RGS-IBG Postgraduate Mid Term Conference

Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers' Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference 2012 Postgraduate Forum Mid-Term Conference 2012

This year’s theme is ‘Geographical Reflections’. We would like postgraduates to critically explore the nature of their own work with a view to considering the past, present and future geographies within their sub-discipline and within the wider discipline. This could include: reflecting on how postgraduate work has furthered debates in geography; how postgraduates have developed new and innovative methodologies; how postgraduates have challenged previous geographical work; and how postgraduates feel the discipline will develop in the future. However, postgraduates should feel comfortable completely ignoring this theme if they want, or giving it only a light touch. The central aim of the conference is to provide a supportive environment to present your research.

We welcome contributions to this conference from postgraduates from across the UK and beyond. Be it a first year literary review, a second year methodological paper, a third year exploration of data or a fourth year summary of findings, it is hoped that the conference will provide an opportunity to test and float ideas amongst an environment of peers, as well as foster interaction between postgraduates working on similar topics in different departments and disciplines.