About the project
Most UK GEES undergraduate programs provide little explicit training on the use of literary texts as data sources other than in specialised upper-year modules. As a result students often lack confidence in using literature as data source, inspiration, or method to engage with alternative views on global environments, resources and cultures.
Using texts as ‘data’ is an ethical, cost-effective way of pursuing geographical projects and promotes interdisciplinarity. Employers also expect GEES to be able to communicate with and engage the public on key GEES thematic issues such as sustainability, conservation, geodiversity, global climate change and globalization.
This site aims to provide students with a set of independent, real-world examples to support them in learning these skills, helping students prepare for a competitive job market.
The project team
Professor Deirdre McKay
Professor of Sustainable Development
Expert in Plastic pollution, climate policy, climate change, developing countries/low- and middle-income countries.
- William Smith: WS1.28
- +44 (0) 1782 733601
- d.c.mckay@keele.ac.uk
Dr Lisa Lau
Senior Lecturer
- William Smith: WS1.29
- +44 (0) 1782 733613
- l.lau@keele.ac.uk
Dr Peter Knight
Reader in Geography
- William Smith: WS1.40
- +44 (0) 1782 734304
- p.g.knight@keele.ac.uk