1912, 2025

PYGYRG Call for 2026 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference

PYGYRG_Admin/ December 19, 2025/ Blog, Forthcoming Events, News

Hi all,

The Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRG) is inviting proposals for sessions to be sponsored by PyGyRG at the 2026 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference. Session sponsorship means that a session is linked as an official PyGyRG session in the full conference programme and enables greater promotion to and engagement with the broader participatory geographies community.…

1703, 2023

PYGYRG Away Weekend June 2023

PYGYRG_Admin/ March 17, 2023/ Forthcoming Events, News

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We are delighted to announce that PYGYRG, after an extended break, is coming together again for an away weekend. A weekend of comradery, conversation and coproduction. Open to all with an interest in, or using, participatory geographies.…

0511, 2022

PYGYRG Dissertation Prize Winners 2021

PYGYRG_Admin/ November 5, 2022/ News

1st Place Winner

Alex Moore

Popular Participatory Spaces and the Agency of Youth in Edinburgh’s Fridays for Future Movement: Sites of Radical Possibility?

This dissertation was a study of the spatialities of youth protest and the facilitative potential of popular participatory spaces for young activists’ radical political participation and agentic being.…

2810, 2022

PYGYRG Dissertation Prize Winners 2022

PYGYRG_Admin/ October 28, 2022/ News

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!…

1908, 2022

PyGyRG at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022

PYGYRG_Admin/ August 19, 2022/ Events Archive, News

We’re excited to be at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022, from Tuesday 30th August to Friday 2nd September.

The Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRG) are sponsoring/co-sponsoring five exciting sessions at the conference on topics including activism and social justice, hybrid participatory research, rural tourism and leisure, walking during the pandemic, and diverse participatory methods.…

0407, 2022

Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRG) Dissertation Prize 2022

PYGYRG_Admin/ July 4, 2022/ News

Deadline: 15th July 2022

The RGS-IBG Participatory Geographies Research Group is pleased to offer an annual prize of £100 for an undergraduate dissertation that examines a social justice theme and/or involves a participatory methodology.

Reflective of the scale and type of research carried out at undergraduate level, we are eager to encourage and reward both excellent scholarship and innovation which includes any of the following:

  • Employs a participatory methodology
  • Engages with participatory research literature
  • Works with people, communities, or non-profit groups
  • Explores social justice, community activist, social enterprises, or NGOs/CSOs
  • Addresses issues of exclusion and marginalisation
  • Involves minority or vulnerable groups
  • Incorporates tangible outcomes for community groups/NGOs
  • Nominated dissertations should: be a strong theoretical and/or empirical piece of work; be submitted for formal assessment in the current academic year to a UK Higher Education Institution for a BA/BSc level geography degree programme; include a full set of references and images (as relevant); be written in English.
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2104, 2022

Call for committee members: PYGYRG Digital Officer

PYGYRG_Admin/ April 21, 2022/ News

The Participatory Geographies Research Group (PYGYRG) of the RGS-IBG are pleased to announce that we are opening nominations for the role of Digital Officer. Anyone – from any background (including PhD students) in geography or related subjects – is welcome to apply.…

1403, 2022

Call for Abstracts for session co-sponsored by RGRG and PyGyRG

PYGYRG_Admin/ March 14, 2022/ Events Archive, News

Session Convenors: Eifiona Thomas Lane, Rebecca Jones ( both Prifysgol Bangor University) and Lois Mansfield (University of Cumbria) 

Please send your abstract with details of all contributors affiliations emails clearly noting the presenter to  eifiona.thomaslane@bangor.ac.uk  before the 21st March. 

Escape to the Country: realities, challenges and opportunities for rural tourism and leisure ‘beyond recovery’ 

Abstract 

Drawing from a facilitated workshop of pooled global tourism and leisure research and practitioner experiences, this session will facilitate the sharing of lessons learnt and will explore future opportunities for shaping future responsible rural development towards ‘recovery’.…