Governance Documents

The RSGS’s governing constitution (Articles of Association), current strategic plan, latest accounts and latest AGM minutes can be downloaded here.

RSGS Articles of Association, updated and approved on 20 March 2015 (0.4 MB).

RSGS Strategic Plan 2017-22.

Annual Report & Accounts 2021-22 (8.8 MB).

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting for 2021-22, held in Perth and via Zoom on 28th March 2023.

Future Generations Fund

Please help us to build a Future Generations Fund to better resource the work we can do with and for young people.

Latest

“…if you go down to the woods today…”

In this photo essay, Ted Leeming explores current forestry policy, practices and management in the UK & Scotland in 2023.
J Norman Collie: from a chemistry lab to the Columbian Icefield

RSGS Writer-in-Residence reflects on the life of climber and pioneering chemist J Norman Collie, who made the first neon display tubes.
Alice Roberts: Ancestors

Anthropologist and presenter Professor Alice Roberts will be speaking at the University of Strathclyde on Saturday 20th January for her talk titled “Ancestors”, based on her book of the same name.
Beyond the Map Podcast

In a new podcast titled Beyond the Map, Professor Jo Sharp looks beyond the obvious to understand the hidden geographies that make our world.

Innovative Projects

We develop exciting projects to inspire public audiences, influence policy-makers, and solve complex problems.
Heritage Collections

We conserve and curate heritage collections of more than 100,000 historical and contemporary maps, and a wide variety of books, artefacts and archives.
University Research

We promote geographical research in Scottish universities, offer ‘knowledge exchange’ opportunities, and publish a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Schools Education

We are a champion for geographical education in Scottish schools, involved in policy discussions, promoting geography in schools, and projects.
Informing Policy

We engage in policy discussions with national government departments, international bodies, local authorities, community organisations, schools, universities, companies, NGOs and others.
Our Influence

We are at the heart of a community of interest – an RSGS family of individuals and organisations working together, part of an international network of geographical expertise and achievement.
The Geographer

We publish an attractive and informative quarterly magazine, The Geographer.
Our Impact

We provide informed, intelligent, insightful commentary on world issues from a geographical perspective.
Public Events

Inspiring People talks (face-to-face and online), award presentation events, and special events at our HQ in Perth.
Our Philosophy

The Royal Scottish Geographical Society is a dynamic educational charity with far-reaching influence and a mission to inspire and inform.