Geography

Websitehttp://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/research/

Organisation profile

Home to one of the UK’s most dynamic groups of geographical researchers, scholars and teachers, Geography at Manchester has risen to become one of the top-tier institutions for its size.

We are renowned for the high quality of our contributions to the international research community.

In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF), 94% of our outputs were considered internationally recognised, with an exceptionally high proportion (65%) judged to be internationally excellent or world-leading.

Elizabeth Ackerley
- Geography - Research Associate
Person: Academic
Clive Agnew
- Geography - Emeritus Professor
Person: Academic
Shahana Akther
- shahana.aktherpostgrad.manchester.acuk
- Geography
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Danielle Alderson
- Geography - Research Associate
Person: Academic
Tim Allott
- Geography - Emeritus Professor
Person: Academic

After the Twitter X-pocalypse: Approaches to Characterising Human Behaviour in Agent-based Models and Beyond
Watkinson, K. & Huck, J., 10 Apr 2024, 32nd Annual Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference (GISRUK) .
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Aged carbon mineralisation from headwater peatland floodplains in the Peak District, UK
Alderson, D., Evans, M., Garnett, M. H. & Worrall, F., 8 Mar 2024, In: Geomorphology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A Greenland-wide empirical reconstruction of paleo ice sheet retreat informed by ice extent markers: PaleoGrIS version 1.0
Leger, T. P. M., Clark, C. D., Huynh, C., Jones, S., Ely, J. C., Bradley, S. L., Diemont, C. & Hughes, A. L. C., 28 Mar 2024, In: Climate of the Past. 20, 3, p. 701-755 55 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A mechanistic approach to weighting edge-effects in landscape connectivity assessments
Dennis, M., Huck, J., Holt, C. & McHenry, E., 7 Mar 2024, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 68
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
8 Downloads (Pure)
Browne & Hoolohan Response to Second Consultation for Ofwat's Water Efficiency Fund
Browne, A. L. & Hoolohan, C., 13 Jun 2024, 8 p.
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Co-Create: Solar Radiation Modification: governance of research - Co-Create (AWARD)
Bellamy, R.
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
CREDS Local Carbon Calculator Project
Lucas, K., Morgan, M., Anable, J. & Vallelly, M.
1/09/23 → 30/08/25
Project: Research
Air Space: Creating a Community-Integrated Network of Interdisciplinary Research on Socio-Atmospherics (AWARD)
Hicks, S., Woodward, S., Balmer, A., Ashton, J., Evans, J., Lewis, C., Topping, D. & Jankovic, V.
1/08/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
Ice streams of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex: fast-ice flow and subglacial conditions within marine and terrestrial ice sheet settings
Hughes, A. & Winsborrow, M. C. M.
31/03/23 → 30/03/25
Project: Research
Methods for Cities
Evans, J., Lucas, K., Mcauliffe, J., Ashton, J., Buffel, T., Verma, A., Uyarra, E., Wong, C. & Mitlin, D.
1/02/23 → 24/01/25
Project: Research

All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims
Saskia Warren (Participant)
Impact
Building Capacity for Urban Climate Change Adaptation
John Handley (Participant), Simon Guy (Participant), Jeremy Carter (Participant), Gina Cavan (Participant), Susannah Gill (Participant), Richard Kingston (Participant), Sarah Lindley (Participant), Geoffrey Levermore (Participant) & Anthony Ennos (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Technological impacts
Citizens UK Commission on Islam, Participation & Public Life, chaired by Dominic Grieve QC MP
Saskia Warren (Participant)
Impact
Climate Just: shaping more socially-aware responses to climate change
Sarah Lindley (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Societal impacts, Political impacts, Environmental, Policy, Awareness and understanding
Climate-proofing cities using urban greenspace
Anthony Ennos (Participant), John Handley (Participant), Sarah Lindley (Participant), Stephan Pauleit (Participant), Victoria Whitford (Participant), Susannah Gill (Participant), David Armson (Participant) & Asrafur Rahman (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Societal impacts

Geoengineering peatlands – degradation, restoration and enhancement of the peatland carbon store
Martin Evans (Speaker)
23 Aug 2028
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
ialeUK Webinar: UK Fire Danger Rating System Project - Dynamic Fuels in the South Pennines
Gail Millin-Chalabi (Invited speaker)
2 Jul 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Craft as a Creative Industry
Saskia Warren (Speaker)
12 Jun 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Political Ecology Network Conference 2024 (POLLEN24)
Harry Quealy (Participant)
10 Jun 2024 → 12 Jun 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Shifting sand dunes amongst green corridors? Landscape evolution at the archaeological site of Narabeb in the Namib Sand Sea
Abi Stone (Speaker)
7 Jun 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research

DATED-1: compilation of dates and time-slice reconstruction of the build-up and retreat of the last Eurasian (British-Irish, Scandinavian, Svalbard-Barents-Kara Seas) Ice Sheets 40-10 ka. Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848117
Hughes, A. (Creator), Gyllencreutz, R. (Creator), Lohne, Ø. S. (Creator), Mangerud, J. (Creator) & Svendsen, J. I. (Creator), PANGAEA, 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.848117
Dataset
supplement material to Le Houedec et al., Assessing atmospheric and oceanic teleconnections between the eastern and western Mediterranean over the past 8,000 years
Le Houedec, S. (Creator), Liebrand, D. (Contributor), Hennekam, R. (Contributor) & Mojtahid, M. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 18 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.17632/m7whnv4gdf.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/m7whnv4gdf
Dataset
The potentials of Sentinel-2 and LandSat-8 data in green infrastructure extraction, using object based image analysis (OBIA) method
Labib, S. (Contributor) & Harris, A. (Contributor), figshare , 12 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5782989.v1, https://figshare.com/articles/The_potentials_of_Sentinel-2_and_LandSat-8_data_in_green_infrastructure_extraction_using_object_based_image_analysis_OBIA_method/5782989/1 and one more link, https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10205835 (show fewer)
Dataset
CLAM age model and biomes of sediment core MD03-2622
Fletcher, W. (Creator) & ACER project members (Creator), PANGAEA, 2017
DOI: 10.1594/pangaea.872807
Dataset
CLAM age model and biomes of sediment core Colonia
Fletcher, W. (Creator) & ACER project members (Creator), PANGAEA, 2017
DOI: 10.1594/pangaea.872784
Dataset

1+3 ESRC NWSSDTP Studentship
Barker, Ellie (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2017-2018 International WaTERS Network Fellowship
Alda Vidal, Cecilia (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
2019 Jim Lewis Prize
Petrova, Saska (Recipient), 13 Apr 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
7th Nordic Geographers' Meeting
Warren, Saskia (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Anjool Maldé Scholarship
Fox-Robertson, Chloe (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’
Cristina Temenos
9/05/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Fintech has a gender problem - here's why you should care
Chloe Fox-Robertson & Dariusz Wójcik
9/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
How mothers built a forest in world’s largest delta
Mehebub Sahana
30/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
BBC News at Ten - Wildfires 2023 - 03/09/23
Gail Millin-Chalabi
3/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Cloth Cultures with Amber Butchart Season 3 Episode 7
Alison Leigh Browne & Arianna Tozzi
31/08/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media

(De)mortgaging lives: Financialisation, biopolitics and political subjectivation in the Barcelona metropolitan region
Author: Garcia Lamarca Williams, M., 31 Dec 2016
Supervisor: Swyngedouw, E. (Supervisor) & Kaika, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd

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(Post)Democratic Carbon Accounting: Creating the Climate for Disagreement
Author: Blakey, J., 1 Aug 2019
Supervisor: Swyngedouw, E. (Supervisor) & Browne, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd

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Adaptive Governance for Carbon Management: The Case of the Dark Peak in the Peak District National Park
Author: Tantanasi, I., 1 Aug 2016
Supervisor: Evans, J. (Supervisor) & Agnew, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Unknown

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Advancing the Application of Analytical Techniques in the Biological Chemistry of Sporopollenin: Towards Novel Plant Physiological Tracers in Quaternary Palynology
Author: Bell, B., 1 Aug 2018
Supervisor: Fletcher, W. (Supervisor) & Ryan, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd

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A Fine Scale Assessment of Urban Greenspace Impacts on Microclimate and Building Energyin Manchester
Author: Skelhorn, C., 1 Aug 2014
Supervisor: Lindley, S. (Supervisor) & Levermore, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd

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Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR)
Tom Bishop (Platform Lead), Rebecca Self (Technician) & Jonathan Yarwood (Technician)
Geography
Facility/equipment: Equipment
School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) Laboratories
Tom Bishop (Platform Lead), Jonathan Yarwood (Technical Specialist), Rebecca Self (Technician), Benjamin Bell (Technician), John Moore (Platform Lead), Peter Ryan (Academic lead), Holly Flannaghan (Technician) & Diederik Liebrand (Technician)
School of Environment, Education and Development
Facility/equipment: Facility
Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (sUAS)
Tom Bishop (Technical Manager), Jonny Huck (Platform Lead) & Angela Harris (Platform Lead)
Geography
Facility/equipment: Equipment

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