Geography
College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies,
School of Geography and Archaeology
Course overview
Programmes available
MLitt (Geography), part-time
Entry requirements
Areas of interest
We offer fully supervised and well-resourced MLitt degree programmes located within a vibrant community of academic staff and research students. The calibre of our staff and facilities ensures the highest international levels of support for critical, theoretically innovative research. We provide purpose-designed student workspaces, state-of-the-art laboratories, field equipment and computing facilities. We have strong, multi-disciplinary linkages within the University, and with external national and international organisations.
Our expert research clusters include:
Environmental Change
• Climate change
• Coastal management
• Aeolian sediment transport
• Palaeoclimatology and palaeolimnology
• Dendroecology
• Natural hazards
• GIS and remote sensing
Geopolitics and Governmentality
• Interventionism and development
• Geopolitics, political economy and securitization
• Risk and governmentality
• Environmental justice, postcolonialism and resistance
Planning and Sustainability
• Environmental planning and governance
• Sustainable development and political ecology
• Urban and regional planning
• Cities, technology and creative industries
Rural Studies
• Rural, regional and local development
• Globalisation and rural areas
• Agricultural restructuring
• Population, migration and settlement
• Heritage and tourism
Researcher profiles
Dr. Mary Cawley
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/cawley.html
Dr. Frances Fahy
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/fahy.html
Prof. Séamus Grimes
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/grimes.html
Dr. Kieran Hickey
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/hickey.html
Dr. Valerie Ledwith
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/ledwith.html
Dr. Kevin Lynch
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/lynch.html
Dr. John McDonagh
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/mcdonagh.html
Dr. Marie Mahon
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/mahon.html
Dr. John Morrissey
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/morrissey.html
Prof. Micheál Ó Cinnéide
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/cinn.html
Dr. Aaron Potito
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/potito.html
Dr. Anna Stanley
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/stanley.html
Prof. Ulf Strohmayer
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/ulf.html
Dr. Chaosheng Zhang
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/zhang.html
Dr. Kathy Reilly
www.nuigalway.ie/geography/staff/reilly.html
Find out more
Dr. Aaron Potito
T 353 (0)91 49 3936
E aaron.potito@nuigalway.ie
www.nuigalway.ie/courses/geography-research
PAC code
MLitt (full-time) GYB22
MLitt (part-time) GYB23
Current project
DERREG—Developing Europe's Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization: Link to DERREG information
CONSENSUS—CONSumption, ENvironment and SUStainability in Ireland: http://www.consensus.ie/
ANCORIM—Atlantic Network for Coastal Risk Management: Link to ANCORIM information
Fees for this course
Current Students

Mary Jo Lavelle
PhD in Geography 2009 - present
‘Undertaking a Ph.D. in Geography at NUI, Galway has been an extremely positive and enriching experience.
Under the guidance and direction of my supervisor, I have developed and enhanced a broad range of independent
research skills and academic competencies. Conducting research in Geography, with its highly supportive academic learning environment and dedicated postgraduate workspaces, has also provided me with numerous exciting opportunities to present my research at international conferences and colloquiums, as well as giving me the opportunity to teach. I would highly recommend a postgraduate research position in Geography for any student aspiring to gain essential skills and competencies for copious career prospects’.

