Congratulations @ajsecor.bsky.social! A very timely and important piece.

The latest in the militarisation of marine species and space. Pete Hegseth may scoff at the idea of Iran using 'kamikaze dolphins', but the US Navy has been using marine mammals for military interventions for decades (see @squirerachael.bsky.social work) edition.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p...

We've written a piece for @uk.theconversation.com accompanying our #PeatQuest study identifying priority questions in #peatland science, explaining how the questions aren't just technical priorities, but encompass communities, livelihoods, power and fairness. theconversation.com/peatlands-ar...

Booking is now live for the first Geography Southeast conference! Please do share with any geography teachers who might be interested in a free day of curriculum orientated talks, lectures, and workshops. The programme is looking fantastic: www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...

Publishing today!🏙️ In a world of environmental degradation, inequality and social strife, a vision for what comes next is vital. @olimould.bsky.social takes readers from strikes in Santiago to urban commoning and Solarpunk, revealing how communities are making a new kind of city possible.

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

It's arrived! And what a brilliant text. Huge congrats to @cordyf.bsky.social and Sydney Calkin for bringing this together.

'Cold War Museology' and 'Cold War Scotland' are wonderful and important books. A pleasure to review them here: Beyond the missile and military: towards colourful Cold War histories www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How about immersing yourself in this truly remarkable, clever & visually stunning piece of work by @sagebrice.bsky.social? She has crafted a superb call for the liberatory promise of queer/trans ecological sensibilities for critical social science, using comics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡Our @statesofprecarity.bsky.social project has been covered in @sciencebusiness.net. 'Fixed-term academic contracts discourage ‘radical’ research' sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-fun... Thank you @davidmjourno.bsky.social for reaching out to the team

Thanks @julietterowsell.bsky.social for covering the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social report launch event this week!

🔉Call for Papers! This September Jay Todd @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & I will be organising a session on "Queering Environmental Justice" at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference @rgsibg.bsky.social ⏰ Abstract deadline: 18 February 2026 🔗 Conference website: www.rgs.org/research/ann...

Thank you @matildaf.bsky.social for your fantastic and considered response. And all your work more broadly in this area - we're really grateful.

Precarity in UK #Geography is pernicious. Fixed term contracts are a scourge & even those on permanent contracts do not feel safe in their jobs This landmark study provides Action Plans for reducing precarity. We need to also raise awareness & lobby for change #geosky www.rgs.org/research/hig...

It's not too late to join us for the launch of the States of Precarity report and resources at 1pm (UK time) today! We'll be joined by four amazing discussants, with lots of opportunities for wider questions too. You can sign up here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Grateful to amazing colleagues who have kindly agreed to respond to the report. Please do join us if you can :)

Thank you @stuartelden.bsky.social for launching the debate! 🥳 Other pieces in the forum coming out shortly include an intro by Giada Peterle, a piece by @squirerachael.bsky.social, one by @klausdodds.bsky.social and a drawn response by me — that, incidentally, I still have to finish drawing 🤣😉!

We'll be joined by amazing respondents from different career stages who'll be offering critical reflections on the report its findings. Fruther details soon but please do save the date and register if you can.

this is a crucial report with significance across the UK #highered sector, for all workers, on fixed-tem contracts or not, including senior management. @rgsibg.bsky.social @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @resprofnews.bsky.social

Good to see findings from this timely & necessary research coming out. Hope there are tangible actions following the findings and this is not simply another citable reference that can be used to document and tick-box States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography www.rgs.org/research/hig...

A new paper in Mobilities by Kim Peters and I - Routes to blue stewardship? Mobilising aquarium a/effects towards ocean citizenship and planetary change www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Original wheel here and new 'spoke' below. We argue that contract status needs to be included.

Over half of colleagues on fixed-term contracts cannot plan for their future. A further 37.6% say FTCs limit their ability to plan. #StatesOfPrecarity

If anyone missed the launch event last week for our guidance on more inclusive workplaces for academics with ELC, the recording is now available on our website (along with the guidance) exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/ @alisonallam.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social

Precarity is not a niche issue. One-third of academic Geographers in the UK are on fixed-term contracts. Our report shows the profound personal, professional, and disciplinary impacts of this. #StatesofPrecarity Full report: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Worth bearing in mind here that we conducted the survey two years ago - much has changed and as the report acknowledges, the figure is now likely much higher. Read more here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Precarity is often presented as something that only effects early career researchers or people on fixed term contracts. Our report found that 45% of geographers on permanent contracts feel precarious. The implications for the discipline are wide ranging. Read more 👇 www.rgs.org/research/hig...

This was fantastic and incredibly informative. Thank you @drbevans.bsky.social and team for this work. I will be downlaoding , reflecting, and sharing the guidance with my HoD: exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/

Report here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Today, we’re starting a countdown to the launch event for our States of Precarity in UK HE Geography report. Based on 364 responses from across the discipline, it maps how precarity is shaping academic lives. #StatesofPrecarity Follow along as we share the findings week by week. Register below👉

States of Precarity in UK HE Geography: A new report on the long and short term effects of precarity across career stages, with a series of best practice resources to support more equitable working cultures. www.rgs.org/research/hig... @rgsibg.bsky.social @antipodeonline.bsky.social

Crafting the Ocean: The Geographies of Environmental World-Making - a new paper by Kim Peters and I in @tibg.bsky.social. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to the team at Transactions for such a constructive process.

Join us for the 2025 Gordon Manley Lecture "Major Revisions: Thinking ocean space from RHUL to HIFMB" by Professor Kimberley Peters, HIFMB. Thursday 27th November 2025, 6pm, Shilling Auditorium, Royal Holloway, University of London. Free, in person, public lecture.

Published today on #WorldHomelessDay: my book Debt Trap Nation – a deep dive into how government policy is driving families into homelessness & debt. All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜 Families aren't failing. They're being failed. 📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... #DebtTrapNation

Today i'm grateful for a paper reviewer. It got major revisions with critical & challenging comments but they were delivered with kindness, thought & enthusiasm when there were plenty of opportunities (through my own ignorance and clumsiness in the paper) to do otherwise. This generosity matters 👍

This was such a wonderful session and gift! Thank you @julietjfall.bsky.social

As others have noted, promotion often depends on getting grants, but so does permanency and the transition from precarity and, increasingly, surviving compulsory redundancy.

Would love to see more conversations like this. If you haven't got access to a grant or institutional funds (which many increasingly don't), conferences are impossible. Lots of implications but there remains an expectation that people can simply 'just go'.

Had the immense pleasure of seeing the maestoso @inneskeighren.bsky.social of @rhulgeography.bsky.social for his inaugural professorial lecture. A tour de force detailing the life of William Macintosh & his place in geographical lore. A superb lecture by a superb (and immaculately dressed) academic.

It's arrived! So excited to read this from @julietjfall.bsky.social - it looks truly wonderful - what a fascinating way to explore borders. Looking forward to reflecting on it with others at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference

Huge congratulations to Professor Katie Willis on receiving the @rgsibg.bsky.social Taylor & Francis Award for excellence in the promotion and practice of teaching and learning in higher education. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/new... @royalholloway.bsky.social

Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk. Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture. Sharing in solidarity x www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

A great morning at the @rgsibg.bsky.social today for the 'I can see the sea' school resources walkthrough. Brilliant to meet teachers and to celebrate the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Highly Commended award for the work. www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

A last plug for my inaugural lecture—"The archive in the armoire: rediscovering the global lives of William Macintosh"—which will be held in person at 18:15 on 20 May at Royal Holloway (a recording will be published online afterwards). All details here: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/eve...

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 12-month Lectureship in Human Geography (esp. urban and political geography) @rhulgeography.bsky.social. Salary: £49,325 p.a. Application deadline: 2 May 2025. Starting date: c. 1 September 2025. Details: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

🚨 Calling all colleagues who have previously worked in a UK #geography department, but no longer do. We are developing best-practice guidelines for addressing #precarious employment within geography departments. Join a focus group below to contribute your insights! forms.office.com/e/ec5ywgjhXm

Appreciating signs of spring on a grey day

Yesterday I submitted a grant proposal - my first in a while. I may not get it (this is most likely the case), but I'm celebrating the process & labour nonetheless. Extremely grateful to work with colleagues who took the time to read it so carefully & help shape the ideas amidst everything else 🥳🤞

Please join me, if you can/want to, for my (in-person) inaugural lecture—"The archive in the armoire: rediscovering the global lives of William Macintosh"—on Tuesday, 20 May, at Royal Holloway, University of London. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/eve... #C18

Because #Musk is going to gut #NASA and make himself the guardian of outerspace, it's worth revisiting this piece I wrote with @squirerachael.bsky.social and Pete Adey back in 2021 about the enclosure of the commons of outer space www.societyandspace.org/forums/the-f...