“Every day you live, you make an impact and you get to choose what sort of impact you make.” When Dr Jane Goodall ended her … Read more
Category: Human Ecology
Inaugural BSc Human Geography field trip to Brussels
Our fieldtrip to Brussels as part of the BSc in Human Geography began as most fieldtrips do: early. We boarded the Eurostar with tired eyes … Read more
Students explore the University’s landscape and grounds management to further embed sustainability across the curriculum
Students registered on the interdisciplinary module The Anthropocene: Planetary Crises and the Age of Humans, spanning Anthropology, Conservation and Human Geography, were given a tour … Read more
Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem to speak at ‘Urban Violence’ Knowledge Frontiers Symposium in Brazil
Lecturer in Human Geography Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem has been invited to participate in the Knowledge Frontiers Symposium on Urban Violence, to be held in … Read more
Call for Papers – Cities and Nationalism Symposium 2.0: Comparing Conflict Across Geopolitical Faultlines
The Cities & Nationalism Symposium 2.0 – Comparing Conflicts Across Geopolitical Faultlines provides a platform to bring together researchers working at the forefront of urban … Read more
Dr Rajindra Puri edits special issue on Human Adaptation to Biodiversity Change
Dr Rajindra Puri, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Anthropology, has overseen the publication of a special issue of the journal AMBIO, dedicated to the emerging field … Read more
New Human Geography Sustainability Scholarships announced for 2020
To celebrate the launch of its new BSc in Human Geography in autumn 2019, the School of Anthropology and Conservation is offering five scholarships of … Read more
Dr Khalil Avi Betz-Heinemann publishes article in Gods and Radicals and is invited on Last Born In The Wilderness podcast
Research Associate Dr Khalil Avi Betz-Heinemann has had his article Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Invasive Species and Halting Biodiversity Loss in the magazine Gods and … Read more
‘In Berlin, hyper-gentrification has proved just how fast conflict-torn cities can change’ – Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem writes for The Conversation
Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem, Lecturer in Human Geography, writes that Berlin’s urban transformation continues to foster hope for cities still divided by national conflicts. Modern day … Read more
Dr Miguel Alexiades to speak at Kent Union’s Climate Emergency Action Week
The School of Anthropology and Conservation declared a Climate and Environmental Emergency on September 25th, 2019 and continues its efforts both through its Staff and … Read more