GY502
Staff / Research Students Seminars
This information is for the 2022/23 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Sefi Roth STC4.21a, Dr Ryan Centner STC 6.01c and Dr Felipe Carozzi, STC 4.16
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Economic Geography, MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics, MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Development, MPhil/PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies and MPhil/PhD in Regional and Urban Planning Studies. This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Economic Geography, MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics and MPhil/PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
For all MPhil/PhD students registered in the Department of Geography and Environment and staff. Other interested students may attend.
Course content
Topical seminar series involving presentations by speakers from both inside and outside the Department on aspects of their own research.
Teaching
There are three different seminar series taking place regularly throughout the year, organised by each of the three research clusters in the Department of Geography & Environment. The Economic Geography cluster seminar series is organized in conjunction with the Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC); the Environmental Economics & Policy cluster seminar series is organized together with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; and the Urbanisation, Planning and Development seminar series. The timing and length of each seminar series vary across research clusters and schedules and format are subject to change depending on the availability of speakers.
Assessment
This course is not intended as preparation for any particular examination. But, students will find it useful in increasing their awareness of current research and the application of research methods across the discipline.
Key facts
Department: Geography and Environment
Total students 2021/22: 10
Average class size 2021/22: Unavailable
Value: Non-credit bearing
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