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Creating pathways to leadership in Geography HE – Panel discussion (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025)
August 28 @ 4:50 pm – 6:30 pm
This event is part of the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025
Panel:
- Convenor: Sonja Rewhorn, The Open University
- Convenor: Vicky Johnson, The Open University
- Convenor: Matt Finn, University of Exeter
Description:
The higher education landscape is changing, with precarity, whether this is institutional restructures, shrinkages within universities, dissolution of geography departments or the ever-growing workload. As leaders or aspiring leaders, questions are emerging on how we support ourselves and others as leaders or how to become leaders, during current precarious times. Furthermore, leadership covers various elements from managers and performance management, leading or supporting through change, leading modules, programmes, learning and teaching or wider pedagogic themes such as employability or generative AI. What is more, there is limited literature on leadership in geography in higher education. This panel discussion will discuss how we can creatively support ourselves and others through our leadership aspirations. Topics will, but not be restricted to:
- Control vs empowerment of both leaders and those they work with
- Creating a pathway to leadership
- Creative empowerment to deal with the short-term crisis whilst still retaining the long-term goals
- Using creativity to overcome obsessions with output and financial driven performance