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Research spotlight: Jugaad infrastructure - improvisational infrastructures in everyday life

Dr Ankit Kumar's latest paper is featured in the Royal Geographical Society's monthly research spotlight.

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The power of a life well lived: The story of Marion Wiles’ life and the legacy she left

Marion is remembered as a kind, thoughtful and giving friend whose fierce independence took her around the world, and touched so many lives.
Part of the cover of "Controlling the Capital", a new book co-edited by Tom Goodfellow

Autocrats and cities: how capitals have become a battleground for protest and control

Even where anti-authoritarian protests have proved futile time and again, urban populations rarely remain quiet. Tom Goodfellow explores how protests and authorities interact in the fastest-urbanising regions of the world.

Published by The Conversation
Josh Hurdiss

Environmental Science student wins Global Undergraduate Award for Earth and Environmental Sciences

BSc Environmental Science student Josh Hurdiss has recently been awarded the Global Undergraduate Award for Earth and Environmental Sciences.
UNICEF Ethiopia staff planted trees in support of the Green Legacy initiative in Addis Ababa.

How is Intersectionality helping me rethink the contemporary issue of Environmental Degradation?

In the sixth edition of our masters students' blog series, Joshua explores the question 'how intersectionality can help rethink the contemporary issue of Environmental Degradation?'
Slash and burn agriculture in the Amazon, large rain forest cleared with tree stumps left.

Rethinking Our Relationship with Earth in the Anthropocene Era

In the Fifth edition of our masters students' blog series, Daisy Hilton rethinks our Relationship with Earth in the Anthropocene Era.

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Rethinking Human Rights in the age of the Anthropocene

In the forth edition of our masters students' blog series, Panrot Piwuna rethinks human rights in the age of the Anthropocene.
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Rethinking Environmental Degradation: The Colonial Legacy and Modern Challenges.

In the third edition of our masters students' blog series, Nikhil Nityanand Bhandikeri investigates Rethinking Environmental Degradation: The Colonial Legacy and Modern Challenges.
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Britain desperately needs more family homes – a tax cut might help encourage older people to downsize

The UK’s current housing crisis manifests in several ways, with inadequate numbers of new homes, high house prices and rising rents. Emeritus Prof Tony Crook discusses the options for making better use of the homes we already have.