Our Public Lecture Programme
Once a month we host free lectures led by top academics and professionals from across the UK that cover an enormous variety of different Earth science topics.
These lectures are open to all, and usually take place at our London headquarters in Burlington House, Piccadilly. They are also live streamed online. In addition recordings of every lecture are posted on our YouTube channel.
Past Public Lectures 2025 Videos
Catch up on our 2025 Public Lectures via YouTube:
Returning fossil CO2 to the geologic record through Carbon Capture and Sequestration - Public Lecture held on 18 November 2025
This lecture discusses how CCS and CDR’s play such a vital role in any journey towards net zero.
Putting the EO into gEOlogy - Public Lecture held on 21 October 2025
Exploring Earth Observation and how it has encouraged new, and all the more daring, missions with novel technological improvements and innovations to help us understand Earth (and beyond) even more.
Lost in illustration: the art (and science) of communicating through graphics - Public Lecture held on 26 August 2025
Dr. Lucía Pérez-Díaz explores how the role of graphics in science is evolving, and where it may have gone astray. As a geoscientist and author-illustrator, she examines how our figures may be falling short—failing not just to communicate clearly, but to spark curiosity.
Forged by fire: How volcanoes shape our landscapes, lore and lives - Public Lecture held on 17 June 2025
Dr Heather Handley (University of Twente / Monash University) explores the profound influence of volcanoes on our world, cultural heritage, and their potential to significantly disrupt modern life
Re-storifying Planet Earth: narratives and storyline for publics and policymakers - Public Lecture held on 20 May 2025
Drawing on experience of documentary film-making and collaborations between scientists and non-technical end-users, this talk explores the principles and practices of re-storifying planet Earth
Understanding active volcanoes one crystal at a time - Public Lecture held on 15 April 2025
This talk will take you on a journey inside the volcano factory, exploring the hidden processes that drive eruptions
The stegosaurian dinosaurs - Public Lecture held on 18 March 2025
Professor Susannah Maidment from the Natural History Museum explores the stegasaurian dinosaurs - part of a larger group of armoured dinosaurs, which also includes the ankylosaurs
Understanding active volcanoes one crystal at a time - Public Lecture held on 18 February 2025
This exciting Public Lecture includes a screening of 'Apollo and the Geology of the Moon' - a lecture given in 1973 by Dr Harrison Schmitt, who was part of Apollo 17's crew - and a live talk by Dr Giulia Magnarini from the Natural History Museum
One world is enough for all of us: Geoenergy & an equitable energy transition - Public Lecture held on 14 January 2025
Hear from our President, Prof Jon Gluyas, in this Public Lecture