We are entering a time of environmental upheaval. As such, conservationists and geographers must continually analyse relevant and topical issues in a broad, real-world context. This includes understanding contemporary research, critically evaluating its ecological, environmental and interdisciplinary basis, and using this information to inform effective solutions to key problems that are embedded in social, political and economic reality. In this module, you will use and apply knowledge/skills gained throughout the course during in-depth discussions of how current research programmes fit into the wider conservation, geographical and environmental context. In addition, you will write up these evaluations as a series of ‘News and Views’ style commentary articles, as published in the top international journals such as Nature.
Lecture 16, Workshop 16
Editorial worth 50%.
Editorial worth 50%.
Reassessment Method: Like-for-like
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1) Place research ideas and concepts into a wider contemporary conservation and environmental context
2) Appreciate the interplay between pure and applied conservation and environmental studies
3) Review, summarise and commentate on current research topics
4) Synthesise information in the specialist primary peer-reviewed journal literature, and subsequently use it to support a personal opinion
5) Confidently and actively participate in discussions using knowledge developed through critical thinking and in-depth independent library-based research
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