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Digital Geographies Research Group (DGRG)

The Digital Geographies Research Group (DGRG) is pleased to offer a prize to the best undergraduate dissertation in any area of digital geography* which is based upon original research and demonstrates a high degree of critical analysis and/or innovative and sophisticated methodology.

The successful prize winner, as selected by the DGRG Committee, will be awarded a prize of £100 and will also have the opportunity to showcase their work through the DGRG website and social media channels. You can find an interview with our 2023 winner on the Digital Geographies Research Group YouTube channel.

Dissertations should normally be of first-class standard and nominated by Heads of Department or dissertation supervisors as appropriate. Departments should not submit more than one dissertation for consideration.

Only dissertations submitted during this academic year (unless affected by the 2023 marking and assessment boycott) by students enrolled on an undergraduate degree programme at a university in Europe, and written in English, will be considered. This is not limited to being a part of a geography department, but the dissertation should meet the prize’s definition of digital geography research.

Submissions should include the following:

A PDF file of the dissertation.
Supporting statement (including final mark, feedback, and reasons for nomination).
An email address for the student that will be live beyond the end of their studies (for instance a personal email address where institutional addresses expire following graduation).

Submissions and any enquiry should be sent to jack.lowe.2017@rhul.ac.uk (Jack Lowe, Royal Holloway University of London).

Deadline: to be announced.