2024 Awards
Discover the full list of our 2024 medals and awards recipients.
This year, our prestigious medals and awards recognise 26 different people or organisations for their outstanding contributions to geographical research, fieldwork and teaching, and public engagement. Find the full list of 2024 medals and awards recipients below.
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Royal Medals
His Majesty the King has approved the award of the Royal Medals as follows:
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Royal Medal - Founder鈥檚 Medal
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Dr Vanessa Lawrence, CB听For outstanding contributions to the Society and to the promotion of geography in the UK and internationally
Royal Medal - Patron鈥檚 Medal
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Stephen Venables听For his lifetime鈥檚 contribution to geographical discovery in the high mountains of the world
Council awards
The Society鈥檚 Council has made the following awards:
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Victoria Medal
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Professor Lily Kong听For conspicuous merit in social and cultural geography and in urban research
Busk Medal
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Professor Chris Clark听For profound influence on the understanding of glacial systems through the 鈥楤ritish-Irish Ice Sheet鈥� reconstruction
Cherry Kearton Medal and Award
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Leon McCarron听For dedication to unearthing the importance, beauty and fragility of natural history
Murchison Award
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Professor Stefan Doerr听For pioneering research influencing policy and management of environmental risks from wildfires
Back Award
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Professor Peter Hopkins听For sustained and outstanding contributions to policy development through research
Professional Geography Award
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Dr Ed Parsons听For excellence in the use of geography in professional practice
Geographical Engagement Award
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Professor Ed Hawkins, MBE听For excellence in public engagement with climate change through 鈥楥limate Stripes鈥�
Cuthbert Peek Award
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Professor Peter Atkinson听For scientific advances transforming the understanding of geographical data
Gill Memorial Award (two awards)
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Dr Iestyn Woolway听For exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement
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Dr Kean Fan Lim听For exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement
Ordnance Survey Awards (two awards)
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Dr Cyrus Golding听For excellence in geography education at secondary level
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Fiona Sheriff听For excellence in geography education at secondary level
Taylor and Francis Award
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Professor Daniel Arribas-Bel听For excellence in the practice and promotion of teaching in higher education
Ness Award
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Colonel Chris Hadfield听For enhancing the wider understanding of our world and exploration in space
Alfred Steers Dissertation Prize
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Kelsey Monteith听For the undergraduate geography dissertation judged to be the best in 2023: 鈥楾ime is not our master. I will not bow to time on this fair.鈥�
Area Prize (two prizes)
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Dr Ana Laura Zavala Guillen听For her paper 鈥楩eeling/thinking the archive: Participatory mapping Marronage鈥�
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Manannan Donoghoe听For the best article in the journal in 2023 by an early-career researcher 鈥� 鈥業ntimate extraction: Geological matter, extractive afterlives, and the denial of a Black sense of place in Southern Louisiana鈥�
Ron Cooke Award
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Ella Herbert听For the best A Level independent investigation (NEA): 鈥楾o what extent are the key players impacting the development of Cambers sand dunes鈥�
Geographical Award
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The Ulysses Trust听For providing outstanding support for individuals and groups through expeditions
Honorary Fellowship
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Dr Sophie Bowlby听In recognition of outstanding support for geography
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Steve Brace听In recognition of outstanding support for geography and the Society
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Professor David Higgitt听In recognition of outstanding support for geography
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Dr Tony Juniper CBE听In recognition of outstanding support for conservation
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Carol Lawson听In recognition of outstanding support for the Society
Medals and Awards showcase
Read about the geographical achievements and aspirations of our medals and awards recipients in a series of Q&As, including our interviews with Founder's Medal recipient Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB and Patron's Medal recipient Stephen Venables.
