PYGYRG Dissertation Prize Winners 2022

1st Place Winner 

Tom Howitt “Assessing the Effectiveness of Booderee National Park’s Indigenous-Government Co-Management Arrangement in Meeting the Aims and Aspirations of the Wreck Bay Community” (University of Edinburgh).


The scope and style of my dissertation project came with many logistical and ethical challenges, and so I am delighted that my hard work has been recognised by the PYGYRG!…

Participatory geographies social meet-up

The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022 will be hosted at Newcastle University (UK) between Tuesday, 30 August, and Friday, 2 September. You can find out more about the conference here.

The Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRG) are hosting a social meet-up on Wednesday, 31st August at the City Tavern (https://www.citytavern.co.uk/

Contemporary Issues in Participatory Geography: Challenges, Adaptations, and New Directions

A trans-disciplinary online event in cutting-edge participatory research

Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of May 2021

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contemporary-issues-in-participatory-geography-tickets-146500142871

Keep up-to-date: follow @PYGYRG and #PARTICIPATORY21

*** UPDATE 26/04/2021 – the event programme is live, view here ***

*** UPDATE 26/04/2021 – call for sessions now closed ***

Sponsored by the Participatory Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

Participatory Geographies Away Weekend 24th & 25th May 2019 BOOK NOW

A4 Colour poster for display available from mgk@st-andrews.ac.uk

Second Call for participation

All Bursaries have now been allocated but some regular places are still available.

A call to all those interested in participatory geographies (both faculty and students). The PYGYRG annual away weekend will be held at the ‘Fortwilliam Backpakers’ hostel  https://independenthostels.co.uk/members/fortwilliambackpackers/