Resources

Decolonising UK Earth Science Report

In September 2023 we held a workshop at the British Geological Survey to share knowledge on topics around decolonising UK Earth Science. Our reflections and summary of this workshop have been published in an article in Geoscientist, the magazine of the Geological Society of London.

Citation: Williams, R., Mills, K. & Lawrence, A. Decolonising UK Earth Science. Geoscientist 34 (2), 50-53, 2024; https://doi.org/10.1144/geosci2024-019

Recording of the event is coming soon!

LGBTQIA+ Earth Scientists

Help celebrate and support our LGBTQIA+ community with our infographic. We feature some Earth Scientists who are known to have been, or may have been, part of the LGBTQIA+ community and give some action points for making Earth Science more inclusive.

Anthropocene

An infographic on the Anthropocene, the challenges with its definition, and living in the Anthropocene. This is a compressed version to limit file size. For a high resolution A3 version, please contact us.

Secret Scientists

An infographic about some of the scientists who made important advances in geological science that are overlooked.

Parachute Palaeontology

An infographic on the phenomenon termed ‘parachute science’ or ‘helicopter science’ which is a neo-colonial practice in modern science.

Geovandalism

An infographic about the importance of preserving sites of geological significance and the problem of geovandalism

The Geological Time Scale

An infographic about other frameworks of understanding geological time and stratigraphy.

First Digs

An infographic about the behaviour known as ‘firsting’.

The first (known) geological map?

An infographic about the first known geological map, before William Smith.

Hidden Histories Showcase video

The Decolonising UK Earth Science project is an AHRC-NERC funded project exploring the hidden histories of UK Earth Science institutions and geological knowledge and how we can address this through a decolonising pedagogy and curriculum approach.