MyAV·¶ Geographers win more national dissertation prizes
8 January 2018
Female enterprise in Turkey; Climate change in Australia; Ecological citizenship in Los Angeles; Calais refugees; and Lake District acidification.
All final-year undergraduate students in MyAV·¶ Geography complete a dissertation based on their own research.
Various academic societies and research groups award national prizes for the best of these submitted from universities across the UK.
Success in these competitions is therefore a national standard for the highest research quality.
Congratulations to these MyAV·¶ Geography prize winners in 2017!
Holly Campbell: Moments of progress: An exploration of the interaction between female enterprise and patriarchal norms in Selçuk, Turkey.
- Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. Winner
Wilson Chun Chan:Â Modelling the hydrological impacts of climate change on the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia.
- British Hydrological Society, Annual Student Award for the best undergraduate dissertation in hydrology. Runner up
Lilly Donnelly:Â Interpreting the revitalization of the Los Angeles River through the lens of urban ecological citizenship.
- Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG), Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. Winner.
Anna Knowles Smith:Â Refugees and theatre: an exploration of the basis of self-representation.
- Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Social & Cultural Geography Research Group (SCGRG) Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. Winner
Carole Roberts: A multi-proxy study investigating ecological responses to acidification in Eastdale Tarn, English Lake District, since the early 19thÌý³¦±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü°ù²â.
- Quaternary Research Association (QRA), Undergraduate Dissertation Prize. Winner.