Child tooth of Neanderthal discovered alongside tools originally thought to be unique to Homo sapiens

26 Feb 2021

New analysis of a fossilised child’s tooth and stone tools from Shukbah Cave, an archaeological site located in the Hebron Hills, north of Jerusalem, reveals special stone tool making technology

We are delighted to see the Handbook of Displacement published.

05 Jan 2021

Edited by a team from the Department including Peter Adey, Janet Bowstead, Katherine Brickell, Vandana Desai, Mike Dolton, and Alasdair Pinkerton, the Handbook is a landmark text that traces the achievements and knowledge gaps in the inter-disciplinary study of displacement.

2020 Antarctic place-names are announced

04 Dec 2020

2020 Antarctic place-names are announced to mark the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica.

Academics win prestigious award for Blood Bricks research

27 Nov 2020

Two of Royal Holloway’s Geography academics have won a prestigious award for their incredible research into modern slavery and climate change in Cambodia.

Landscapes Of Detectorists

02 Nov 2020

Detectorists auction raises more than £1,000 for conservation charities.

DQ Bowen

13 Oct 2020

The Department was saddened to hear that Professor David Quentin (DQ) Bowen passed away on October 5th 2020.

New book explores inequality in the age of translocality

29 Sept 2020

In ‘Going Nowhere Fast; Mobile Inequality in the Age of Translocality’ Royal Holloway Geographers explore how rising levels of global inequality and migrant flows are both critical global challenges.

Blood Bricks project shortlisted for Times Higher Education award

21 Sept 2020

Congratulations from all in the Department to Professor Katherine Brickell, Dr Laurie Parsons, and team who have been shortlisted for the 2020 Times Higher Education ‘Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences’ for their work on Blood Bricks.

Ancient human footprints in Saudi Arabia provide earliest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula

21 Sept 2020

PhD candidate Richard Clark-Wilson along Professors Simon Armitage and Ian Candy from the Department of Geography are part of an international team investigating human prehistory and environmental change on the Arabian Peninsula.

Sustainable agricultural intensification to feed the cities and grow Africa

11 Sept 2020

To feed the growing urban population, food security strategies must step away from conventional dichotomous thinking that considers agriculture and food production as solely rural activities, and urban areas as food consumption locations.

Chartered Chemist award.

14 Aug 2020

Inaki Valcarcel, one of our technicians in the Department of Geography, has been awarded the designation of the Chartered Chemist by the Royal Society of Chemistry.