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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº was the first university in the UK to appoint a Professor of Geography, back in 1833. Today, the Department remains one of the most distinguished in the UK, with a global reputation for research to match.

Research clusters

Our mission

Our mission is to produce world-leading research and to translate this into impact in all its forms (scholarly, pedagogical, enterprise, public engagement, policy).

We support a diversity of styles and scales of research, nurturing the very best of individual scholarship, concentrating strategically in areas where we can make a distinctive, significant and conceptually innovative contribution.

The quality of individual researchers in Geography, allied with our institutional strengths, provides an outstanding research environment that is stimulating and inclusive.

Interdisciplinary research

One of the great strengths of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is the commitment of the institution to interdisciplinary research. The Department has led several interdisciplinary ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº initiatives, including founding and directing theÌý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Environment InstituteÌýand theÌý.

We are actively involved in a number of wider interdisciplinary research initiatives and networks at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. We have strong links with the Institute for Advanced Studies, the Global Governance Institute, theÌýÌýand theÌý,ÌýRisk and Disaster Reduction,Ìý, andÌý.

Read more about our networks

Research within the Department is organised around seven research clusters, which you can read more about using the links below. In addition, the Department hosts specialist research centres and a variety of research projects.


The Past Climates and Environmental Change and Biodiversity research groups are associated with theÌýEnvironmental Change Research Centre.

Our Culture and Migration research group is linked to theÌýMigration Research UnitÌý(MRU) and theÌý, which was founded to undertake research on the black presence in Britain.