Royal Geographical Society honours Royal Holloway academic with prestigious award

03 May 2023

Influential historical geographer, Professor Felix Driver, has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s prestigious Royal Medal

Music Migration and Mobility

03 Feb 2023

Royal Holloway partners with the Royal College of Music (RCM) Museum for a new exhibition Music, Migration & Mobility – The Story of Émigré Musicians from Nazi-Europe in Britain.

Geography BGM and Widening Access Studentship

24 Jan 2023

This studentship, now in its second year, will be awarded to a strong, qualified applicant from a BGM (black and global majority) background.

The power of plants: New report identifies scope for arts and humanities research to address global challenges

23 Nov 2022

The Plant Humanities Report is an interdisciplinary research project commissioned by AHRC under its ‘Where Next?’ scheme and will shape future research, teaching, and outreach.

Royal Holloway academic leads G20 Policy brief report highlighting urban food security and supply concerns

04 Nov 2022

David Simon, Professor of Development Geography is Lead Author for an influential policy briefing prepared for the latest G20 leaders’ summit.

Oral History of the Environmental Movement project

03 Oct 2022

An Oral History of the Environmental Movement in the UK: 1970 – 2020

Outstanding student satisfaction confirmed in NSS 2022

01 Sept 2022

The National Student Survey (NSS) 2022 results confirm once again the outstanding level of satisfaction with teaching and overall experience among students in the Department of Geography

Long term solutions to living in climate change?

22 Aug 2022

David Simon participated in TRTWorld’s Roundtable international panel discussion, broadcast on 15th August.

Dr Daniele Colombaroli

16 Aug 2022

It is with enormous sadness that the death of Dr Daniele Colombaroli was announced, on Thursday 11th August, after a sudden illness.

Dr Celia Puertas awarded Future Leaders Fellowship by UKRI

17 Jun 2022

Dr Celia Puertas awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), as part of the next generation of research leaders tackling global issues and commercialise innovations

Antarctic StoryMap Collection wins national accolades

20 May 2022

An interdisciplinary team lead by the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway has received a silver Geographical Association Publishers Award 2022 for the Antarctic StoryMap Collection

Geography recognised once again for world-leading research by latest REF2021

12 May 2022

Geography at Royal Holloway has once again been recognised as one of the world’s leading research centres in Geography according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results