University of Reading PhD Scholar Abiola Oyeboade Ayodeji explores how household power relations shape food access and security in rural farming communities. When Abiola Oyeboade Ayodeji began her academic journey…Read More >
Projects
Plastics Remain Indispensable on UK Farms, New Study Finds
Plastics are proving difficult to replace in UK agriculture, according to early findings from a major new study. According to the report, plastics continue to be vital for British farmers…Read More >
How Smartphones are revolutionising Youth Livelihoods in Tanzania
Mobile phones have become integral to the success and sustainability of informal vendors’ livelihoods across sub-Saharan African contexts. However, little geographical research has explored how smartphone technologies and digital…Read More >
Photography exhibition launched: ‘The Harbour – Transforming an Island’
Alex Arnall (University of Reading) and Uma Kothari (The University of Manchester) launched a photography exhibition on Dhiffushi Island, Kaafu Atoll, in the Maldives on Friday 26th November 2021. The…Read More >
Project launch – Transnational Families in Europe: Care, Inequalities and Wellbeing
Across Europe, refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants face a variety of challenges in accessing health, social care and welfare owing to differing entitlements depending on their legal status, inconsistent…Read More >
Oreteti. Connecting Humans to God
Division Member Dr Lorenzo D’Angelo has just published a short film in Visual Ethnography. Through the voice of Philipo, a young Maasai man, the film explores the difficulties faced by…Read More >
Future Climate for Africa – Country Profiles Released
On the 27th of July, Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) released it’s Country and Research Consortium Briefs. Each brief provides a summary of FCFA’s in-country work and the approaches being…Read More >
UPGro Film: Unlocking Africa’s Groundwater Potential
Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro), has been a seven-year international research program (2013-2020), funded by the Department for International Development, Natural Environment Research Council and the…Read More >
Whitley Researchers News: Year update special 2020
On the 25th of June, the Whitley Researchers published a special edition of their monthly newsletter reflecting on some of the group’s achievements, opportunities, and challenges over the course of…Read More >
COVID-19 : Bereavement, grief, and consolation
On the 23rd of June, Professor Avril Maddrell published the opening piece entitled ‘Bereavement, grief, and consolation: Emotional-affective geographies of loss during COVID-19’ for a special COVID-19 related volume of…Read More >
