Research

We address key issues in human and physical geography and urban planning. Our research spans from fundamental science to shaping policy on environmental change, social justice, housing and infrastructure. We develop innovative solutions through diverse partnerships, making impacts internationally.

Some examples of our research and impact

Melting ice on a Greenland glacier — Greenland's melting glaciers

'Listening' to melting ice sheets

The GRuMPS project revolutionises the observation of meltwater runoff in Greenland to develop an early warning system for climate tipping points.

Friends preparing salad together at a dining table

Developing an understanding of food security

'Food Ladders' provides a framework for communities, ubsinesses and gonvernments to build a food system that works for everyone.

A man speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters

Exploring responses to urban crisis

The Urban Crisis project looks at how local people in Colombia and South Africa experience and respond to a range of financial, climate, health and political disruptions.

A google earth image showing data from the digital tools identifying where selective-logging has taken place in the rainforest. — Google Earth Image © Airbus 2025 showing changes in the forest canopy detected by satellites at one of the logging concessions in 2023 including the logging detections identified by the new algorithm in red

Tracking illegal logging in Peru

New satellite technology is being used to help Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest by tracking real-time changes in the rainforest.

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