School of Geography and Environmental Science
@sotongeogenviron.bsky.social
From global environmental change to economic transformation, we're teaching, researching and understanding the major issues affecting our planet.
Congratulations to Professors Justin Sheffield & Andrew Tatem who have been included in Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researcher List.
The list recognises researchers with exceptional reach and influence, ranking in the top 1% of citations for their fields.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
The list recognises researchers with exceptional reach and influence, ranking in the top 1% of citations for their fields.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations to Professors Justin Sheffield & Andrew Tatem who have been included in Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researcher List.
The list recognises researchers with exceptional reach and influence, ranking in the top 1% of citations for their fields.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
The list recognises researchers with exceptional reach and influence, ranking in the top 1% of citations for their fields.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
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Intense sand mining is putting the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia at risk of collapse with catastrophic consequences.
Scientists have now determined the cause of this decline to be sand mining in the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam.
👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/bqqpxhrguz
Scientists have now determined the cause of this decline to be sand mining in the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam.
👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/bqqpxhrguz
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Intense sand mining is putting the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia at risk of collapse with catastrophic consequences.
Scientists have now determined the cause of this decline to be sand mining in the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam.
👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/bqqpxhrguz
Scientists have now determined the cause of this decline to be sand mining in the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam.
👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/bqqpxhrguz
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Artificial developments are weakening the natural defenses of our shorelines, leaving people vulnerable to rising sea-level, says our visiting researcher Dr Dhritiraj Sengupta.
Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, he says mapping them can help👇
theconversation.com/artificial-d...
Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, he says mapping them can help👇
theconversation.com/artificial-d...
Artificial developments weaken coastal resilience – here’s how mapping them can help
The lines of artificial coastal developments might be neat and straight but in reality, they are fragmenting ecosystems and disrupting hydrodynamics.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Artificial developments are weakening the natural defenses of our shorelines, leaving people vulnerable to rising sea-level, says our visiting researcher Dr Dhritiraj Sengupta.
Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, he says mapping them can help👇
theconversation.com/artificial-d...
Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, he says mapping them can help👇
theconversation.com/artificial-d...
GCSE students from three local schools came onto campus to learn about the flood risks affecting Southampton.
They took part in interactive workshops with
the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
They took part in interactive workshops with
the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
GCSE students from three local schools came onto campus to learn about the flood risks affecting Southampton.
They took part in interactive workshops with
the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
They took part in interactive workshops with
the More Than Maps team, learning about the models and methods used to assess and adapt to flood risks.
southampton.ac.uk/geography/ne...
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What will the world look like in a decade? We might have the answer 🌎📊
Our WorldPop experts are launching new global population data, offering insights into where people live, their demographics, and more.
Register to watch the launch👇https://eventbrite.pulse.ly/oowjsp4mty
Our WorldPop experts are launching new global population data, offering insights into where people live, their demographics, and more.
Register to watch the launch👇https://eventbrite.pulse.ly/oowjsp4mty
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
What will the world look like in a decade? We might have the answer 🌎📊
Our WorldPop experts are launching new global population data, offering insights into where people live, their demographics, and more.
Register to watch the launch👇https://eventbrite.pulse.ly/oowjsp4mty
Our WorldPop experts are launching new global population data, offering insights into where people live, their demographics, and more.
Register to watch the launch👇https://eventbrite.pulse.ly/oowjsp4mty
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A major shift in South Pacific climate conditions around 1,000 years ago may have drawn people east to settle on the region's more remote, wetter islands, away from the drier west.
New research from our geography researchers and
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 👉 tr.ee/UJpEVL
New research from our geography researchers and
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 👉 tr.ee/UJpEVL
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major shift in South Pacific climate conditions around 1,000 years ago may have drawn people east to settle on the region's more remote, wetter islands, away from the drier west.
New research from our geography researchers and
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 👉 tr.ee/UJpEVL
New research from our geography researchers and
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 👉 tr.ee/UJpEVL
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🌍📊 WorldPop's cutting-edge research showcased at #JSM2025
#SatelliteData to improve #population estimates - esp. where data is scarce.
📡 >40% less bias.
📍 Smarter models.
🚀 Better decisions for health, aid & planning.
#Statistics #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
#SatelliteData to improve #population estimates - esp. where data is scarce.
📡 >40% less bias.
📍 Smarter models.
🚀 Better decisions for health, aid & planning.
#Statistics #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
WorldPop Showcases Population Modelling at Global Statistics Summit
WorldPop Senior Research Fellow Dr Chris Nnanatu recently took centre stage at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the world’s leading gatherings of statisticians,...
www.worldpop.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🌍📊 WorldPop's cutting-edge research showcased at #JSM2025
#SatelliteData to improve #population estimates - esp. where data is scarce.
📡 >40% less bias.
📍 Smarter models.
🚀 Better decisions for health, aid & planning.
#Statistics #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
#SatelliteData to improve #population estimates - esp. where data is scarce.
📡 >40% less bias.
📍 Smarter models.
🚀 Better decisions for health, aid & planning.
#Statistics #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
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🌍 Big data, big impact! Join us on 4 Sep for the launch of WorldPop Global 2015–2030 - a new open-access, high-res, age & sex-disaggregated population estimate dataset covering 242 countries
📅 4 Sep | 🕒 3 pm BST
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374590861...
#PopulationData #OpenData
📅 4 Sep | 🕒 3 pm BST
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374590861...
#PopulationData #OpenData
The Power of Population Data: Introducing WorldPop Global 2015–2030
Join us online to discover WorldPop's new Global 2015 - 2030 population data and find out how it can enhance your strategic decision-making.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🌍 Big data, big impact! Join us on 4 Sep for the launch of WorldPop Global 2015–2030 - a new open-access, high-res, age & sex-disaggregated population estimate dataset covering 242 countries
📅 4 Sep | 🕒 3 pm BST
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374590861...
#PopulationData #OpenData
📅 4 Sep | 🕒 3 pm BST
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374590861...
#PopulationData #OpenData
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🌍 How can data save lives during disasters?
WorldPop co-produced high-resolution population data for a new UN study, helping map how vulnerable groups face risks from floods, earthquakes & more.
Smarter data = smarter planning. 💡📊
#UNFPA #UNDRR #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
WorldPop co-produced high-resolution population data for a new UN study, helping map how vulnerable groups face risks from floods, earthquakes & more.
Smarter data = smarter planning. 💡📊
#UNFPA #UNDRR #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
WorldPop Co-Produces Vital Population Data for UN Disaster Risk Study
A new study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is showing how smart use of population data can save lives in the face of na...
www.worldpop.org
August 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🌍 How can data save lives during disasters?
WorldPop co-produced high-resolution population data for a new UN study, helping map how vulnerable groups face risks from floods, earthquakes & more.
Smarter data = smarter planning. 💡📊
#UNFPA #UNDRR #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
WorldPop co-produced high-resolution population data for a new UN study, helping map how vulnerable groups face risks from floods, earthquakes & more.
Smarter data = smarter planning. 💡📊
#UNFPA #UNDRR #DataForGood
www.worldpop.org/blog/worldpo...
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📊 Discover The Power of Population Data! 🌍
Join WorldPop’s free webinar on Sept 4 to learn about our new high-res, open-access population datasets (2015–2030) for 242 countries.
Learn from experts + get your questions answered!
🔗 Register now: www.worldpop.org/blog/discove...
#PopulationData
Join WorldPop’s free webinar on Sept 4 to learn about our new high-res, open-access population datasets (2015–2030) for 242 countries.
Learn from experts + get your questions answered!
🔗 Register now: www.worldpop.org/blog/discove...
#PopulationData
Discover the Power of Population Data: Join Our Upcoming Webinar
WorldPop are thrilled to announce the launch of a ground-breaking open-access collection of high-resolution global demographic datasets, available from 4 September 2025.
www.worldpop.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📊 Discover The Power of Population Data! 🌍
Join WorldPop’s free webinar on Sept 4 to learn about our new high-res, open-access population datasets (2015–2030) for 242 countries.
Learn from experts + get your questions answered!
🔗 Register now: www.worldpop.org/blog/discove...
#PopulationData
Join WorldPop’s free webinar on Sept 4 to learn about our new high-res, open-access population datasets (2015–2030) for 242 countries.
Learn from experts + get your questions answered!
🔗 Register now: www.worldpop.org/blog/discove...
#PopulationData
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🚨 New preprint: 73 high-res, global, multi-temporal geospatial datasets! Covering 2015–2023 at ~100m resolution, these open data power better population modelling for health, policy & more.
#GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth
www.worldpop.org/blog/new-ope...
#GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth
www.worldpop.org/blog/new-ope...
New Open Access Geospatial Datasets to Enhance Global Population Mapping
WorldPop release a groundbreaking collection of 73 global, high-resolution, multi-temporal geospatial datasets, poised to significantly enhance the accuracy and detail of human population distribution...
www.worldpop.org
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚨 New preprint: 73 high-res, global, multi-temporal geospatial datasets! Covering 2015–2023 at ~100m resolution, these open data power better population modelling for health, policy & more.
#GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth
www.worldpop.org/blog/new-ope...
#GeospatialData #OpenData #PopulationMapping #DataForGood #PublicHealth
www.worldpop.org/blog/new-ope...
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Our researchers are working with local councils and food aid services to improve food pantries across the South as the demand for them surges.
The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste.
Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/b6in27yuaf
The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste.
Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/b6in27yuaf
July 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our researchers are working with local councils and food aid services to improve food pantries across the South as the demand for them surges.
The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste.
Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/b6in27yuaf
The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste.
Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/b6in27yuaf
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🚀 A true honour to welcome Professor Dame Wendy Hall to WorldPop!
We had an inspiring & wide-ranging conversation on using AI to fill global demographic data gaps 🌍 - plus insights into UK data sharing initiatives & the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.
#AIforGood #Demographics #DataScience
We had an inspiring & wide-ranging conversation on using AI to fill global demographic data gaps 🌍 - plus insights into UK data sharing initiatives & the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.
#AIforGood #Demographics #DataScience
July 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚀 A true honour to welcome Professor Dame Wendy Hall to WorldPop!
We had an inspiring & wide-ranging conversation on using AI to fill global demographic data gaps 🌍 - plus insights into UK data sharing initiatives & the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.
#AIforGood #Demographics #DataScience
We had an inspiring & wide-ranging conversation on using AI to fill global demographic data gaps 🌍 - plus insights into UK data sharing initiatives & the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.
#AIforGood #Demographics #DataScience
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We are ready to go! 🎉
Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!
#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
@southamptonctu.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social
Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!
#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
@southamptonctu.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We are ready to go! 🎉
Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!
#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
@southamptonctu.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social
Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!
#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
@southamptonctu.bsky.social @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social
The 2025/26 Public Engagement Development Fund Call is now open!
Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57
Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57
July 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The 2025/26 Public Engagement Development Fund Call is now open!
Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57
Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57
As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series - celebrating the careers of some of our newly promoted Professors - Professor Dianna Smith gave an insightful lecture on Food Aid and Fish Fingers: Towards a Fairer Food System. @geodianna.bsky.social
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/VPnajLQf5L4
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/VPnajLQf5L4
Professor Dianna Smith | Inaugural Lecture Series | University of Southampton
YouTube video by Environmental and Life Sciences at Southampton
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series - celebrating the careers of some of our newly promoted Professors - Professor Dianna Smith gave an insightful lecture on Food Aid and Fish Fingers: Towards a Fairer Food System. @geodianna.bsky.social
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/VPnajLQf5L4
Watch here 👇 youtu.be/VPnajLQf5L4
Our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series celebrates the careers of some of our newest Professors. Prof. Jo Nield opened the series with a fascinating talk on TLS: Telling Landscape Stories (or playing with laser patterns in deserts).
Watch here 👇
youtu.be/1MSreSzCoAY
Watch here 👇
youtu.be/1MSreSzCoAY
Professor Jo Nield | Inaugural Lecture Series | University of Southampton
YouTube video by Environmental and Life Sciences at Southampton
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series celebrates the careers of some of our newest Professors. Prof. Jo Nield opened the series with a fascinating talk on TLS: Telling Landscape Stories (or playing with laser patterns in deserts).
Watch here 👇
youtu.be/1MSreSzCoAY
Watch here 👇
youtu.be/1MSreSzCoAY
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A joy to be listening to @geodianna.bsky.social's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social inaugural lecture "Food aid and fish fingers: towards a fairer food system" Not just a fascinating life and academic journey, but telling it like it is: #FoodPoverty is poverty poverty
June 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A joy to be listening to @geodianna.bsky.social's @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social inaugural lecture "Food aid and fish fingers: towards a fairer food system" Not just a fascinating life and academic journey, but telling it like it is: #FoodPoverty is poverty poverty
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➡️New research: Spatio-temporal patterns of #health service delivery and access to maternal, child, and outpatient healthcare in #Volta region, #Ghana
📊New approach monitoring service changes using #HealthData & #SpatialAnalysis
#DHIMS2 #GhanaHealthService @dhis2.org
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1654...
📊New approach monitoring service changes using #HealthData & #SpatialAnalysis
#DHIMS2 #GhanaHealthService @dhis2.org
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1654...
June 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
➡️New research: Spatio-temporal patterns of #health service delivery and access to maternal, child, and outpatient healthcare in #Volta region, #Ghana
📊New approach monitoring service changes using #HealthData & #SpatialAnalysis
#DHIMS2 #GhanaHealthService @dhis2.org
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1654...
📊New approach monitoring service changes using #HealthData & #SpatialAnalysis
#DHIMS2 #GhanaHealthService @dhis2.org
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1654...
Join us for the launch of Sacred Connections: Heritage Revival by Indian-origin Communities in the UK—a panel and exhibition exploring legacy and living heritage through sound, photos and sacred objects.
🗓️ 21 June, 1–4 PM | John Hansard Gallery
🔗 bit.ly/4dWlVCV
📸 Amit Guha
🗓️ 21 June, 1–4 PM | John Hansard Gallery
🔗 bit.ly/4dWlVCV
📸 Amit Guha
Sacred Connections: Heritage Revival by Indian-origin Communities in the UK
Come explore the powerful legacy of indian-origin communities in the UK andtheir commitment to preserving living heritage
bit.ly
June 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Join us for the launch of Sacred Connections: Heritage Revival by Indian-origin Communities in the UK—a panel and exhibition exploring legacy and living heritage through sound, photos and sacred objects.
🗓️ 21 June, 1–4 PM | John Hansard Gallery
🔗 bit.ly/4dWlVCV
📸 Amit Guha
🗓️ 21 June, 1–4 PM | John Hansard Gallery
🔗 bit.ly/4dWlVCV
📸 Amit Guha
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Our climate experts report that Planet Earth is getting thirstier, which is making droughts more extreme 🌍💧
They believe the atmosphere is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants due to climate change.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/lALd7k
They believe the atmosphere is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants due to climate change.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/lALd7k
June 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Our climate experts report that Planet Earth is getting thirstier, which is making droughts more extreme 🌍💧
They believe the atmosphere is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants due to climate change.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/lALd7k
They believe the atmosphere is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants due to climate change.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/lALd7k
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📣Listen to Professor Andy Tatem to hear how WorldPop is changing lives and improving decision making in low- and middle-income countries in #TheWeSociety podcast from @acadsocsciences.bsky.social and #WillHutton
🔗 www.worldpop.org/blog/the-we-...
🌍 #LMIC #SocialScience #Data4Good
🔗 www.worldpop.org/blog/the-we-...
🌍 #LMIC #SocialScience #Data4Good
The We Society: Population, Data & Destiny
Professor Andy Tatem speaks with Will Hutton, President of the Academy of Social Sciences about the ethical considerations in data collection and his vision to supplement traditional surveys and censu...
www.worldpop.org
June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📣Listen to Professor Andy Tatem to hear how WorldPop is changing lives and improving decision making in low- and middle-income countries in #TheWeSociety podcast from @acadsocsciences.bsky.social and #WillHutton
🔗 www.worldpop.org/blog/the-we-...
🌍 #LMIC #SocialScience #Data4Good
🔗 www.worldpop.org/blog/the-we-...
🌍 #LMIC #SocialScience #Data4Good
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🎙️ New podcast alert 🎙️
Don't miss our Prof Andy Tatem on the latest episode of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social's popular We Society podcast.
He's been talking about the pioneering work of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social 👇👇
Don't miss our Prof Andy Tatem on the latest episode of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social's popular We Society podcast.
He's been talking about the pioneering work of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social 👇👇
In the latest ep. of the We Society podcast🎙️ Prof Andy Tatem, Director of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social, joins Will Hutton to discuss how innovative approaches to population data can help governments in the Global South with resource allocation & policymaking.
podfollow.com/the-we-socie...
podfollow.com/the-we-socie...
June 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🎙️ New podcast alert 🎙️
Don't miss our Prof Andy Tatem on the latest episode of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social's popular We Society podcast.
He's been talking about the pioneering work of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social 👇👇
Don't miss our Prof Andy Tatem on the latest episode of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social's popular We Society podcast.
He's been talking about the pioneering work of @worldpop-uos.bsky.social 👇👇
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Another fantastic Faculty Technicians Away Day hosted by Psychology and @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social thanks Pete Langdon and Agnes Michalik for organising.
May 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Another fantastic Faculty Technicians Away Day hosted by Psychology and @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social thanks Pete Langdon and Agnes Michalik for organising.