We offer PhD supervision across a wide range of topics in human and physical geography Our research engages with applied issues and public policy concerns. It also covers more abstract cultural and theoretical issues. Our research strengths in physical geography include:paleoclimatologylandscape evolutionapplied geomorphology and natural hazardsQuaternary geochronologyglaciologywater scienceWe collaborate with colleagues in Newcastle University and beyond.Our research in economic geographies is theoretically informed and politically engaged. It covers the production, forms, experiences and impacts of uneven geographies of:commoditiespeoplefinanceknowledgetechnologyintrastructureOur team of internationally renowned researchers explore 'ordinary', diverse and/or ‘left behind’ economies and subjectivities.In power, space, politics our research focuses on the expression of political power across space and includes topics around:borders and boundariescritical geopoliticsinternational developmentmilitarism and military geographiesthe politics of representationissues of resistance, justice and peacethe geographies of memory and memorialisationWe conduct research on a range of scales. From the international and national to the individual, with reference to a range of global contexts. In geographies of social change we explore and extend an applied, critical and geographical understanding of social justice and transformation by researching:identityfamilies and householdshealthwelfare and careinfrastructurescommunityThese lead us to connect with issues of:genderraceethnicitymigrationyouthreligionclasssizegeneration