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Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

Join us on the 9th of October 2025 for an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
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3D perspective view of a buried glacier on Mars, generated from images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Sean Doran

Dr Frances Butcher receives £1.8m Royal Society University Research Fellowship to investigate the glacial and climate history of Mars

The eight-year University Research Fellowship from The Royal Society will focus on poorly understood water-ice glaciers on Mars, which contain archives of martian climate information and could inform future human missions to the planet.
Timothy Joubert

New research project explores how collective ownership could protect, improve and democratise crucial public services

A new Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship sees Dr Timothy Joubert join the School of Geography and Planning to investigate how public-commons partnerships can be realised through collaboration between local governments and community organisations.
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Geography at Sheffield recognised for advancement of gender equality

We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award for commitment to the advancement of gender equality within the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield.
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International recognition for MPlan Urban Studies and Planning

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning is delighted to have received accreditation from the Institute of Town Planners, India, for our MPlan undergraduate degree.

Jeremy Ely Lewis Penny award

Dr Jeremy Ely wins research award

The Lewis Penny Medal 2024 was awarded by the QRA to Dr Ely for his significant contribution of Quaternary research.

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The housing crisis is a result of failing housing policy, experts say

A call for a new integrated government housing strategy to address the housing crisis is the centre of a new report from the London School of Economics and commissioned by the Family Building Society.
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New research reveals challenges posed by austerity, Brexit and COVID-19 for international town-twinning partnerships

Research by USP Academic Dr Tosh Warwick has shed new light on transnational town-twinning history and the challenges posed by Brexit, the pandemic and austerity.