Other Microlectures

Pollution and solutions: the plastic predicament from deck to desk - Sally Earthrowl

Sally has spent the last three years at sea with eXXpedition researching the North Pacific Gyre plastic pollution solutions.

Uncharted: A Black woman’s journey through the discipline of geography - Professor Patricia Daley

Patricia will discuss navigating a career in geography as a Black British woman, researching refugee migration in Africa.

Tackling 'shale fail': Reflections on public perceptions - Professor Patrick Devine-Wright

This talk presents findings from the ASSIST research project. Starting from a geological perspective and issues of spatial proximity and sense place, the project also incorporates insights and methods from psychology and computer science.

The lines, which are so very fine - Dr Katy Barrett

‘The lines, which are so very fine’: John Harrison, William Hogarth and the trouble with drawing a line of Longitude. Katy considers how a clockmaker and an engraver played their parts in how the longitude problem was solved on paper, in London, before it could ever be resolved at sea.