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"I am extremely proud of the results obtained for this Unit of Assessment and the outstanding impact that our research makes to civil society.

The depth and breadth of our academic achievements are further evidenced by world-leading or internationally excellent research outputs and environment, reflecting a collaborative and interdisciplinary ethos.

These outstanding results are testament to our talented and dedicated academic, research, technical and business support staff – a real collective effort."

Professor Victor Gault

Associate Dean R&I

How we did

Overall

An outstanding 88% of our research has been judged as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Research Impact

100% of our impact case studies have been judged as having outstanding or very considerable impacts in terms of their reach and significance.

Environment

87.5% of our research environment has been judged as being conducive to producing research of world-leading or internationally excellent quality and enabling outstanding impact, in terms of its vitality and sustainability

Research Outputs

83.7% of our research outputs have been judged as world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour

Our Team
NameRole
Arnscheidt, J Dr Senior Lecturer
Avouac, JP Professor Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geology
Beech, S Dr Lecturer in Human (Economic) Geography
Benetti, S Dr Head of School of Geography and Environmental Sciences
Bhatti, S Dr Lecturer in GIS and Human Geography
Breen, C Dr Reader
Clark, P Professor Professor of Quaternary Science
Cook, S Dr Reader
Cooper, A Professor Professor of Coastal Studies
Douglas, R Dr Senior Lecturer in Freshwater Science
Dunlop, P Professor Senior Lecturer to Professor of Glaciology
Forsythe, W Dr Senior Lecturer
Hunter, W Dr Lecturer in Geography/Environmental Sciences
Jackson, D Professor Professor of Coastal Geomorphology
Jordan, P Professor Professor of Catchment Science
McDowell, S Dr Senior Lecturer
McGonigle, C Dr Senior Lecturer
McKenzie, P Dr Senior Lecturer
McNabb, R Dr Lecturer in Terrestrial Remote Sensing of Environmental Systems
Moore, A Professor Professor of Geographic Information Science
Quinn, R Dr Reader
Westley, K Dr Research Associate

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"Our aim is to undertake research that pushes the boundaries of our discipline. We are delighted that our research impact in REF2021 is joint first in the UK, with 100% of our research impact scoring 4/3*. Further, 83.7% of our published papers were judged to be 4/3* quality.

These results clearly demonstrate that we are the forefront of our field with an internationally excellent department which supports our researchers to produce world-leading and internationally excellent research with world class benefits for society."

Professor Paul Dunlop, Research Director

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