Physical Geography Seminars
Join the UCL Physical Geography seminar series to explore the latest research, methods, and debates in physical geography, connecting students, researchers, and staff.
Seminar schedule note
Seminar details coming soon. Sessions are usually on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, 4–5 PM in the North West Wing, Room 305 (unless stated otherwise). Open to all UCL members and online attendees.
Term One Seminar Schedule
Speaker: Richard Taylor, Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Geography, UCL
Title: Adapting to Extremes, Managing the Shallow - pathways to sustainable and climate-resilient water supplies in a warming world
Speaker: Professor Jennifer Fitchett, Professor, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg
Title: Understanding the changing threats of tropical cyclones in the South Indian Ocean under Climate Change
Speaker: Dr Savannah Worne, Vice-Chancellor, Independent Research Fellow, Loughborough University
Title: Novel phosphate-oxygen stable isotope analysis of sediments to reconstruct the impact of sewage management on algal blooms
Speaker: Dr Laura Cimoli, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Computing for Climate Science, University of Cambridge
Title: Exploring Deep Ocean Circulation Along the Antarctic Peninsula
Speaker: Dr Izzy Bishop, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Title: Pondweed, politics and poo: The unexpected impacts of sewage pollution in UK rivers
Term Two Seminar Schedule
Speaker: Joshua Elves-Powell, UCL Depaertment of Geography
Title: Using (local) ecological knowledge to investigate key threats to Amur tiger and Amur leopard recovery in North Korea
Speaker: Ben Siggery
Title: Improving the application of palaeoecology to UK conservation
Past Seminars
Catch up on recordings from the UCL Physical Geography Seminar Series. Past seminars showcase cutting-edge research, methods, and debates in physical geography, highlighting climate, environmental change, and strategies for understanding Earth’s dynamic systems.
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Adapting to Extremes, Managing the Shallow | Prof Richard Taylor
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Phosphate Clues in Lake Sediments | Dr Savannah Worne
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Tropical Cyclones in a Changing Climate | Prof Jennifer Fitchett
Series Convenor
The series is convened by Rachel Timbs, Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA) at UCL Geography.
- The seminars will be held as a mixture of in-person and Zoom talks. In-person talks will be made available for a virtual audience through live streaming via Zoom. You can download Zoom for free on the UCL Software database.
- The talks will last 30-40 minutes and will be followed by 15 minutes of questions.
- If you are attending the seminar via Zoom, you will be asked to turn your camera and microphone off throughout the seminar, except when asking a question at the end of the talk.
- It is recommended that you ask your question in the chat section of Zoom. At the end of the talk, the seminar’s host will then ask you to present yourself and ask your question to the speaker. This will be done in chronological order. If all the questions in the chat box have been answered before the end of the seminar, the attendees will be able to “raise a hand” and ask questions as well.
- The seminars will also be recorded with the speaker’s agreement. You will be able to ask the seminar series convenor (Feng Yin) for the video if you have been unable to attend the live seminar. It is, however, strongly encouraged to join the live seminars. If you are provided with the video, please do not share it with a wider audience except if it has been accepted previously by the seminar series convenor and the speaker.
- Every attendee is also expected to conduct themselves appropriately throughout the seminar. UCL Geography is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, or religion (or lack thereof). Any type of harassment will not be tolerated during the virtual seminars. If you notice anything during one of the seminars, please feel free to contact the seminar series convenor (email address above).
- All attendees are required to follow the Seminar Code of Conduct when in attendance.
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