List of Speakers and Topics, 2008-9
Please note that in order to avoid disappointment and because of the substantial number of requests we receive for talks in schools, we strongly encourage teachers to contact others in their local area to arrange talks to joint audiences wherever possible.
Dr Simon Armitage: Deserts – past, present and future.
Dr Luiza Bialasiewicz: Geographies of European integration
Dr Simon Blockley: Climate change
Dr Ian Candy: Ice Age environments; Mediterranean drylands
Professor Philip Crang: Popular culture and geography; The world on a plate: the global geographies of British food
Professor Tim Cresswell: Place, space and mobility
Dr Mary Dengler: Environmental sustainability issues; Water management
Dr Vandana Desai: Population policies in Developing Countries; Women and empowerment in Developing Countries; NGOs in Developing Countries
Dr Mustafa Dikeç: Urban theory; space and politics
Professor Klaus Dodds: Geopolitics; Geography and film; Polar regions
Professor Felix Driver: Historical London; Exploration and discovery in Africa
Professor Scott Elias: Ice Age environments; Colonisation of the New World
Dr Peter French: Coastal environments
Professor Clive Gamble: Changing climates, evolving humans
Professor David Gilbert: Modern London: a multicultural geography; Fashion and geography
Dr Dorothea Kleine: ICT and development; Globalisation; fair trade
Dr David Lambert: Post-colonialism; The Caribbean
Dr Alex Loftus: Politics of the environment; Urban social movements
Professor John Lowe: Britain and climate change; Future climate: the global gamble
Dr Duncan McGregor: Water quality management in peri-urban areas; Fragile tropical environments
Professor Claudio Minca: Tourist space and travel theory; Morocco
Dr Jay Mistry: Fire in the tropics: Tropical savannas
Dr Danielle Schreve: Ice age environments; Fossil mammals; Early human colonisation of Europe
Professor David Simon: Living in the Third World City; Contemporary development-environment challenges in the Third World
Mr Don Thompson: Environmental change; Geomorphology
Dr Varyl Thorndycraft: Floods and climate change; Desert rivers
Professor Tim Unwin: Development geography; Information and communication technologies for geographers; Viticulture
Dr Katie Willis: Migration in LEDCs; Gender and development; Health and development; Urbanisation in LEDCs
If you are interested in having one of the above speakers to talk at your school, please contact Anne Ballard, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX. (01784-443563). Anne.ballard@rhul.ac.uk
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