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Seminars 2023-2024

All are welcome

Undergraduates and postgraduates are particularly encouraged to attend, as these seminars can provide exposure to a wide range of ideas and research areas that you might not otherwise have an opportunity to learn about.

Students should refer to the weekly Student Bulletin (ENVIRO-Know) which is sent via email for the location and timing information on the upcoming seminar. Staff can find this information in the weekly Staff Newsletter.

If you have any questions, please contact environment-pa@york.ac.uk.

DEG seminars

Date Speaker Invitee/Discussant Title
Tuesday 20 February 2024 Amy Thompson Adam Green The use of GIS and lidar/remote sensing to evaluate wealth inequality and human-environment interactions in both past and modern Maya societies.
Tuesday 27 February 2024 Abi Perrin Roland Gehrels From publications to public actions: A scientist's journey into climate action.
Tuesday 5 March 2024 TBC Anika Haque and Samarthia Thankappan International Women’s Day Seminar (details TBC)
Tuesday 12 March 2024 Peter Wynn Lindsay Stringer and David Rippin TBC
Tuesday 19 March 2024 Maija Marsh Ed Garrett TBC
Tuesday 16 April 2024 Dave Tickner Alistair Boxall TBC
Tuesday 23 April 2024 Nick Megoran David Rippin Being a geographer in the neoliberal university: is it a job, a career, or a vocation?

 YMP sustainability guest seminars

Date Speaker Chair Title
Wednesday 4 October 2023 Erin Wheeler Felicia Liu Circular Economy – An Introduction
Wednesday 18 October 2023 Dr Matthias Tager Felicia Liu Is finance saving the planet? The making(s) of green finance
Wednesday 8 November 2023 Ollie Braithwaite Adrian Gonzalez Climate Change at North Yorkshire Council
Wednesday 22 November 2023 Seggy Segaran Truzaar Dordi Building Solar Power Packs (note: this seminar will take place in-person, please contact Jenny Pollard to sign up)
Wednesday 6 December 2023 Martin Parker Felicia Liu Shut Down the Business School: What's wrong with Management Education

Sustainability education conversations 

Sustainability Education Conversations is a seminar series organised by Environmental Sustainability at York (ESAY)'s Community of Learning and Teaching Practice in collaboration with the Department for Environment and Geography and the University of York Science Education Group.  

Date Time Speaker Title
Wednesday 21 February 2024 12.05pm to 12.55pm Dr David Cross, UAL Climate Justice: students and staff for whole institution transformation
Wednesday 6
March 2024
12.05pm to 12.55pm Rachel Coxcoon
(Lancaster University)
Reflecting on ideological biases in environmental communication
Wednesday 20 March 2024 12.05pm to 12.55pm Dr Sarah Gretton
and Alice Jackson
(University of Leicester)
An Interdisciplinary Real-world Sustainability module
Wednesday 17 April 2024 12.05pm to 12.55pm Dr Andy Brookes 
University of Lincoln
Creating a sustainable mindset - our role as educators?
Wednesday 1 May 2024 12.05pm to 12.55pm Lee Jowett, Climate Change and Sustainability Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University Tiny Forests: An opportunity for citizen science in schools