Earlier this year we announced the winners of our Blog Competition. We were very pleased to present the winners with their prizes and certificates at the recent GfGD Conference. From left to right… David Litchfield (Best Photograph), Philip Irwin (Best Blog), Robin Wylie (Best Blog), Rosalie Tostevin (GfGD National Committee) and Professor Alan Lord (Secretary for Foreign & External Affairs, Geological Society)
Credit: Geology for Global Development, 2013
Joel is the Founder/Director of
Geology for Global Development (
@Geo_Dev) an organisation working to support geologists to make a sustainable contribution to the fight against global poverty. He is an
interdisciplinary researcher, with a PhD in geography (natural hazards), and research interests in multi-hazard frameworks, disaster risk reduction, rural water projects, and sustainable development. This work has taken him to Chile, China, Guatemala, India, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Joel is currently based at the British Geological Survey, and tweets at
@JoelCGill.