Our PhD programme enables you to conduct original research across a wide range of geographical research areas. Our students are an integral part of our wider research and teaching community. Individual projects may cut across research areas, for example, in fields such as environmental management. You will also be supported by at least two academic advisors, who may be drawn from more than one of our research groups. Our research areas include,Cultural and Historical GeographyShaped by, and shaping, wider developments in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Sub-themes include: Landscape and CultureHealth and DiseaseRace and EmpireGeographical Thought and CartographyEconomic WorldsAnalyses contemporary economic phenomena. It is characterised by the development of innovative theoretical approaches that are attuned to the cultural, political and social dimensions of economic life. Sub-themes include: Money Knowledge Bodies Value Environment and SocietyEncompasses research around environment-society relationships. Sub-themes include: Health, environment and society Climate change, environmental risk and resilience Environmental knowledge, governance and politicsEnvironment, culture and sustainability GeosciencesLeading research in earth and environmental systems over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Sub-themes include: Biogeography Environmental reconstruction Informatics Water resources