Audience sat in the Ondaatje Theatre at the Society.

What's on

Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.

 

 

 

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Exhibition

Exploration now: fieldwork and expeditions today

Discover how exploration thrives today through Society-supported expeditions.

Non-Society event

Products of Change conference

Join the conference to discover how future-fit businesses are cutting costs, building resilience, and leading transformation across brand, licensing, and retail.

Webinar

Choose geography: careers in ecosystems and conservation

A webinar for secondary school students showcasing how the geography they learn in the classroom is applied to real-world jobs in the conservation sector.

Non-Society event

AGI GeoCom: Sovereign data, shared futures

GeoCom 2026 is a one day, thought leadership style conference for the geospatial sector.

Non-Society event

Tanners London tasting

Join the Tanner London annual winter event, Tanners London Tasting at The Royal Geographical Society.

Workshop

Getting started with ArcGIS - November 2026

This CPD event in November is for teachers with little or no previous GIS experience.

£22.50 - £30.00
Lecture

Global Governance: an A Level journey

The North West regional committee's annual schools lecture by Professor Emma Mawdsley.

Lecture

To Lhasa and beyond: Thomas Manning and the making of early British sinology

This Be Inspired talk by Dr Edward Weech reassesses Thomas Manning’s distinctive place in the early history of British Sinology.

Lecture

The National Emergency Briefing and a quiet wave of community action

Can watching a film about climate change inspire people to take action? Dr Richard Clarke explores the impacts of the People’s Emergency Briefing, a film exploring the risks of climate change and nature loss.

Monday Night Lecture

The Goliath expedition - Karl Bushby

Join explorer Karl Bushby for the extraordinary story of his 28-year, 31,000-mile journey on foot from the southern tip of Chile to his home in Hull, overcoming some of the world's greatest challenges.

Monday Night Lecture

Following in the footsteps of Frank Hurley - Frans Lanting

Fascinated by Hurley’s work, Frans will discuss retracing his footsteps with a Kodak VPK camera, from South Georgia to Elephant Island and into the Wendell Sea, pitching a camp less than 50 miles from where Endurance was trapped in pack ice.

Workshop

Educational visits coordinator training (EVC) - 17 November

Essential training for new EVCs responsible for the policies and practice around risk management for out-of-school visits.

£252.00 - £280.00