Call for Sponsored Sessions at RGS-IBG 2018.

PYGYRG_Admin/ January 29, 2019/ News

The Committee of the Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRg) would like to invite proposals for sessions to be sponsored by the PyGyRg at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (RGS-IBG).

The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2018, which will be chaired by Professor Paul Milbourne (Cardiff University), will have as its theme “Geographical landscapes / changing landscapes of geography.”…

PYGYRG Away weekend report, Reading, July 2017

PYGYRG_Admin/ January 29, 2019/ News

On Saturday 1st July and Sunday 2nd July we held our annual participatory geographies away weekend. This year we were in Reading and we partnered with the Reading Participation Lab who ran a great workshop on Friday 30th June which explored how we could achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals using participatory approaches.…

PYGYRG Chair Vacany.

PYGYRG_Admin/ January 29, 2019/ News

A message from PyGyRg Chair Prof Jenny Pickerill.

Dear all,

My tenure as Chair of the RGS Participatory Geographies Research Group ends at the end of August this year. Unfortunately as much as I have loved the role I am not able to continue in it.…

Call for applications for RGS Conference Guest passes

PYGYRG_Admin/ January 29, 2019/ News

Each year PYGYRG are allocated 6 days worth of free passes to the RGS-IBG Annual Conference. These are available to non-academics (activists, research partners etc) who wish to participate in a session but do not have access to funding to register for the whole conference.…