Geology for Global Development

Dr Joel C. Gill

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.

4th GfGD Annual Conference – Geology and the SDGs (Registration Open)

September 22, 2016
4th GfGD Annual Conference – Geology and the SDGs (Registration Open)
GfGD 3rd Annual Conference (Geology and the Global Goals for Sustainable Development)

Registration for the next GfGD Annual Conference is now open! 4th GfGD Annual Conference – Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals Friday 4th November 2016 (registration open from 9.45 am, for a 10.20 am start), hosted and supported by the Geological Society of London (Burlington House, Piccadilly, London). Register here: http://gfgdconference2016.eventbrite.co.uk/ (£5 students/unwaged ...[Read More]

35th International Geological Congress (Cape Town, South Africa)

August 16, 2016
35th International Geological Congress (Cape Town, South Africa)
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Credit: Joyce Schmatz (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The past few months have been busy with other work, and unfortunately I’ve not been able to post much on here. I’m hoping to get back to regular posts over the coming weeks, starting with a note on GfGD involvement in the 35th International Geological Congress (IGC) in Cape Town later this month. The IGC takes place every four years, and is a flagship event of the International Union o ...[Read More]

#EGU16: Geoscience and the Sustainable Development Goals

April 18, 2016

At #EGU16? On Thursday we’ll be partnering with Parsquake and academics from the University of Tübingen to host an interactive, public splinter meeting on “Geoscience and the Sustainable Development Goals“! We’ll be posting resources from the meeting on our website after the event.

GfGD at EGU16 – Summary Poster

April 12, 2016

Attending #EGU16? Come along to one of the events in the image above to find out more about our work, and the role of geoscience in global development frameworks! Not attending EGU16?  We’ll be posting slides/poster downloads from all GfGD contributions on our website after the event. You can see some commentary throughout the week on both the GfGD Twitter feed (@Geo_Dev) and my personal account ( ...[Read More]