Shackleton Medal

Shackleton Medal: for leadership and citizenship in a geographical field, in particular in the fields and current themes of most concern to RSGS. This was awarded first in 2009. Its recipients include the Scottish Parliament Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change Committee, and Craig Sams & Jo Fairley.

2023 Professor Laurence Tubiana
2022 Hugh Andrew
2018 Polly Higgins
2016 Laurent Fabius, Christiana Figueres and Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
2014 Lord Smith of Kelvin and the people of Glasgow
2012 Craig Sams & Jo Fairley
2011 Eriel Tchekwe Deranger
2009 Scottish Parliament Transport, Infrastructure & Climate Change Committee

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.

Bronze Medal

The Bronze Medal was awarded for outstanding public service in which Geography has played an important part, either by exploration, by administration, or in other directions where its principles have been applied to the benefit of the human race.
W S Bruce Medal

The W S Bruce Medal is awarded for some notable contribution to Zoology, Botany, Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography or Geography, where new knowledge has been gained through a personal visit to polar regions.
Newbigin Prize

The Newbigin Prize is awarded for the most notable contribution to the Scottish Geographical Journal, or any other RSGS publication, during the previous year.
Honorary Fellowship

An Honorary Fellowship is awarded in recognition of services to the Society and to the wider discipline of geography. Since 2008, medallists of the RSGS have automatically been made Honorary Fellows.
President's Award

The President’s Award recognises achievement and celebrates the impact of geographers’ work on wider society.
Bartholomew Globe

The Bartholomew Globe is awarded for excellence in the assembly, delivery or application of geographical information through cartography, GIS and related techniques.
Joy Tivy Education Medal

The Joy Tivy Education Medal is awarded for exemplary, outstanding and inspirational teaching, educational policy or work in formal and informal educational arenas.
Geddes Environment Medal

The Geddes Environment Medal is awarded for an outstanding practical, research or communications contribution to conservation and protection of the natural environment and the development of sustainability.
Mungo Park Medal

The Mungo Park Medal is awarded for an outstanding contribution to geographical knowledge through exploration or adventure in potentially hazardous physical or social environments.
Livingstone Medal

The Livingstone Medal is awarded for outstanding service of a humanitarian nature with a clear geographical dimension. It was awarded first in 1901.