compare the experience & governance of #EU #TemporaryProtectionDirective in #Finland & #Sweden

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Unpacking the temporary protection of displaced people from Ukraine within the tightening migration governance in Sweden and Finland
This article focuses on the Swedish and Finnish implementation of the European Union’s Temporary Protection Directive (TPD), activated by the EU after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 202...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Incredibly sad news from our Geography community at Loughborough www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
Professor Joanna Bullard (1969-2025)
We are incredibly sad to share news of the recent passing of Joanna Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment, School of Social Sciences and Humanities at...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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🎥 Some of our geography PhD students are involved with the Loughborough group of @starnational.bsky.social and have organised a film screening and discussion of ‘Thank You For The Rain’ on Friday, 21/11 to commemorate Climate and Migrant Justice Day.

Register here: forms.office.com/e/RRq1zSuigc...
Film Screening Hosted by STAR STudent Action for Refugees Friday, 21 November 2025 17:15 Martin Hall — MHL014 Register by clicking the link or scanning the QR code below: https://forms.office.com/e/RRq1zSuigc?origin=lprLink We are screening Thank You For The Rain to commemorate Climate and Migrant Justice Day. The documentary follows Kisilu Musya, a Kenyan farmer who begins filming his daily life to show the real impacts of climate change on his community. Over five years, his story evolves from local struggle to global activism as he journeys to the UN climate talks in Paris. The film captures the personal toll of changing weather patterns while exposing the deep inequalities that shape who is heard (and who is not) in global climate debates. The screening will be followed by a discussion about climate and migrant justice.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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It was great presenting some of my recent work to colleagues in @lborogeog.bsky.social on #flooding, #sediment and novel methods to monitor and model it... watch this space as papers coming soon 😁
lborogeog.bsky.social Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 20d
Last week, we heard from Research Associate @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social on river sediment transport and flood risk that led to some great questions and further discussion! 🌊
GEOGRAPHY SEMINAR SERIES Join us Wednesday 29th October 1:00 PM in EHB205 Dr Josh Wolstenholme Loughborough University Sediment transport and flood risk: Why is it important and how can we monitor it? One in four people globally are at risk of extreme flooding, a number expected to rise under a changing climate. Yet current flood risk assessments often omit key river processes, notably sediment transport, due to high uncertainty, limited field data, and computational cost. In this talk, I will first present a series of numerical experiments in the upland catchment of Glenridding Beck (Cumbria) that demonstrate how sediment dynamics amplified the impacts of Storm Desmond in 2016. I will explore how increasing storm duration and intensity can trigger thresholds where sediment transport significantly enhances flood risk. Second, I will discuss new work on using smartphone LiDAR to capture small-scale river morphology, showing that it can produce results comparable to traditional survey methods while enabling low-cost, repeatable monitoring for model calibration and validation.
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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📢 Next week: A talk on 'Constructing Just Mobility Futures' by our own @trivikrama.bsky.social! Join us in person next Wednesday, 12th November @1:00 PM for what is sure to be an excellent conversation.
Geography seminar series, Join us Wednesday 12th November 1:00 PM in EHB205 for Constructing Just Mobility Futures: Mobility is a key determinant of urban wellbeing. It shapes access to services, opportunities, social safety, care, and community. Mobility today is misaligned with needs of society, worsening inequalities in access and increasing reliance on car infrastructure. In a period of increasing inequality and ageing, as service geographies reorganise, care roles evolve, and environmental pollution worsens, future mobility needs will undergo massive changes. The prevailing “predict-and-provide” paradigm in transit planning is based on past demand patterns and is too narrow. Datasets that quantify travel demand (e.g., Origin-Destination (OD) matrices, travel demand survey, travel diaries) have long mirrored the journeys of a stereotypical male commuter, reinforcing only priorities of formal economic work. Treating mobility as aggregate behaviour then erases barriers faced by many others. As a result, people whose needs are poorly reflected, such as lower income women making chained care trips, older adults seeking community services, those with disabilities, children, and night-time workers on off-peak schedules, are systematically underserved and socially excluded. Optimising solely for economic efficiency deepens inequality and car-dependence, which is environmentally unsustainable and fiscally costly, and happening everywhere in the UK. A futures-oriented approach is therefore required – one that begins from lived constraints and explicit social objectives, and tests alternative pathways under physical and environmental limits. In this talk, I will present some recent work from The Netherlands and South Africa exploring the inequalities that people face in movement, the data ecosystems that allow us to understand them, and participatory methods of constructing just mobility futures for all.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Second day of field work on Paris. It's all about gentrification, from Haussmann up to the present, with Professor Darren Smith @lborogeog.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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😍 Amazing news from @charnwoodforest.bsky.social, right at the doorstep of our campus and a fantastic site to explore with our students ⬇️
charnwoodforest.bsky.social Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 21d
🥳 NEW FOSSIL! Researchers from Canada have named a new species of fossil from the 560 million year old rocks of Charnwood Forest!

🌟 Its called Charnia brasieri, shaped like a frond, and could grow to a metre long.

🌐 Read more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/researchers-...
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Just arrived in Paris with Part C @lborogeog.bsky.social student's for a week of field work on post-industrial Paris and issues of gentrification, studentification, race-migration-nation
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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We are recruiting at Loughborough University: Join us as Lecturer, SL, Reader or Professor in one of three strategic areas:

⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy

www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.
Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
www.lboro.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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📰 Our geography colleagues and doctoral students are leading a cutting-edge research project in Cumbria on how simple on-farm features like sediment ponds can help farmers manage runoff, protect valuable soil, and support vital biodiversity.

Read the full story here!
New research highlights how sediment ponds help farmers protect land and boost biodiversity
A research project in Cumbria is shedding light on how simple on-farm features like sediment ponds can help farmers manage runoff, protect valuable soil, and support vital biodiversity – all while con...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
lborogeog.bsky.social
Check out the exciting Autumn 2025 line up for our Loughborough Geography Seminar Series! We are dedicated to creating an exciting space for knowledge exchange versus webinar-style lectures, so most of these talks are in person. Please feel free to DM with any questions!
Geography Seminar Series, Autumn 2025 lineup. Summer Summaries Check out what your colleagues have been up to! Robert Kloosterman, Universiteit van Amsterdam Migrant & Ethnic Entrepreneurs & the Emerging Societal Context Sarah Mills, Loughborough University: The Gamiflcation of Citizenship Ania Zielonka, Polish Academy of Sciences Mountain Rivers as Critical Hotspots of Secondary Microplastic Production Josh Wolstenholme, Loughborough University Sediment transport & flood risk: Why is it important and how can we monitor it? Trivik Verma, Loughborough University Constructing Just Mobility Futures Nick Midgley, Nottingham Trent University Assessment of tussac grassland degradation in the Falklands Islands Powerpoint Karaoke We've made describing other people's research a holiday tradition!
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM