This lecture will explore the idea of mobility within Geography and how air-travel can be approached through it.

The lecture will focus especially on pandemics, culture and security. Peter Adey is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway and has been researching and writing on air-travel and mobility for almost 20 years.

This corresponds to the following components of the A-Level syllabus:

AQA:

• 3.2.1 Global systems and global governance
• 3.2.2.2 Changing places – relationships, connections, meaning and representation

Pearson-Edexcel:

• Area of study 2: Dynamic Places (Topic 3: Globalisation)
• Topic 8: Global Development and Connections (Option 8B: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty)

OCR:

• Topic 2.1 – Changing Spaces; Making Places
• Topic 2.2 – Global Connections
• Topic 3.2 – Disease Dilemmas