From turtle-hatching in the jungle of Costa Rica to Whitechapel market for MAPURBAN’s Project Event, Germany for a Human Evolution Conference, back to our own front garden planting fruit trees in anticipation of Kent’s 60th Anniversary, we’ve been all over! It’s all in this month’s News RoundUp!
Welcome To The Jungle
- Our new students have been scavenging around campus and relaxing in beanbags for some serious Mario Kart gameplay. We hope Welcome Week has kicked off the Autumn term just right! Read about their adventures here.
- The Costa Rican Jungle! After two years of Covid-related cancellations, fieldtrips are back and undergraduate Jess Callaghan writes about her experience on this month’s Tropical Field Course in Costa Rica. Read it here!
It’s evolution, baby
- The 12th annual ESHE held in person at the Neue Aula, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, in September, with SAC staff and students attending and presenting. Read more.
An InQuiry into Kylie
- Sustainable living is promoted in September’s edition of InQuire – but what are the barriers to achieving this? Read here.
To You, 3 Years From Now
- Kent’s Diamond Garden is a three-year project encouraging biodiversity whilst celebrating the University of Kent’s upcoming 60th Anniversary in 2025. Read more.
We celebrate our Firsts in Inter-Disciplinary HSS Research
- Knowing whether a terrorist group is still a threat or not is essential to national and international security and this research will use conservation science as a determinant when Dr David Roberts joins forces with Dr Harmonie Toros (political scientist), and Professor Rachel McCrea (statistician). Read here.
Urban segregation and migrant integration?
- MAPURBAN‘s Policy Report Launch took place in Whitechapel, London, the third of its three case study sites that have included Berlin and Stockholm, using interdisciplinary multinational research findings to better inform government strategies towards urban migration. Read here.
What we’re looking forward to:
- You are invited to hear distinguished ethnobotanist Dr Mark Nesbitt on October 11th 2022 for the 24th Annual Kent-Kew Distinguished Ethnobotanist lecture at Royal Botanic Gardens. Book your free ticket here.