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The media is full of reports of what studies of human genetic variation can tell us about the past. A geographical perspective is vital in understanding and evaluating these claims
Large parts of Africa are beset with chronic economic and infrastructure problems together with corruption. Could the success of the used clothing industry be an obvious scapegoat or even a red herring?
When it comes to conservation, cities get a bad rap. They are monsters – conglomerations of concrete, asphalt, exhaust fumes and brick that exterminate species as they grow
One of the most likely outcomes of the recent results of the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) – the system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education – is institutional reform and reorganisation
You can love them, loathe them or try to ignore them. But it’s almost impossible to avoid having a view on the state of our town centres and high streets
Erle Ellis, a geographer from the University of Maryland, had his Anthropocene epiphany quite some time ago, when he was hiking on Squirrel Island off the coast of Maine
I was recently asked by an incredulous colleague why I was working in a Geography department. I answered that geography was the study of ‘the who, the where, and the how, of the past, present and future’
Human geographers should pay more attention to the issues which affect the lives and living standards in different parts of the world and less to the more obscure areas of cultural geographical theory
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