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Composite image showing the houses of parliament for the launch event of the APPG on play

‘It All Starts With Play’ – New National Campaign and APPG on Play in England

Researchers from the School of Architecture and Landscape and School of Geography and Planning help launch Play England’s new national strategy at the House of Commons.
Three gold medals inside open cases

Dr Sihan Li awarded the Gill Memorial Award by Royal Geographical Society

Sihan has received the award for exceptional early career research with a remarkable track record of achievement.
A google earth image showing data from the digital tools identifying where selective-logging has taken place in the rainforest.
Google Earth Image © Airbus 2025 showing changes in the forest canopy detected by satellites at one of the logging concessions in 2023 including the logging detections identified by the new algorithm in red.

New technology helping fight against illegal logging of Peru’s valuable rainforest

New technology is helping Peru fight against the illegal logging of its 68 million hectares of valuable tropical rainforest.
ID blog post #05

Why is Nigeria Food Insecure?

In our 2022-2023 masters students' blog series, Tendayi Whacha explores food insecurity in Nigeria.
Blog post #04: Benjamin Phillips

ICT4D and Buen Vivir: Indigenous Appropriations for Preservation

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Benjamin Phillips discusses global digital inequalities and the tribulations of integrating IT into Indigenous communities.
ID Blog post #03

The Violence of Being Left-Out: Buen Vivir and everyday exclusions against indigenous women

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Emily May Muir explores how Buen Vivir in Ecuador failed to include indigenous women in decision-making processes.
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From Food Desert to Food Apartheid: A Capabilities Approach to Navajo Food Insecurity

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Amelia J Van Komen disputes the current terminology we use around food insecurity.
Masters student blog series #1

How the Sustainable Livelihood Framework can increase WaSH access for marginalised groups

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Kabir Dave discusses how our approach to providing acceptable levels of water, sanitation and hygiene access must be re-examined.