Winner of the PolGRG Book Award (2019-2020) announced

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 →

Reclaiming Success

By Hannah Dickinson, Laura Shipp and Viktoria Noka   At this year’s RGS-IBG annual conference, the outgoing PolGRG postgraduate reps set out to ‘reclaim success’. In what was perhaps an unconventional session, we set out to create an open and honest space for attendees to think about what success means to them, and how we … Continue reading →

The PolGRG Book Award (2019-2020) in conjunction with Political Geography Journal

The Political Geography Research Group Royal Geographic Society (PolGRG) Book Award was first established in September 2016, and officially launched in 2017, with sponsorship from the journal Political Geography. The winner of the inaugural PolGRG/PG Book Award was Reece Jones’ work  Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move (Verso, 2016). We are now seeking … Continue reading →

Spaces of Solidarity and Transnationalism: Reflections on The Biannual PolGRG Workshop

By Viktoria Noka Blue skies and sunny spells welcomed delegates to the University of Glasgow, the proud host of the Political Geography Research Group’s Biannual Workshop from 2nd-3rd May 2019. At a time where our news is (still) flooded with Britain’s Brexit woes and Donald Trump’s tweets, it is clear that the political climate is fraught … Continue reading →

Call for Papers: the PolGRG Biannual workshop on The spatial politics of solidarity and transnationalism

The Political Geography Research Group Biannual Workshop University of Glasgow, 2 & 3 May 2019 At a time where our news is flooded with Britain’s Brexit woes and Donald Trump’s tweets, it is clear that the political climate is fraught with tensions and is, at times, incomprehensible. However, we have also seen a rise in … Continue reading →

Call for Session Sponsorship – RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2019 (Royal Geographical Society, London)

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 take place at the Royal Geographical Society in London from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 August 2019, with workshops and opening events on Tuesday 27 August 2019. … Continue reading →

New Postgraduate Representatives

Our postgraduate representatives (Angharad Butler-Rees, Nick Robinson, and Leila Wilmers)  have been a brilliant part of the PolGRG committee. Among many other things, they have contributed to, and energised, the blog on this website dedicated to reflections from postgraduate students and they organised a fantastic and innovative session at the last RGS conference on ‘Emerging voices in … Continue reading →

Undergraduate Dissertation Prize winners 2018

We are delighted to announce the results of our annual undergraduate dissertation prize. The judging panel (Anthony Ince, Paul Richardson, Nick Robinson and David Featherstone) received 12 superb submissions from around the UK, all of which were of an exceptionally high standard. After some detailed deliberation, the panel came to a final decision, with one … Continue reading →

2018 PolGRG AGM in Cardiff

The 2018 PolGRG AGM takes place at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference in Cardiff, on Wednesday 29 August , 13:10-14:25, in the Main Building – Small Chemistry Lecture Theatre. Please follow the link to download the AGM 2018 agenda. PolGRG is seeking to nominate Committee Members for four Committee positions, to put to a vote at the AGM: – Honorary … Continue reading →

Political Geography Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2018

UK universities are welcomed to submit their best undergraduate political geography dissertations to the RGS-IBG PolGRG’s annual dissertation prize competition. We had some wonderful submissions last year and are looking forward to receiving your entries this year. A prize of £75 is offered for the best undergraduate dissertation in political geography submitted to a UK … Continue reading →