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Architecture as an Earth practice
Join the curators of the British Pavilion for the 2025 Venice Biennale as they present a compelling lecture-performance that expands on the exhibition鈥檚 central themes of repair, reparation, and resistance.
Medals and awards celebration 2025
Our medals and awards recognise people or organisations for their outstanding contributions to geographical research, fieldwork and teaching, and public engagement. Join us as we celebrate the 2025 award recipients.
Seneca and Franklin were right - Sir Kenneth Olisa
The lecture will explore the work of the National Preparedness Commission (NPC) and its different perspectives. As an independent and apolitical body, the NPC mission is to champion comprehensive, system-wide policies and actions that enable the UK to better avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from major crises.
Through Siam with a camera - John Thomson
In 1865 John Thomson travelled to Siam and photographed the King and his subjects creating a unique record of the country. This talk revisits the original negatives to see Siam as recorded by Thomson鈥檚 lens in 1865.
Expanding our understanding of racism and anti-racist politics
This exchange brings together the authors of three books which endeavour to expand our comprehension of what racism is.
Pristine seas: the last wild places in the ocean
Ocean life is at risk because of overfishing and global warming, but there are still a few remote places that have been saved from human destruction. Enric Sala will bring stories from National Geographic Pristine Seas expeditions and share lessons learned about how to bring the ocean back to life.
Overnight adventures
Our speaker, Dan Richards, focuses on nocturnal stories past and present, beginning with the time he got benighted in the Swiss Alps, on the trail of his great grand aunt Dorothy Pilley鈥檚 mountaineering legacy, before going on to discuss the various adventures and journeys after dark which feature in his new book, Overnight.
The hole in the ozone layer
Join us to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the most significant environmental discoveries of our time, the ozone hole.
Digital twins for climate resilience
The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a lunchtime webinar series focusing on digital twins. This session will be focussed on digital twins for climate resilience.
Mulu: a remarkable rainforest mountain in Sarawak
Dr Paul Chai was the senior forest botanist on the survey of the Gunung Mulu National Park by the Society and the Sarawak Forestry Department (1977-1978). Now, his son Alvin will join us and highlight past and future research opportunities for those visiting this legendary UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Mulu (Sarawak) expedition 1977-1978
Hear Robin and his colleagues share their first-hand stories, sounds, artefacts, maps and images associated with the original geographical survey of the Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak by the Society and the Foresty Department in 1977-1978, and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Digital twins in the transport sector #2 - 16 April
The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a lunchtime webinar series focusing on digital twins. This webinar will look at digital twins in the transport sector.