Fieldwork is an essential component of geographical research, providing opportunities to test hypotheses, observe real-world phenomena, and measure natural in-situ process-interactions that are essential for calibrating and validating theoretical and physical models. However, even with the best planning, the reality of capturing real-world phenomena can prove challenging, with unforeseen failures with technology, inclement weather, and broken or missing hardware threatening to halt further data collection. As such, fieldwork often requires technological or methodological innovation on a limited budget with minimal resources in short timeframes. This interactive session seeks to pool the diverse fieldwork experiences from researchers working across the full range of geographic environments to empower the next generation of field researchers and build resilience into their field expeditions, thus maximising the potential for data capture and strengthening confidence in the field. We specifically seek solutions to common or unanticipated challenges, as well as challenges that are less well broadcast in the field and ultimately develop an online community case book. 

We invite researchers and technicians from all career stages with experiences spanning the full spectrum of geographic research to contribute to the session and particularly encourage contributions from early career scientists, teachers, those who lead or plan educational fieldtrips, and those from diverse backgrounds.