Geography and Environmental Science Research Group
Understanding, living in and managing a changing world
We aim to make a difference through fundamental and applied research.
The world is changing fast and the global population has many challenges to face. Our research tackles fundamental problems affecting life on earth today and in the future, but we also look into the past as a way of informing the future. We aim to deepen understanding of the challenges facing people today and in the future through the exploration and investigation of the environmental and social worlds in which we live and the processes and structures that shape them.
Our research is diverse thematically and geographically, using a wide variety of methods. Our research matters - we work with many stakeholders, including commercial organisations, NGOs, institutes, museums, government agencies, local and national governments. We welcome enquiries from people interested in doing postgraduate research with us.
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Discovery research vessel
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Studying sediment sequences
Tocuila, Mammoth site, Mexico where at least 7 mammoths were embedded in a lahar (volcanic mudflow) 10,500 yrs ago
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Environmental forensic investigation
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Glaciology in Bolivia
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Sampling a polluted river
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Oldest polluted river
These sediments are from the Wadi Faynan in Jordan, the oldest anthropogenically polluted river (7240-6990 yrs old)
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Deep sea sampling gear
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Understanding Neolithic environments
Coring in the Maltese Islands to understand Neolithic environments and human impact
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Climate change - Neanderthal populations
We are investigating the impact of climate change on Neanderthal populations at Shanidar Cave, Iraq
Our expertise and projects
Sustainable societies
Sustainable environments
Environmental change
Collaborations
Commercial organisations
Institutes
Projects and programmes
NGOs
State bodies and regulators
Universities
Facilities and equipment
We share the Faculty of Science facilities and equipment
News
Recently published papers
- 'Are your hands clean? Pollen retention on the human hand after washing' Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- 'Issues of theory and method in the analysis of Paleolithic mortuary behavior: A view from Shanidar Cave' Evolutionary Anthropology
- 'Elevation Changes of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Interior During the Last Deglaciation' Geophysical Research Letters
Contact us
We undertake research throughout the UK and internationally. Please contact us if you are interested in working with us:
Email:
Jason Kirby - J.R.Kirby@ljmu.ac.uk or
Chris Hunt - C.O.Hunt@ljmu.ac.uk
Staff profiles
Learn more about research staff at LJMU. This includes their areas of expertise and our world-renowned research.
Visit our external staff directory to view their profiles.
