School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Research seminars
Both external and internal speakers are invited to the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment to present the latest results of their research.
Everyone is invited, so please join us!
Hidden Peatlands: A Geographical Perspective
Wednesday 14 May 2025, 1.00pm-2.00pm, Microsoft Teams
Dr John Connolly, Assistant Professor in Physical Geography, Trinity College Dublin
Peatlands have been exploited for centuries and have undergone considerable land use and land cover changes in Europe. These exploitative activities were particularly widespread in Ireland and accelerated in the 20th Century through agricultural “reclamation”, forestry and mining. This has led to extensive land cover change in the Irish landscape that effectively hides peat soils. This presentation will discuss these “hidden peatlands” and implications for policy makers and stakeholders. It will also discuss research on geospatial methods for mapping peatlands with the aim of developing methodologies to support monitoring, reporting and verification.
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Wednesday 4 June 2025, 1.00pm-2.00pm, Attenborough 208
Jack Wright, Spaceflight Project Officer, The Open University
Jack will be starting a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Space in Leicester in mid 2025. In this seminar find out more about him and the research he proposes to do here.