Research Groups

Animal Geography Working Group (AGWG)

• Social Media/Website Officer: Manages the AGWG's twitter account, website and blog (Initial one year term)

• Postgraduate Rep: Supports and advances the interests of postgraduate animal geographers to the Research Group. Contributes to the wider Postgraduate Forum of the Society (one year term)

• Events/Conference Officer: Co-ordinates the logistics and organisation of future AGWG events (in collaboration with other committee members). Co-ordinates AGWG sponsorship of sessions at annual RGS-IBG Conference, organises an annual AGWG lunch at the RGS-IBG Conference (Initial one year term)

The Animal Geography Working Group are on twitter and online

 

British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) 

• Junior Deputy Chair of the Society

• Honorary Secretary

• Vice Chair Publications

• Education and Outreach Secretary

​To apply please email richard.williams@glasgow.ac.uk

 

Carceral Geography Working Group (CGWG)​

• Chair (three year term)

• Secretary and Communications Lead (three year term)

• Early Career Representative (three year term)

• Ordinary member (Open-ended)

Further information about these roles can be found here.

 

Climate Change Research Group (CCRG)

• CMRG Chair

• CMRG Secretary

• CMRG Communications Officer

 

Coastal and Marine Research Group (CMRG)

• Chair

• Secretary

• Communications Officer

Further information about available roles can be found here.

 

Development Geographies Research Group (DevGRG)

​Email developmentgeographies.rgs@gmail.com for details. 

 

Digital Geographies Research Group (DGRG)

• ​Chair - Representative of the research group and leader of the committee

• Events Coordinator - Coordinates the research group activities with the support of the committee

• Ordinary Member - Represent our membership

Digital Geographies Working Group website

 

Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG)

TBC
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Energy Geographies Research Group (EnGRG)

• Chair

• Treasurer

• Secretary

• Communications Officer (Website and Twitter)

• Communications Officer (Email)

• Awards Co-ordinator (Undergraduate Awards)

• Early Career Researcher (ECR) Representative

• Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Representative

• Undergraduate Researcher (UGR) Representative

• General Committee Member

Further information about roles can be found here.

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Food Geographies Research Group (FGRG)

• Postgraduate rep

• Early career officer

• Digital officer

• Conference officer

• Dissertation prize coordinator

Food Geographies working group website.

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Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group (GFGRG)

• Conference co-ordinator

• Dissertation prize co-ordinator

• Social media co-ordinator

• Web co-ordinator

 

Geographical Information Science Research Group (GIScRG)

​TBC

 

Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group (GCYFRG) 

• Chair

• Early Career Officer

• Mentor Officer

• Postgraduate Officer

Further information about available roles can be found here.
 

Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group (GHWRG)

• Chair

• Secretary

• Postgraduate Representative

• Early career representative

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) coordinator (three years)

• Communications coordinator (includes Website/Newsletter/Mailing List/Social Media) (three years)

• Ordinary Members (two positions, three years)

Further information about available roles can be found here.

 

Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG)

TBC

 

Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)

TBC

 

Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG)

TBC

 

History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG)

TBC

 

Latin American Geographies Research Group (LAGRG)

TBC

 

Participatory Geographies Research Group (PyGyRG)

TBC

 

Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG)

TBC

 

Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG)

Chair (one position, three years)

Vice-Chair (one position, three years)

Secretary (one position, three years)

Treasurer (one position, three years)

Postgraduate representative (two positions, one year)

Early career representative (one position, one year)

Ordinary Member (one position, three years)

Further information about available roles can be found here.

 

Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG)

TBC

 

Postgraduate Forum (PGF)

• Chair (must be current Postgraduate Fellow of the RGS-IBG)

• Secretary (must be be current Postgraduate Fellow of the RGS-IBG)

• Events Officer

• Inclusivity Officer

• Social Media Officer

• Ordinary member

​Further information about available roles can be found here.

 

Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG)

TBC

 

Race, Culture and Equality Working Group (RACE)

TBC
 

Radical Geography Research Group (RadGeo)

TBC

 

Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG)

TBC

 

Social and Cultural Geography Research Group (SCGRG)

TBC

 

Space Sexualities and Queer Research Group (SSQRG)

TBC

 

Transport Geography Research Group (TGRG)

TBC

 

Urban Geography Research Group (UGRG)

TBC