This module provides students with a sound grasp of the characteristics of the full range of geological and geotechnical hazards, the mechanisms and processes...

Geological and Geotechnical Hazards (GEOL0062)

This module provides students with a sound grasp of the characteristics of the full range of geological and geotechnical hazards, the mechanisms and processes associated with their formation and occurrence, and their potential socio-economic and environmental impacts. Topics covered include hazardous natural processes, interconnected and multiple hazards, earthquake hazards, volcanic hazards, tsunamis, landslides, hazardous waste, resource risk, and dam and reservoir safety.

This course critically explores the history and current state of political geography and geopolitics and examines empirical issues from the vantage point of...

Political Geography and Geopolitics (GEOG0025)

This course critically explores the history and current state of political geography and geopolitics and examines empirical issues from the vantage point of the spatiality and materiality of politics and power. The course develops the complementary insights that politics and power are fundamentally spatial, that geographical phenomena have political dimensions and implications, and that geographic space is infused with both power and political potential.

The course aims to equip students with:

an understanding of political geography and geopolitics as fields of enquiry
	knowledge of key perspectives, debates and developments in these fields
	an ability to engage critically with research in these fields
	an ability to use core concepts to think about political geographic and geopolitical issues
	knowledge of relevant examples and case studies
	a sense of methodological issues and challenges in these fields
This module changes from year to year, depending on staff availability. These topics have been taught in the past, and are indicative of the kinds of topics that might appear:

Territory

Security

Identities

Bodies

Statecraft

Urban geopolitics

Material politics

Controversies

Politics of truth

Recommended reading
In preparation for the module, we advise reading the following core texts. These can be read via UCL Explore:

Agnew, J. (2019) ‘Political Geography’, in the International Encyclopedia of Geography https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0382.pub2
 