NEW How did ancient cities adapt to changes and overcome crises? By applying resilience theory to Northern Mesopotamian urban centres, researchers empirically analyse how settlement networks and connectivity changed over time.
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🏺 #Archaeology
RiscBal welcomed @geogdurham.bsky.social students last week with two field trips:
1. Exploring the Flash-Flood Early Warning System in the Balearic Islands at Ca n’Amer River catchment.
2. Learning about ecogeomorphic modelling in Mediterranean catchments at Sa Font de la Vila River catchment.
We are looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Physical Geography who who has expertise in the field of Earth Observation. Application deadline 10th May, with a possible start date of 1st October. Further details can be found here:
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🌱 Fully Funded PhD Opportunity @ University of Exeter! 🌱
Study how NEOM’s regreening is shaping productivity in arid landscapes.
Join TESS Lab using Earth Observation, ML, and field data to understand what effective regreening looks like.
Land degradation remains one of the most serious and persistent global challenges. This deserves to be a global priority for science, policy, and more.
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Another paper out from the I-CONN network. Well done Deborah
New paper out 🥳
In "#Urban #resilience in Ancient #Mesopotamia: insights into the socioeconomic system of the Bronze and Iron Age Khabur Valley", we are mapping network metrics of urban dynamics onto #Holling's adaptive cycle.
Full open-access paper here: doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Are you thinking of enrolling on a Masters programme? Look no further! We have two suites (with a choice of three programmes in each) - one on Risk and (all new for 2026) one on Sustainable Futures. For more information please visit our website: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Delighted that our paper led by Deborah Priß "The social behind the physical" on connectivity of Bronze and Iron Age societies is now out in Journal of Archaeological Science. It's available Open Access at authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
We're advertising an @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD position on modelling ecosystem resilience/vegetation patterning with @ecogeo.bsky.social, Denis Patterson, Roy Sanderson, and John Wainright! Keen to chat with anyone trained in geography/maths/ecology/physics etc.
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Antiquity Journal
RiscBal
Andy Cunliffe
Geography at Durham
Laura Turnbull-Lloyd
Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Deborah Priß
Geography at Durham
Andrew Krause
John Wainwright
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
