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I am very happy to advertise this PhD focusing on groundwater flooding, with partners at @bgs.ac.uk and plenty of applied and industry partnerships! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Now we’re here on Bluesky, we’re going to share some updates - projects, publications, media work, etc. - from colleagues from over the last few months as a bit of catch up…

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@ncl-geography.bsky.social Andy Large and Andrew Henderson gave keynote presentations at the 4th Mega-Deltas conference in Shanghai 20-22 November. As well as keynote on the Living Delta Hub's work they presented the FREE DeLTAS toolkit for assessing delta sustainability www.deltastoolkit.com

Comment: ‘Conflict-free’ minerals used in waging of modern wars Writing for The Conversation, Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy discuss how many of the “conflict-free” minerals sourced in Africa are likely to have at least some connection to war.

Writing for @uk.theconversation.com, our Geography colleagues Mark Griffiths and Mohamed El-Shewy discuss how supposed "conflict-free" minerals are likely to have at least some connection to war.

Full story >> bit.ly/4hukFII

And here, for our first day on Bluesky, is a Geography at Newcastle starter pack, which will develop as our presence on Bluesky does.

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What Happens When Borders Reopen? Dematerialising the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary Border studies have recently been focussed on what happens when borders close, leaving the question of border reopenings both largely unexplored and unconceptualized. We argue here for a new focus ...

What happens when borders reopen? My new article for Geopolitics journal, co-written with the economist Zalina Enikeeva. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Caitlin Henry and I were recently interviewed for this story based on our research into private equity investment in healthcare which explores whose sickness provides profit, where and how care is provisioned, and what impacts this form of investment has on the quality of healthcare and life.

The glaciers of South Georgia from the 1950s to 2100 CE

Delighted to be advertising an exciting PhD opportunity on South Georgia's glaciers through @iapetusdtp.bsky.social. Please get in touch if you want to discuss and forward to any interested parties! iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

The legacy of lost woods: soil microbial communities and the regeneration of the Caledonian Forest

New PhD project with me, Althea Davies and Louise de Raad of Zulu Ecosystems: "The legacy of lost woods: soil microbial communities and the regeneration of the Caledonian Forest".

Full details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Students and staff at our first Student Staff Committee of the new academic year

As a positive start to our feed, here is our brand new student-led Student Staff Committee, working this year to make sure our programmes run smoothly and successfully.

A bumper year for members, across all three years and human & physical, representing our almost 700 undergraduate students.