Prof. Oliver Coomes Environment and Development in Latin America. Peasant economy, Cultural ecology, Environmental conservation and economic development. Current research on traditional agriculture and rainforest extraction, and peasant adaptation to environmental and economic change in Amazonia. Prof. Gordon Ewing Behavioral and urban geography. My main interest is in how people and households make choices that have environmental and spatial dimensions.
Current research focuses on testing for links between urban structure and travel behaviour.
Prof. Christian Kull International development, political ecology, social aspects of environmental transformations. Christian s current work focuses on the long-standing conflict between rural farmers, the state, and environmentalists in Madagascar over the issue of pasture fires and forest burning. Prof. Michel Lapointe Fluvial geomorphology. Sediment transport mechanics in rivers. Prof. John Lewis Climatology and remote sensing.