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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London
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We are ranked within the top 5 geography departments in the UK, and in the top 3 for geography teaching (Times Good University Guide 2025). We offer degrees across Human and Physical Geography which give excellent career prospects to our graduates.
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squirerachael.bsky.social
'Cold War Museology' and 'Cold War Scotland' are wonderful and important books. A pleasure to review them here:

Beyond the missile and military: towards colourful Cold War histories

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond the missile and military: towards colourful Cold War histories
Emerging from an AHRC funded project on Materialising the Cold War, Cold War Museology (Douthwaite, J., Nehring, H., & Alberti, S. J. (Eds.) (2025). Cold War museology. Taylor & Francis) and Cold W...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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olimould.bsky.social
I’m co-curating a session at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference in September on “Unconventional Geographies of Solidarity” - here is the CfP. Please consider submitting or sharing if this is in your wheelhouse
CfP @ RGS-IBG 2026: Unconventional Geographies of Solidarity
01-04 September 2026, London Session Organizers: Oli Mould (Royal Holloway, University of London), Hanxi Wang (University College London) In Multitude (2004), political philosophers Michael Hardt a…
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January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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inneskeighren.bsky.social
New blog post: "Where were the women?" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...
A sketch portrait of Luise von Göchhausen (c. 1780) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
rhulgeography.bsky.social
Humans returned to British Isles earlier than previously thought at the end of the last ice age. Research by Dr Adrian Palmer and colleagues @royalholloway.bsky.social in The Conversation.

theconversation.com/humans-retur...

#RHULGeogResearch #RHULResearch #RoyalHolloway #Climate #Environment
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January 27, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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statesofprecarity.bsky.social
Today we launch States of Precarity in UK HE Geography.

Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work.

Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change.

Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT):
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Read report:
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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olimould.bsky.social
I’m sure you’re all *thrilled* to hear what you can preorder my new book - Postcapitalist Cities - from the MUP website with a whopping 40% off till the end January. So yours for only £12.
Manchester University Press - Postcapitalist cities
Postcapitalist cities - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Postcapitalist cities by Oli Mould
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January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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statesofprecarity.bsky.social
TOMORROW:
Report Launch and Discussion
1:00-2:30PM GMT

Guest Speakers:
Matilda Fitzmaurice (@matildaf.bsky.social)
Jay Todd (@jaytoddgla.bsky.social)
Lekan Adekola
Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social)

Register:
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
States of precarity in UK geography report launch
We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.
www.rgs.org
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Check out our @planthums-uk.bsky.social web pages at kew.org/science/inte...
Learn who we are, what we do, and how you can work with us on #PlantHumanities #research @rbgkew.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Register:
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January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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abistone.bsky.social
And now to Diss Mere and Holocene records with Ian Candy from @rhulgeography.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
rhulgeography.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to Dr Alex Clark who has successfully defended his thesis with minor corrections.

Alex's thesis is entitled 'A multi-proxy investigation of northeast Irish Ice Sheet dynamics during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition'

#RHULGeogResearch #RoyalHolloway #PhD #Glaciation
Photo of Chris Darvill, Alex Clark and Anna Bourne by the maps in the foyer of the Queens Building at Royal Holloway, University of London
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
rhulgeography.bsky.social
🎓 Winter Graduation 2025 - Huge congratulations to our @royalholloway.bsky.social Masters graduates and to Harri for completing his PhD. It was a pleasure celebrating with you today. Wishing you all the best for your next endeavours. Keep in touch!
December 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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uncashh.bsky.social
Part of this group show in Stroud, themed around Earth mysteries, on for a few more weeks & closing with a winter solstice ritual by #GeraldineHudson
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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squirerachael.bsky.social
We'll be joined by amazing respondents from different career stages who'll be offering critical reflections on the report its findings. Fruther details soon but please do save the date and register if you can.
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📣Join the States of Precarity team for the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

📅 Wednesday 14 January
🎦 Online
👉 Sign up to attend: https://bit.ly/4rvQgP2

Check out the report before the launch: https://bit.ly/44HTUvg
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December 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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squirerachael.bsky.social
A new paper in Mobilities by Kim Peters and I - Routes to blue stewardship? Mobilising aquarium a/effects towards ocean citizenship and planetary change

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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December 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
rhulgeography.bsky.social
Issue 16 of the Newsletter of the Centre for the GeoHumanities is out: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

#RHULGeogResearch #RoyalHolloway #GeoHumanities
Centre for the GeoHumanities
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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squirerachael.bsky.social
Original wheel here and new 'spoke' below. We argue that contract status needs to be included.
Academic 'wheel of privilege' depicting how different factors shape academic privilege. This includes gender, mental health, citizenship and a range of other intersectional factors.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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royalholloway.bsky.social
Uncovering the hidden cost of climate change 🌎

Researcher Dr Laurie Parsons (@laurieparsons.bsky.social) from @rhulgeography.bsky.social investigates how extreme heat caused by climate change is impacting workers in the global supply-chain in Cambodia.

Read more: ow.ly/X5CG50XyBn8
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November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
rhulgeography.bsky.social
PhD researcher, Beth Williamson and Dr Philip Jagessar have a new article out in ‘Area’: ‘Mapping language: Names, Speakers and Voices’, exploring mapmaking, linguistic conventions and their 2024 RGS-IBG conference conversation. Article link below ⬇️

📸: @rgsibg.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Our new research exploring the role of the latitudinal temperature gradient on European seasonality is now published in Nature Communications. We combine Holocene palaeoclimate proxies with transient simulations to predict changing seasonality to the end of the century www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Consistent response of European summers to the latitudinal temperature gradient over the Holocene - Nature Communications
10,000 years of summer length changes are reconstructed. Longer summers occurred when the equator-to-pole temperature gradient weakened. A 1 °C drop added ~6 days; under high emissions, European summe...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
rhulgeography.bsky.social
Join us for the first Geography Southeast teacher conference on 29th June 2026 @royalholloway.bsky.social with Geography Southwest. Free entry to teachers.
www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...

#geographyteacher #choosegeography #geography #royalholloway #Teachinggeography #teacherconference
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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squirerachael.bsky.social
States of Precarity in UK HE Geography: A new report on the long and short term effects of precarity across career stages, with a series of best practice resources to support more equitable working cultures.

www.rgs.org/research/hig... @rgsibg.bsky.social @antipodeonline.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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New scientific research points to longer summers 🌞

A study, led by @rhulgeography.bsky.social, reveals for the first time why Europe could gain more than an extra month of summer days by 2100 using climate data from the last millennia.

Read more: ow.ly/2BHM50XtWUw
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November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Europe could see up to 8 months of summer by 2100. A new study led by @celiavarves.bsky.social provides important insights for future climate projections. Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#COP30 #ClimateChange #RHULGeogResearch #Palaeoclimate #ClimatePolicy

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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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palaeostefan.bsky.social
Interested in a lab tech career with a particular focus on palaeoecology? Come work with us at @royalholloway.bsky.social !!!

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology)
Full-Time, PermanentApplications are invited for the post of Laboratory Technician (Palaeoecology) in the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London.The successful applicant will joi...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM