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Centre for Human and Physical Geography

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Organisation profile

Interactions between the human and physical environment underpin many of the most challenging issues facing societies in the 21st Century. Understanding these interactions, and the processes that govern them, represents the core of contemporary research in Geography.

Established in 2018, the Centre for Human and Physical Geography at the University of Huddersfield brings together a new team of leading researchers in the fields of environmental and earth sciences, biodiversity and conservation, GIS and remote sensing, and the politics of human-environment relations.

Researchers at the Centre engage in both theoretical and applied studies and have a track record of interdisciplinary collaboration, including strong links with industry and not-for-profit organisations. Current research at the Centre includes projects on biodiversity conservation and urbanisation, sustainable urban mobility, palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and past sedimentation processes. Members of the centre have fieldwork sites in the United Kingdom, United States, South America, New Zealand, and the Arctic. The Centre's commitment to knowledge exchange with industry and citizens ensures research findings inform relevant environmental policy, management strategies and social change.

areas of interest include

  • Remote sensing with current research focused on polar sea ice dynamics and glaciology
  • Biodiversity, ecology, and freshwater hydrology
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Sedimentary geology
  • Sustainable consumption
  • Political ecology and social and political theory

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  4. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  5. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  6. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  7. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  8. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  9. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  10. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  11. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  12. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  13. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  14. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  15. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  16. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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