Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

📊 The Geospatial Commission is leading the creation of a digital map of underground pipes and cables, known as the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR). 🚧 This initiative aims to transform the installation, maintenance, operation, and repair of buried infrastructure, significantly enhancing efficiency and safety. 💻 If you want to find out more about NUAR, join us for an upcoming webinar which will showcase how NUAR is set to revolutionise the way we manage underground infrastructure in the UK and its impact on planning and land management. Our webinar is free to attend and is hosted alongside RICS , Association for Geographic Information (AGI), Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) and The Survey Association. 🗓️ Wednesday, 13 November ⏰ 12.30pm -1.30pm Sign up here 👉 https://ow.ly/PelY50TZpXL

👏 A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Explore symposium this past weekend! It was inspiring to see the building come alive with delegates, speakers, exhibitors, volunteers, and the incredible community this event brings together to celebrate the world of expeditions, fieldwork, and meaningful travel. 🌍 🤝 This weekend marked the 48th year of the event, and as hosts, we're continually moved by the broad range of expertise, backgrounds, and knowledge of those who attend, paired with their generosity in sharing this with others (regardless of experience or stage of planning!) 🗣️💡 With nearly 400 people passing through the building over the weekend, including over 80 speakers presenting on the main stage and in workshops, and 622 Firepot lunches fuelling us, we hope you left feeling inspired, uplifted, motivated, and even more curious about the themes and topics discussed. 📆 If you want to ‘Explore more’, make sure to mark 1-2 November 2025 as the date for next year's weekend! Will we see you there? ✨ #RGSExplore2024

🚰 Many rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on boreholes and handpumps to access groundwater for their daily water needs. However, up to a third are out of action at any one time. 📑 Research by geographers at University of Oxford investigated the inadequate servicing of local water pumps in sub-Saharan Africa, leading to changes in practice, technology, and policy in the provision of water services in rural Kenya. 📊 Research findings initiated a social enterprise, FundiFix, which deploys ‘smart’ water handpumps and generates real-time data on their use and performance. The enterprise ensures the reliable delivery of around 73,000,000l of drinking water annually. Find out more 👉https://lnkd.in/e2RxH-sZ #UsingGeography

👀 Our student grant deadlines are fast approaching. If you're a PhD student in need of funding to collect data for your dissertation or an undergraduate looking to get out into the field for the first time, we can help make it happen! ✍️ 🌿 🌊 We support over 40 student fieldwork projects and offer a range of grants to assist in the development of your research: ➡️ PhD students: grants of up to £6000 ➡️ Master's students: grants for individuals and teams. ➡️ Undergraduate students: grants to join a project, go on your own or in a team ❗The first deadline is 23 November 2024. If you could benefit from one of our grants, head here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/eZqXCEEr Photo credits 📷: Christiaan Diemont, Cat Cameron, Sophie Manson.

The Disaster Risk Management Professional Practice Group (DRM PPG) are hosting their AGM in December. The DRM PPG brings together risk-focused professionals from across disaster risk reduction, re/insurance and the humanitarian, governmental and academic sectors, to promote best practice and shared geographical knowledge and skills. If you're a professional in Disaster Risk Management or are interested in attending, find out more below. 🗓️ Wednesday 4 December ⏰ 12.00pm -1.00pm 📍Online Book your spot here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7Gx_w2q

🔦 As part of our research spotlight this month, we're showcasing a piece from Geo: Geography and Environment, exploring infrastructure as both a material and social concept. 💡 Read the full write-up to hear more about Dr Ankit Kumar's research on people’s improvisation of infrastructure in India. To capture these improvisational acts, Ankit’s new paper proposes the idea of jugaad infrastructure through the example of the design and versatility of solar lamps. 🗣️ Here's an excerpt: "If jugaad infrastructure is likely to exist across the globe, what does this mean for people’s daily lives? Ankit’s exploration of solar lamps demonstrates how jugaad infrastructure can empower people, enabling them to improvise infrastructure to better suit their lives, rather than buying more products." ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eciEN3ZH 📷: Ankit Kumar

If you're already a Chartered Geographer (CGeog) or thinking of applying, join us for our first in-person 'Elevator Pitch' networking session on Monday 4 November at 5:15pm. 🗣️ CGeogs will have a chance to share information about current work and projects in a rapid 5-minute presentation, followed by some quick-fire questions, providing the opportunity to meet others and hear about some interesting projects. 📆 The session will be taking place in the Sunley Room at 5.15 pm. ✉️ If you plan to attend, let us know by emailing professional@rgs.org

🗣 'It's really important to keep that curiosity alive. Have a curious mindset, and always be questioning, always seeking further.' Words from Dr Paula Owens, the author behind our Endurance22 educational resources.   💡 These free resources for Key Stage 1 and 2 geography and history lessons encourage students to develop critical thinking and geographical historical inquiry skills, all against the backdrop of Shackleton's legendary Endurance expedition and the modern search for the sunken ship during the Endurance22 expedition.   🚢 With the launch of the new National Geographic film 'Endurance', we're so excited for students to dive deeper into this extraordinary tale of survival and perseverance.   Now showing in cinemas across the UK. Learn more about the film here: https://lnkd.in/gZB72J28    Watch to hear more from Dr Paula Ownes, or explore the resources here: https://lnkd.in/eXCQSvDB   #EnduranceFilm

🌍 It's increasingly important that as climate change affects our water availability, we need to monitor and manage water resources to ensure supply to individuals, companies, and protect wildlife. 🌊 The Environment Agency (EA) plays an important role in managing water resources, including the abstraction of water, with abstractors needing to comply with conditions to reduce or stop abstraction. 💻 Join our upcoming webinar to hear more about how the Environment Agency is using a new digital service and its hydrometric network to manage England's water resources. 🗓️ Wednesday, 6 November ⏰ 12.00pm -1.00pm Sign up here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNZqs8Fy #WaterAbstraction #EnvironmentAgency

The Society is delighted to announce new support for the next generation of travellers and expeditioners - the Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award. 🌎The award was announced this week during an event to celebrate the legacy of the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to achieve a longitudinal circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. The event also marked the moment at which the Society takes on the grantmaking work of the Transglobe Expedition Trust. The new award will sustain the Trust's work supporting humanitarian, scientific or educational projects that follow in the Transglobe Expedition's tradition of adventure and perseverance. 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gZGae7yf