School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

07/03/2023

We love to mix things up! Some impressions from a snowy writing retreat of our PhD students at the Scottish country house The Burn Scotland. Plenty of time for our students to write, discuss and enjoy some nature.

03/03/2023

🚁Keen to know more about conducting ethical fieldwork, research collaborations & avoiding helicopter science?

🔊British Ecological Society Conservation Ecology Group, British Ecological Society is hosting an online panel discussion and a Q&A on 13th March, chaired by our colleague Dr Lydia Cole.

🔖Get your tickets here 👇

Join our dialogue about fieldwork practices in conservation science, share experiences of (un)ethical conduct and help define solutions

03/03/2023

🏆We are proud of our PhD student Benjamin Ong to win the University of St Andrews Chaplaincy Prize 2022/23. He will read his winning poem, 'Faith will be shared around tables' and join a panel discussion with other winners in a prize-giving event next Tuesday, 7 March (7-9pm)@ Lower College Hall. Feel free to join the ceremony.

More info: Chaplaincy, University of St Andrews or👇

This prize has been established through the generous donation of monies received through the University of St Andrews American Foundation.  Awarded each year, the prize will be open to all current students at the University of St Andrews and based around a particular theme for an original piece of ...

07/02/2023

BBC Radio Scotland were discussing sphagnum moss on our newly restored Bankhead Moss in with Dr Katy Roucoux from St. Andrews University School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

📻 20 mins 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hvvr

Find out more about the improvements made on the reserve 👇
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2022/12/raising-the-water-table-at-bankhead-moss/

NatureScot The Scottish Government Net Zero Scotland

02/02/2023

Don't miss it! The Conversation highlighting work by our Nissa Finney and her colleagues from the and Social Research Council GEDI project on ethnic diversity and residential segregation.

Instead of framing discussions about the UK population in terms of a white majority and “non-white” minorities, complexity should be the focus. Britain is increasingly diverse and less segregated.

30/01/2023

11 days left!

Apply for our 6 fully funded PhD OPPORTUNITIES🎓

We are delighted to advertise 6 fully-funded PhD positions in our school for 2023/24!

🔬 Five of the six positions will be in quantitative data analysis, spatial data science or remote sensing. Our 6th position has an open topic.

Applicants can

1) apply for a topic prepared by our staff or
2) write their own proposal in collaboration with a supervisor.

👉 Details of the PhD call are here https://tinyurl.com/4x944574
👉 Deadline for applications is Friday 10 Feb 2023!
👉 Find our pre-proposed topics here https://tinyurl.com/295njywh

27/01/2023

🌳Happy scenes from this year's academic retreat with our 4th-year and students at the Scottish country house “The Burn”. Students & staff were reflecting on our student's final-year dissertations and enjoying some time in nature!

20/01/2023

Ready to explore the unexpected?

🌿 Join us for the opening of the new exhibition “For Peatlands’ Sake” on 29th January ! Come learn more about the vital role of peatlands on our planet. (https://bit.ly/3XJZlnz)

🔬The exhibition was developed with our Katy Roucoux & showcases research by Peatlands@StAndrews research group, part of the Tropical Wetlands Consortium.

📆 29 January to 7May 2023
🕣Opening Hours: https://for-peatlands-sake.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
🎪 Events Calendar: https://for-peatlands-sake.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/

For Peatlands' Sake is open at the Wardlaw Museum from Sunday 29 January 2023 to 8 May 2023. Expect the unexpected.Find out more: https://for-peatlands-sake....

25/12/2022

Happy holidays to our community! Wherever you are, we hope you have a restful time. We will see you back here in January!

24/12/2022

💡 PhD OPPORTUNITIES💡

We are delighted to advertise 6 fully-funded PhD positions in our school for 2023/24!

Five of the six positions will be in
a) quantitative data analysis
b) spatial data science
c) remote sensing

Our 6th position has an open topic.

Applicants can
1) apply for a topic prepared by our staff or
2) write their own proposal in collaboration with a supervisor.

👉 Details of the PhD call are here https://tinyurl.com/4x944574
👉 Deadline for applications is Friday 10 Feb 2023.
👉 Find our pre-proposed topics here https://tinyurl.com/295njywh

30/11/2022

Big congratulations to our most recent graduates! Three doctorates were conferred yesterday to Deema Almaziad, Corallie Hunt and Sebastijan Sekulic.

29/11/2022

Congratulations to all GSD Graduates of 2022! 🌳❤️

Today is the first day of our winter graduation ceremonies. 🎓 🙌

We can't wait to celebrate with you and your families. 🎉 Don't forget our ceremonies are streamed online ⬇️

http://ow.ly/bF3f50LJwMR