Urban Geography Research Group (UGRG) Dissertation Prizes 2024

The Urban Geography Research Group is pleased to announce its annual prize for the best undergraduate dissertation based on original research in any area of urban geography.

The prize is open to undergraduate students studying at a UK university who submitted their dissertations in the 2022-2023 academic year. Dissertations should be of an outstanding (e.g. first class undergraduate) standard and could cover conceptual, empirical or methodological aspects )of urban research. Work should not exceed 12,000 words.

The winner will receive £100. Two further candidates judged to be highly commended will receive £50 each. All three award recipients will have their dissertations featured on the UGRG website.

Please note: the entries should be nominated to the Urban Geography Research Group by the author’s head of department or supervisor.

Please send the following via email with the subject “UGRG Dissertation Submission” to Dr. Daniel Gutierrez at daniel.gutierrez@udl.cat no later than 31 December 2023.

  • PDF file of the dissertation
  • Copy of dissertation regulations
  • Email address for the student, which will be valid after the end of the academic year (in the case of institutional addresses which expire)

Deadline: 31 December 2023