In preparation for our meeting with the highly acclaimed Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, poet, musician, and activist visionary Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, GOSSIP will be hosting a session on Simpson’s work…
Please join us for this week’s GOSSIP session on Wednesday at 3pm. Sarah Huque will be presenting her research on disability advocacy in Malawi (see abstract below). Women with disabilities in Malawi face different and…
The idea of this session is to explore and create visions for alternative futures, ones that encompass the “build back better” ideal. What changes are we seeing already, in terms of environmental, social or…
This academic year, the Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities (GOSSIP) research group will be co-convened by Rehema White, Jo Sharp, and Mike Simpson. We are excited for another engaged…
Towards the Supplementary review on the SDGs in Scotland by Scottish Government Rehema White was involved in the development of a Supplementary Review on Progress against the SDGs in Scotland in 2019. The Scottish…
Today is the second annual Windrush Day, when we commemorate the Windrush Generation and their legacy. This day gives us the opportunity both to celebrate the Caribbean community and their contributions to British…
On Tuesday 16th June 2020 (2pm – 5pm) we are starting our monthly GOSSIP ‘shut up and read’ sessions for our PhD researchers on Teams. In these sessions we will all set aside some dedicated time to catch up together…
2019-2020 Semester 2: GOSSIP VIRTUAL SEMINARS – Wednesdays at 4pm April 1: Mike Simpson: The Political Economy of COVID-19 April 8th: Hebe Nicholson: Toppling inhibitive knowledge hierarchies in resettlement as climate…
The 14th Arctic Frontiers conference will take place at the end of January and the topic this year is ‘Power of Knowledge’. The conference started in 2006 with the aim to assemble the first global scientific conference…
In response to post-graduate student demand, GOSSIP is offering a session on interdisciplinary research in the lunch and learn series for PhD students in the the School of Geography and Sustainable Development. What is…