Prof Sarah Davies
BA Geography, University of Sheffield; MRes, PhD, University of Edinburgh

Professor
Head of Department (Geography)
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: sjd@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0994-0440
- Office: K12, Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622585
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
I joined DGES in September 2002 as a lecturer in Physical Geography and Environmental Science. I was appointed Senior Lecturer in October 2008 .My research focuses on reconstructing climatic and environmental change using evidence from lake sediments. I am particularly interested in the interactions between people, climate and environment over a range of timescales. Most of my work to date has focused in tropical regions such as Mexico and Ethiopia, where I am involved in ongoing projects. Closer to home, I also work on sedimentary and historical records of climatic variability and extreme weather and their impacts in Wales and the UK.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- EAM1120 - Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis
- GS23920 - Quaternary Environmental Change
Lecturer
- GS35320 - Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- GS34040 - Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS12520 - An introduction to Earth Materials
- EAM4660 - Dissertation in Environmental Change Impacts and Adaptation
- EAM1120 - Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis
Coordinator
- GS23920 - Quaternary Environmental Change
- EAM1120 - Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis
Tutor
Grader
Attendance Dept Admin
- DA10020 - Byw mewn Byd Peryglus
- DA10320 - Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
- DA10520 - Cefn gwlad a'r ddinas: prosesau o newid a gwrthdaro
- DA11520 - Sut i Greu Planed
- DA20820 - Astudio Cymru Gyfoes
- DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
- DA25420 - Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
- DA25520 - Prosesau Rhewlifol ac Afonol
- DA31240 - Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg
- DA31720 - Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig
- DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
- DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
- DA34220 - Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/Prif Bwnc
- GS00420 - Environmental Management
- GS00820 - Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
- GS01120 - Information in a Post-Truth World
- GS09320 - How to be a Student 2
- GS09520 - How to be a Student 1
- GS09620 - The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
- GS09720 - Introduction to Social Science
- GS09820 - Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
- GS09920 - Introduction to Humanities
- GS10020 - Living in a Dangerous World
- GS10220 - The city & the country: processes of conflict & changes
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
- GS10720 - Life on Earth
- GS11320 - Fieldwork Skills
- GS11520 - How to Build a Planet
- GS12520 - An introduction to Earth Materials
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS14220 - Place and Identity
- GS15120 - Thinking Sociologically
- GS16120 - Key Concepts in Sociology
- GS17120 - Introducing Sociological Research
- GS20020 - Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS20120 - Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
- GS20220 - Genders and Sexualities
- GS20620 - Cementing Sociological Research
- GS20720 - Environmental Geochemistry
- GS20920 - Practising Human Geography: Methods, Approaches, and Contexts
- GS21220 - Sociological Research in the 'Field'
- GS22620 - Geoscience for a Sustainable World
- GS22720 - Fundamentals of Geochemistry
- GS22920 - Placing Culture
- GS23020 - Placing Politics
- GS23620 - Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
- GS23920 - Quaternary Environmental Change
- GS25020 - Sociological Theory
- GS25520 - Glacial and Fluvial Processes
- GS27920 - How to Build a Sustainable Society
- GS30020 - The psychosocial century
- GS30320 - Biogeochemistry and Health
- GS30420 - Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
- GS30520 - Debates in Climate Science
- GS31030 - Pollution in the Arctic (UNIS)
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
- GS31240 - Sociology Dissertation
- GS32020 - Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
- GS32230 - Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change (UNIS)
- GS32330 - The Quaternary History of Svalbard (UNIS)
- GS32430 - Arctic Marine Geology (UNIS)
- GS33320 - Everyday Social Worlds
- GS33420 - Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- GS33520 - Nation, Society, & Space
- GS34040 - Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
- GS34220 - Geography Joint Honours/Major Project
- GS35320 - Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- GS36220 - Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
- GS37520 - Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
- GS37920 - Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power
- GSM9920 - Social Bodies
- GSS0260 - Work Placement
- GSS0360 - Work Placement
Blackboard Dept Admin
- DA10020 - Byw mewn Byd Peryglus
- DA10320 - Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
- DA10520 - Cefn gwlad a'r ddinas: prosesau o newid a gwrthdaro
- DA11520 - Sut i Greu Planed
- DA20820 - Astudio Cymru Gyfoes
- DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
- DA25420 - Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
- DA25520 - Prosesau Rhewlifol ac Afonol
- DA31240 - Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg
- DA31720 - Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig
- DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
- DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
- DA34220 - Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/Prif Bwnc
- GS00420 - Environmental Management
- GS00820 - Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
- GS01120 - Information in a Post-Truth World
- GS09320 - How to be a Student 2
- GS09520 - How to be a Student 1
- GS09620 - The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
- GS09720 - Introduction to Social Science
- GS09820 - Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
- GS09920 - Introduction to Humanities
- GS10020 - Living in a Dangerous World
- GS10220 - The city & the country: processes of conflict & changes
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
- GS10720 - Life on Earth
- GS11320 - Fieldwork Skills
- GS11520 - How to Build a Planet
- GS12520 - An introduction to Earth Materials
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS14220 - Place and Identity
- GS15120 - Thinking Sociologically
- GS16120 - Key Concepts in Sociology
- GS17120 - Introducing Sociological Research
- GS20020 - Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS20120 - Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
- GS20220 - Genders and Sexualities
- GS20620 - Cementing Sociological Research
- GS20720 - Environmental Geochemistry
- GS20920 - Practising Human Geography: Methods, Approaches, and Contexts
- GS21220 - Sociological Research in the 'Field'
- GS22620 - Geoscience for a Sustainable World
- GS22720 - Fundamentals of Geochemistry
- GS22920 - Placing Culture
- GS23020 - Placing Politics
- GS23620 - Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
- GS23920 - Quaternary Environmental Change
- GS25020 - Sociological Theory
- GS25520 - Glacial and Fluvial Processes
- GS27920 - How to Build a Sustainable Society
- GS30020 - The psychosocial century
- GS30320 - Biogeochemistry and Health
- GS30420 - Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
- GS30520 - Debates in Climate Science
- GS31030 - Pollution in the Arctic (UNIS)
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
- GS31240 - Sociology Dissertation
- GS32020 - Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
- GS32230 - Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change (UNIS)
- GS32330 - The Quaternary History of Svalbard (UNIS)
- GS32430 - Arctic Marine Geology (UNIS)
- GS33320 - Everyday Social Worlds
- GS33420 - Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- GS33520 - Nation, Society, & Space
- GS34040 - Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
- GS34220 - Geography Joint Honours/Major Project
- GS35320 - Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- GS36220 - Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
- GS37520 - Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
- GS37920 - Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power
- GSM9920 - Social Bodies
- GSS0260 - Work Placement
- GSS0360 - Work Placement