Our new piece out today in Times Higher Education about the threats to Geography in the UK - particularly fieldwork - please do share. It links to a recent snapshot survey on the challenges being faced in UK HE, which highlights the inequities of the challenges, but also fears of what is yet to come
Out today @intellectbooks.bsky.social: 'Reconstructing the American Dream: Life Inside the Tiny House Nation' w/Ella Harris, Mel Nowicki & Cian Oba-Smith. Through photographic and ethnographic accounts of life in Texas tiny home communities, we examine the politics of 'going tiny' in the US today.
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
CFP for a session at RGS-IBG 2026 on the gendered labours of everyday ecological transformation, co-organised with @jennypickerill.bsky.social
Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
If you are interested in eco-communities, particularly Tir y Gafel, Wales, please do consider pre-ordering this amazing photography book by Amanda Jackson ‘To Build A Home’ - stunning pictures from two amazing projects #eco-communities #photography
Celebrating creativity at @rgsibg.bsky.social with @ella-hubbard.bsky.social amazing sewing - how many academic conferences have such fun activities + ‘outputs’?
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
Loved perusing the geography zines at the @rgsibg.bsky.social marque this morning - amazing political interventions
— Call for Papers — The Gendered Labours of Everyday Ecological Transformation RGS–IBG Annual International Conference 2026 Organisers: Jenny Pickerill (Sheffield, UK) and Ophélie Véron (TU Berlin, ...
Chris Packham: Live at the Royal Geographical Society!
Join us on Friday 26 September for an inspiring evening lecture with acclaimed TV presenter and environmental activist @chrisgpackham.bsky.social.
📍In London or online
🎟️ Tickets: £25
Book your place today 🔗 www.rgs.org/events/u...
