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Professor Kelvyn Jones to receive the prestigious RGS Murchison award

17 May 2013

Professor Kelvyn Jones will receive the prestigious Murchison award at the Royal Geographical Society's AGM on Monday 3rd June. The award is given for Professor Jones' contributions to quantitative geography.

Philosopher Luce Irigaray awarded Leverhulme Visiting Professorship

9 May 2013

Philosopher Luce Irigaray (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) has been awarded a Visiting Professorship by the Leverhulme Trust to collaborate with Dr Maria Fannin over a period of two years (2013-2014).

Geographical Sciences Newsletter - Issue 1

8 May 2013

Geographical Sciences has launched a termly newsletter for students and staff and Issue 1 is available to download now.

World Universities Network grant awarded to Dr Adam Dixon

29 April 2013

Dr. Adam Dixon has been awarded a World Universities Network grant to visit Maastricht University's European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE). At ECCE, a leading research centre on sustainable finance and responsible investing, Dr. Dixon will conduct research on the geopolitics and economic geography of transparency and long-term investors.

Professor Kelvyn Jones appointed as Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

25 April 2013

Professor Kelvyn Jones has been elected to a Fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales; as such he becomes the third geographer to be so honoured. Sir John Cadogan, the Society’s President, said: We have once again elected a further very strong cohort of new Fellows; the Society’s continuing focus on excellence and achievement will ensure that its Fellowship will represent the very best of which Wales is capable in the major academic disciplines.