0703, 2022

CfP RGS-IBG 2022: Participatory methods for recovery and transformation

PYGYRG_Admin/ March 7, 2022/ Events Archive, News

Sponsorship: Participatory Geographies Research Group (PYGYRG) (confirmed)

Format: hybrid (in-person and online), 2 slots (papers session with multiple 15 minute presentations + questions/discussant, followed by a participant-led roundtable discussion)

Convenors: Caitlin Hafferty (Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire) and Bruna Montuori (School of Architecture, Royal College of Art)

If you would like to take part in the papers presentation, please submit a title and abstract (up to 250 words) to Caitlin Hafferty (caitlinhafferty@connect.glos.ac.uk…

0703, 2022

CfP RGS-IBG 2022: Re-imagining participatory research: Towards the inclusion of marginalized knowledge(s) in a hybrid world

PYGYRG_Admin/ March 7, 2022/ Events Archive, News

Sponsorship: Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group (confirmed) & Participatory Geographies Research Group (confirmed)

Convenors: Susanne Börner, University of Birmingham & Universidade de Sao Paulo, s.borner@bham.ac.uk; Peter Kraftl, University of Birmingham, p.kraftl@bham.ac.uk; Leandro Luiz Giatti, Universidade de Sao Paulo, lgiatti@usp.br…

0111, 2021

RGS-IBG statement on harassment in the academy

PYGYRG_Admin/ November 1, 2021/ News

TW: sexual harassment, abuse, coercive behaviours

The RGS-IBG has released a statement in response to the recent broadcast by Al-Jazeera (https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2021/degrees-of-abuse/). You can read this statement below (original source here). The Participatory Geographies Research Group (PYGYRG) of the RGS-IBG strongly supports this statement and will be continuing discussions around how we can effect change in the culture of academic geography, to help ensure respectful, inclusive, and equitable treatment of everyone.…

2210, 2021

Participation for sustainable, resilient, and equitable futures: Where are we heading?

PYGYRG_Admin/ October 22, 2021/ Blog, Events Archive, News

By: Caitlin Hafferty (Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire), Bruna Montuori (School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, London), Dr Susanne Börner* (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham & School of Public Health, Universidade de Sao Paulo), Kahina Meziant (Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University), Fred Dunwoodie Stirton (Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire), Dr Thea Wingfield (Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool).…

1410, 2021

Decolonial Research Methods: Resisting Coloniality in Academic Knowledge Production

PYGYRG_Admin/ October 14, 2021/ News

Registration for an NCRM webinar series on Decolonial Research Methods is now open! This series may be of particular interest to participatory researchers. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonial-research-methods-webinar-series-tickets-175333205337

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Eminent scholars will explore the topic of decolonial research methods in a new NCRM webinar series.…

2809, 2021

Antipode Foundation “Right to the Discipline” grants

PYGYRG_Admin/ September 28, 2021/ News

The grant offers scholars support to get their research/thoughts into the pages of Antipode. This opportunity is particularly well suited to colleagues in the field of participatory geographies – who are warmly encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is the 28th February 2022.…

2306, 2021

PYGYRG Dissertation Prize 2020 winners

PYGYRG_Admin/ June 23, 2021/ News

Each year, the Participatory Geographies Research Group (PYGYRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 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.…

2505, 2021

RGS-IBG PYGYRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

PYGYRG_Admin/ May 25, 2021/ News

The RGS-IBG Participatory Geographies Research Group (PYGYRG) 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.

*** Deadline: 15th July 2021 ***

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. …