MLitt (Geography)

University of Galway

The discipline of Geography offers supervision in a wide range of research fields spanning both physical and human geography. Admission to a research degree is at the discretion of the research committee of the department, and is based on a proposal from the applicant following discussion with the member of staff whose academic area of interest is most appropriate.

Research Areas

We offer fully supervised and well-resourced MLitt degree programmes located within a vibrant community of academic staff and research students. The calibre of our staff and facilities ensures the highest international levels of support for critical, theoretically innovative research. We provide purpose-designed student workspaces, state-of-the-art laboratories, field equipment and computing facilities. We have strong, multi-disciplinary linkages within the University, and with external national and international organisations.

Our expert research clusters include:

Environmental Change

• Climate change
• Coastal management
• Aeolian sediment transport
• Palaeoclimatology and palaeolimnology
• Dendroecology
• Natural hazards
• GIS and remote sensing

Geopolitics and Governmentality

• Interventionism and development
• Geopolitics, political economy and securitization
• Risk and governmentality
• Environmental justice, postcolonialism and resistance

Planning and Sustainability

• Environmental planning and governance
• Sustainable development and political ecology
• Urban and regional planning
• Cities, technology and creative industries

Rural Studies

• Rural, regional and local development
• Globalisation and rural areas
• Agricultural restructuring
• Population, migration and settlement
• Heritage and tourism