Geography

In this course, Professor Rafal Soborski (Richmond, The American International University in London) explores key debates around the concept and characteristics of globalisation. In the first lecture, we consider some notable ways in which...

In this course, Professor Richard Phillips (University of Sheffield) explores changing places. In the first module, we think about how geographers define place as a concept, looking at some key threads within this. The second outlines one of these...

In this course, Professor Joseph Holden (University of Leeds) explores the water cycle and hydrological processes. In the first module, we think about some of water’s key properties, and its importance in human and physical geographical processes....

In this course, Dr Rebecca Bell (Imperial College London) explores plate tectonics. We begin with a module explaining how the theory of plate tectonics developed, and outlining the world’s major plates and types of plate boundary. The second...

In this course, Dr Nilima Gulrajani (Overseas Development Institute) explores global aid and its relationship to development. In the first lecture, we consider the emergence of the modern global aid system from mid-twentieth century. In the second...

In this course, Dr Sagar Deva (University of York) explores global governance. In the first module, we ask what global governance is and why we need it, considering three key areas in which it operates – the global economy, international security,...

In this course, Dr Servel Miller (University of Chester) explores earthquakes, their causes and impacts, and how disasters associated with seismic activity are managed. In the first module, we look at the key physical principles behind...

In this course, Dr Indrajit Roy (University of York) explores the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and their role as rising powers in the world today. In the first module, we think about what makes a country a rising power,...

In this course, Professor Peter Jackson (University of Sheffield) explores food security. In the first module, we think about food security as a global challenge, and how it relates to other issues such as health and the environment. We look in...

In this course, Dr Tom Pering (University of Sheffield) provides an introduction to the field of volcanology. In the first module, we think about plate tectonics, outlining the areas in which volcanic activity takes place, key types of volcanoes,...

In this course, Dr Jonathan Clarke (University of Warwick) explores issues in the contemporary global energy system. In the first module, we think about the ongoing transition to renewable energy sources and shifts in the supply and demand...

In this course, Dr Katy Sheen (University of Exeter) explores the relationship between the oceans and the global climate system, and how this is being altered by climate change. In the first module, we think about the role of the oceans in...

In this course, Professor Rob Marchant (University of York) explores ecosystems and biodiversity. In the first module, we think about some key factors which shape the global distribution of ecosystems, with a particular focus on temperature and...

In this course, Dr Thomas Smith (London School of Economics) explores the causes, impacts and global distribution of wildfires. In the first module, we think about what wildfires are, why they happen, and the extent to which they contribute to...