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The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) is pleased to welcome submissions for the undergraduate dissertation prize, open to students at UK universities. Eligible dissertations should fall within the broad scope of political geography and its sub-disciplines and must have been submitted as part of a BA or BSc degree during the 2024-25 academic year. The…
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RGS-IBG Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) Biennial Workshop 19th-20th June 2025, Newcastle University Practicing Political Geography: Risk, Responsibility, Reciprocity At a time of global political turmoil, marked by conflicts and environmental crises, the sub-discipline of political geography is as relevant as ever. Responding to the need to understand rapid political transformations and consider how we…
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RGS-IBG Annual Conference Tuesday 26 August 2025 to Friday 29 August 2025 – Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) Organisers: Bina Khapung, Northumbria University and Anil Sindhwani, Durham University We invite postgraduate students conducting research in Political Geography to present their work in this session, designed to provide a supportive and relaxed platform at a major…
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The PolGRG is now able to share the recording from the Mentoring-series webinar on “Pathways to Academic Careers”.
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The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the next RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. This year’s conference will be chaired by Professor Patricia Noxolo (University of Birmingham, UK) on the theme of Geographies of Creativity/Creative Geographies. It will take place at the University of Birmingham and online from Wednesday 27th to Friday…
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We are pleased to finally announce the winner of the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) Book Award. We received a collection of strong nominations for this year’s book award, which engage with a range of current debates across political geography and advance key conceptional thinking therein. The collection of nominations illustrates the high quality of…
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We’re delighted to host the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) with IBG’s next online seminar in the series on mentoring on 4th December 2024, 2-3pm GMT. Sign up here. The online seminar aims to provide early-career scholars and postgraduate students with valuable insights and guidance regarding different academic career pathways and how to navigate the current…
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Please join the second seminar in our series focused on student solidarities with Palestine, organised by the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). This follows the first seminar in September, which focused on ‘Global Solidarities: Experiences from the encampments’. Many of the students and activists in the encampments are demanding…
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The panel of the 2024 PolGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize (Semra Akay, Shawn Bodden, Olivia Mason, Luke Temple) is delighted to announce its winning entry. The prize received entries from 12 UK universities (Queens Belfast, Glasgow, Durham, Nottingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Lincoln, Southampton, Oxford, Leeds, Exeter, Royal Holloway). Topics covered climate strategy, national identity, low traffic neighbourhoods,…
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Please join our seminar series focused on student solidarities with Palestine, organised by the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG): Many of the students and activists in the encampments are demanding disclosure, divestment, and acknowledgment of their university’s role in supporting the ongoing genocide in Gaza. All 12 universities of…