Associate Professor @UoNGeography | Geographer researching #ToxicGeographies and #Refugees | he/him | 📚 TOXIC TRUTHS book (2020) Editor at Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
Thom Davies
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New article in @proghumgeog.bsky.social about Necropolitics:
(Drop me an email if you want a copy of the PDF)
#necropolitics #geography
New in TIBG
'Slow death & key workers: The ordinary crisis of waste work during the COVID-19 pandemic' by @thomdavies.bsky.social et al.
This paper explores the pandemic experiences of Glasgow's waste workers using Berlant's concepts of 'slow death' & the 'crisis ordinary'.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
The recent TIBG paper from @thomdavies.bsky.social et al. on Glasgow's waste work during the pandemic was one of the four spotlighted papers from the RGS-IBG Journals last month. Have a read here ⬇️
"I feel betrayed. I was told I would have certain modules and certain professors, and now I don't even know if the modules I've chosen for next year will run"
🚨 The University of Nottingham is cutting 600+ academic jobs. This includes 1 in 3 #geography lecturers:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The University of Nottingham is cutting over 600 academic jobs. This includes 1 in 3 #geography lecturers.
"The lecturers *are* the University, and without them it's nothing" - Geography student (BBC interview):
www.instagram.com/reels/DYprAN...
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Students at the University of Nottingham voice support for staff whose jobs are at risk.
6,038 likes, 179 comments - bbceastmidlands on May 22, 2026: "The action would "effectively block the university from handing out graduation certificates".
Students have joined lecturers on the picke...
📣 Important Launch Today 📣
A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. 🌊✨
👉 Please support them by sharing this post and giving them a follow. Your voice helps amplify theirs.
I did my bachelor's in Human Geography at Leicester. Best choice I ever made, genuinely some of the best years of my life!
We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.
The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-u...
With @jennypickerill.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social Beth Greenhough & Jamie Woodward
📢New Article w/ @sovacool.bsky.social
@politicalgeography.bsky.social investigating electronic waste recycling using inmates in a US Federal Prison. 🤮
➡️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629826000314
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social #Abolition #Energy #Geography
🌍 New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🌎
'Necropolitics and #geography' by Freya Peters, Nick Clare, and Thom Davies
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @thomdavies.bsky.social @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social #necropolitics @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
Every month we spotlight papers from across the Society’s journals, capturing the latest in geographical research. Explore May’s highlights. 👇
Dobson: https://ow.ly/XAlo50Z5vVP
Fitzmaurice: https://ow.ly/KYiX50Z5vQQ
Mosso et al.: https://ow.ly/nPAE50Z5vQN
Davies et al.: https://ow.ly/Ufku50Z5vQM
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
We are excited to announce the launch of The Channel Monitoring Project.
A new initiative to change reality on the ground and at sea. For the #safety, #dignity and #humanrights of those crossing the border in #smallboats. Counter the toxicity to tell the real story.
Solidarity to colleagues at Leicester Uni:
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
Xander Dunlap
The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.
