The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) is the research group of the RGS-IBG that brings together geographers and others interested in a wide variety of issues connected with relationships between space and power. Continue reading
Political Geography – Past, Present, and Future At a time of multiple political crises and profound geopolitical shifts, as well as the shifting landscape of higher education research and teaching, the PolGRG conference provides an opportunity for political geographers to reflect on the evolution of the sub-discipline. Political geography has the potential to make important … Continue reading
For the third PolGRG book award, we received 18 incredible nominations that all demonstrate the outstanding and innovative scholarship in the sub-discipline. Narrowing down the list to a longlist of 10 books was not an easy task and deciding the winner even more challenging. The judging panel was especially impressed with the methodological vigour, interdisciplinarity, … Continue reading
Dear all, It’s that time of year again! The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the next RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. The conference will be chaired by Professor Harriet Bulkeley (Durham University, UK) on the theme of Climate changed geographies. It will take place … Continue reading
The panel of the 2022 PolGRG Undergraduate Disseration Prize (Cordelia Freeman, Dato Gogishvili and Jonathan Harris) is delighted to announce its winning entry. The prize received entries from 13 UK universities (Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Northumbria, Nottingham Trent, Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton, UCL). The studies ranged in their regional focus beyond the UK, … Continue reading
A prize of £75 is offered for the best undergraduate dissertation in political geography submitted to a UK university during the 2021-22 academic year. We welcome nominations that are conceptually, methodologically, and empirically innovative from across the broad spectrum of political geography and its sub-disciplines. Nominations are limited to one per department. Nominated dissertations should be submitted … Continue reading
After the Al-Jazeera Podcasts the PolGRG met. We wanted to start a conversation, craft our own statement in response, and outline actions we will take as a group to make political geography a safer space for everybody. You can read it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnThCC7OVm1dIPFdkkzXbEtxiUD4E1zlsFzLveHV3HU/edit
During this autumn/fall term, the RGS Political Geography Research Group is hosting a series of writing retreats on alternating Thursdays, from 2-5pm UK time (GMT). Please join us for one or all of these by registering below. These will be aimed at postgraduates and early career academics, but those at any career stage are welcome … Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce the results of the annual undergraduate dissertation prize. It may have been a turbulent year, but it produced some outstanding undergraduate research projects and among the largest numbers of nominations in recent years. The judging panel (Anthony Ince, Cordelia Freeman and Daniel Hammett) received submissions from across the UK, on a … Continue reading
Call for Papers RGS-IBG Political Geography Research Group Biannual Workshop 30th June – 1st July Inequalities of Knowledge Production in Political Geography There exists long standing conversations in Geography more widely and Political Geography particularly on the inequalities of knowledge production. These conversations have built a foundation and set a precedent for critically examining the … Continue reading
We received a collection of wonderful nominations for the second PolGRG book award, emphasising the breadth and quality of work being undertaken within the field of Political Geography. After careful consideration, we are delighted to announce that the winner is ‘War and the City: Urban geopolitics in Lebanon’ by Sara Fregonese. In the words of … Continue reading
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