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After receiving the most amount of votes from students, George Foden is the winner of the Human Geography Zone! He has won £500 to spend on more science engagement activities. Here’s what he had to say about he victory:

“Thank you all so much for taking part in the Human Geography Zone, and for asking such interesting and challenging questions over the last three weeks. I am very surprised and excited to have been the winner of this zone, so I want to say a massive thank you for voting for me!

This was a really unique and exciting experience for me to take part in, so I want to say thank you to all the students and teachers who signed up and took part, and to the I’m a Scientist Team who helped all of the sessions run so we could make the most of our time answering questions. I’d also like to say thank you to the other geographers, as I also learned a lot from some of their answers in the chats.

I hope that all the students that took part found it as interesting as I did, as I really enjoyed the challenge of responding to such a wide variety of questions in the live chats and the Ask tab. The experience of having to explain my job to a group of people with such wide interests was really useful for helping to get a better understanding of how to talk about my work in a way that makes sense, and boosted my confidence in talking about a wide range of topics in human geography.

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Thanks to all the students, geographers and teachers that have taken part in the Human Geography Zone! It has been a fab 3 weeks. We hope you’ve enjoyed it – and we hope you’ve learnt something about what it’s like being a human geographer. There have been some excellent questions asked by students.Here are some of my favourites – click to read the answers! Throughout the Zone students have been voting for their favourite geographer.That geographer will win £500 to spend on more STEM engagement. We are pleased to announce that the winner is… 🥇George Foden George studies the links between post-disaster shelter and housing reconstruction and long-term community resilience George received the most votes from the students! 🎉 Congratulations! 🥳 Though the Zone has come to an end, you can view it at any time, to look back at the geographers’ profiles, and see the answers they gave. We … Continue reading →

🥇John McLaverty John is the youth campaigner for Oxfam GB! This means he organises events for young people that demonstrate the great work Oxfam does around the world. John received the most votes from the students this week! 🎉 Congratulations! 🥳 Students, there is still one week left of the zone so don’t forget there’s still time to Ask, Vote and Chat! Who will be the winner? Students get a new vote every week. Choose wisely! Mod Max and the Human geography Zone team

🥇George Foden

George researches the links between post-disaster shelter and housing reconstruction and long-term community resilience.

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