The world is in crisis. Be part of the solutions. Study Geography at Queen’s.

The world is in crisis. Climate change, the Covid-19 global pandemic, ecological collapse, environmental degradation, global terrorism, and mass migration are among the many contemporary crises fundamentally reshaping the world we live in. Geography plays a crucial role in understanding the causes, complexities and controversies surrounding these modern global problems. Geography is also central in forging solutions, from shaping discourse on geopolitics to mapping future flood risk.

Taught by a range of world-leading experts, Geography at Queen’s offers a highly interdisciplinary examination of the world in crisis, within the broader context of three thematic pathways around “Culture, Space and Power”, “Population and Society”, and “Geosciences”. As such, course content reaches across the full breadth of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, addressing the three dimensions of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental.

Our degree programme is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society, and its flexible structure allows you to specialise in particular aspects of Geography that interest you most. Practical skills training and employability are core tenets of Geography at Queen’s, with fieldtrips, tutorials, workshops and practical classes vital in providing hands-on experience in applying subject knowledge in the real world. This will help unlock the doors to a wide variety of careers and pathways for future study that are central to 21^st century society.

RESEARCH

Geography at Queen’s, founded in 1928, has shaped key research agendas across the discipline spanning the physical and human worlds. In human geography we have led debates on the role of space and place in the global geographies of knowledge, politics and power, and made major contributions to understanding the cultural legacies of war, the intellectual history of climate reductionism, and the changing geographies of ethnic diversity, inequalities, and migration. In physical geography our work is contributing to research on climate and environmental change across multiple timescales, climate adaptation and mitigation (carbon capture and storage, and nature-based solutions) peatland dynamics, and soil erosion. Our innovative work in geoforensics is having wide application in crime scene investigations. In Geographical Information Science (GISci), novel interdisciplinary research using big data approaches is helping us to address issues relating to health and the environment and to develop new tools for tracking migration. Interdisciplinarity, and a commitment to the co-production of knowledge with non-academic partners, are hallmarks of our work, giving geographical research at Queen's a central role in contemporary debates about social, cultural and environmental futures.

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