Geology for Global Development is looking to expand their remit of activities to engage a wider range of postgraduate and undergraduate students in international development, particularly in areas where knowledge of earth processes is invaluable. The project has three components:
- Continue the successful invited speaker series, from within and external to the University.
- After two successful OpenStreetMap ‘Mapathons’ last year, more of these will be run to offer an opportunity to all students to take part in an activity making a real contribution to humanitarian aid.
- In addition, the project wants to further engage motivated students, with skills and ideas to offer, directly in International Development research efforts at the University of Bristol. This will take the form of a series of workshops run by GfGD, in collaboration with internal and external partners, where students can contribute to a specific research project. By the end of the workshop programme, the students, as a group, will be able to produce a report, dataset or a piece of work that will advance the research in some way. A first project contributing to hydrogeology research in Myanmar for Hydrogeologists Without Borders UK, in collaboration with Dr Mark Trigg, has already been identified.
Mark Trigg (Geographical Sciences) and co-applicants Emily White (Chemistry), Serginio Remmelzwaal and Ryan Lloyd (Earth Sciences) are coordinating the project.