Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Geography and Environment
Human and physical geography, environmental science, and rivers, estuaries and flood risk.
At a glance, 2026–27
- Head of department
- Professor Duncan Lochhead
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Building
- Saltmarsh Building, Riverside site
- Academic staff
- 32
- Students
- 360 undergraduates, 110 taught and 60 research postgraduates
The Department teaches human and physical geography and environmental science, with fieldwork in every year: on the Pontar and its estuary in the first year, and abroad in the second.
It is the home of the Pontar Institute for Rivers and Coasts, which brings together geographers, engineers and biologists working on rivers, estuaries and flood risk.
Subjects
- Physical geography and geomorphology
- Human geography
- Environmental science
- Geographical information systems
- Flood risk and water management
Courses
Undergraduate
Postgraduate taught
- Environment and Sustainability MSc T409
- River and Coastal Flood Risk MSc T410, joint
Postgraduate research
Geography and Environment in the course finder
Research
- Rivers and estuaries
- Sediment, tides and the changing shape of the Pontar estuary.
- Flood risk
- Forecasting high water and planning for flood on tidal rivers.
- Cities and housing
- Student housing, rents and the two banks of a divided city.
Research students are supervised in every area listed. See research at Oxenfurt and the University’s centres and institutes.
Contact
Saltmarsh Building, Riverside site, Riverside Road, Oxenfurt OF1 4RS
Email geography@oxenfurt.uk · Telephone 01632 960671
The department office is open from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
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