Sophie Cranston and David McCollum Approximately 50 years ago, a group of academics identifying themselves as population geographers officially formed a study group as part of the Institute of British Geographers (IBG). This was one of the first study groups to be formed, and now constitutes one of 32 ‘research or working groups’ of the … More 50 years of a Research Group: What is population geography?
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Population Geography Research Group invite you to take part in the webinar to Celebrate 50 years of PopGRG Wednesday 3rd November 2021, 12-14.00 GMT (Zoom) The event is open to all and free to attend. To register visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpfumgrD0oH9Re-71EP2N9hTK_zqcKGIut This event forms part of the PopGRG 50th Anniversary Festival. … More Celebrating 50 years of PopGRG
As part of the Research Group’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations we have run a design competition with a partner school in Swansea. Young people were tasked to design an image that they felt best represents ‘Population Geography’ The competition had a panel of judges, with the final winner being chosen by two artists, Pernille Spence and Sarah … More Population Geography Image Competition
THE RGS-IBG Annual Conference takes place in two weeks time and the Population Geography Research Group are pleased to be sponsoring seven sessions. These sessions cover a wide range of issues, as well as a session that will be reflecting on some of the research group’s recent activities. Full details of the sessions can be … More RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2021
In our latest blog, Nicholas Allo, CEO at The Visual Earth Group, shares thoughts on whether and how release of Census 2021 data may provide opportunities for detections and interventions in reverse gentrification. Every ten years, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) redoes its count of the British populace during a census. During this exercise, … More Census 2021 and reverse gentrification in collection areas: early detection and intervention
Read here to find out more about the 2021 Joanna Stillwell prize winner for best UK undergraduate dissertation in Population Geography. … More A prize winning dissertation!
“None of us stands alone in the work we do… and the vibrancy of the group gives me great hope for the future of population geography” … More Mapping the big population geography issues
How did a sexist advert inadvertently expose the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? … More UK Government’s withdrawn ‘sexist’ advert hits a little too close to home
Introducing the EVENSurvey. … More Introducing EVENS
I believe more can be done to incorporate a critical engagement with the population which population geography studies. And I think this can be achieved by recognising the importance of discourse within population geography itself, and the discourses which it produces. … More Discussing Discourse in Population Geography
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