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Illegal tree logging - project team

Tackling illegal logging in Peru

Illegal selective logging is both destructive and hard to monitor via conventional satellite imagery. In this new video, Dr Rob Bryant discusses innovative new remote sensing technologies for the automated detection of unauthorised timber extraction.

Watch the video on Sheffield Player
Professor Malcolm Tait against a dark grey background

In loving memory of Professor Malcolm Tait

It is with profound sadness that we inform you that Professor Malcolm Tait of the School of Geography and Planning sadly passed away on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The VolcanoTech team and collaborators in front of a volcano in Chile

Monitoring volcanoes with accessible tech

Taking the pulse of the world’s most dangerous peaks. A conversation with Tom Pering, VolcanoTech CEO/Co-founder.
Tony Crook looking at the camera.

Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

The School of Geography and Planning is holding an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
Emeli Hanson

MA International Development student wins prestigious Development Studies Association dissertation prize

We are delighted to announce that Emeli Hanson’s dissertation was awarded the annual Development Studies Association (DSA) prize for best dissertation in the field of international development, development studies and development economics.
A photograph of the Suyuparina Mountain Glacier, in Peru.

Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supply of 90 million people, global policy makers warned

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the first-ever World Day for Glaciers hosted by UNESCO.
A chart showing the core samples used in the research.

New data on historic sea level rise will help scientists see into the future of global warming

New research on historical sea-level rise will give scientists new knowledge into how global warming will affect the earth’s rapidly melting ice sheets.
Prof Hugh Ellis speaking into a microphone

Hugh Ellis appointed as Visiting Professor

We're very pleased to announce that Hugh Ellis, Director of Policy at the Town and Country Planning Association, has been appointed as Visiting Professor in the School of Geography and Planning.