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Research Clusters

Our research clusters are focused on ideas. They act as centres of gravity for collective research activity and provide the foundational means through which we generate the diversity, vibrancy and innovation that underpins our research. They are the mechanism by which we develop new collective research areas and by which we foster and maintain innovative and alternative forms of research practice, output, and societal engagement.

Learn more about our research clusters

Our clusters serve as points of connection to the department for postgraduates and research staff. Cluster boundaries are permeable, and most staff are affiliated to more than one. Clusters are also dynamic, and we routinely reflect on our organisational structure to ensure that the research environment is aligned with the interests of the current cohorts of staff and research students, as well as external challenges.

Human and Physical Geography Clusters

Economy & Culture

Explore our work on how culture and economy intersect.
Lego unassembled

Politics-State-Space

Explore our work across political geography and geopolitics.
The blue Extinction Rebellion boat

Geographies of Life and Living

Explore our work engaging the boundaries of life.
Chihuly tree at Kew Gardens

Urban Worlds

Explore our work on urban processes and spaces.
Blocks in water

Catchments and Rivers

Explore our work on monitoring and modelling feedbacks and interactions in hillslope and river environments.
Students taking river measurements

Hazards and Surface Change

Explore our holistic work on hazards as chronic physical processes, not one-off events.
Landslide in Nepal

Sea Level, Ice and Climate

Explore our work on ice sheet responses to external and internal forcing and contributions to sea-level rise.
snow drifting off of a arctic mountain