The official book launch of The Spatial Limits of Political Community was great fun last night. Huge thanks to Ethan Blue, Jamal Barnes and Nardine Alnemr for their kind and thoughtful comments on the book and Megan Price for being a stellar chair.

Great to see my book made it safely!

Today is publication day for my book "The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain": bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-spatial-... 1/8

Ari Jerrems (@arijerrems.bsky.social), The Spatial Limits of Political Community: Bordering the Neighbour in Urban Spain - @brisunipress.bsky.social, September 2025 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-spatial-...

We have an ongoing Lecturer (International Relations) position open at UWA We encourage interdisciplinary applicants, including political geography, political sociology, political psychology, and critical security studies. Full description and details here: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Inspiring scenes coming out of Sydney today. Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

And another honourable mention to Zali Fung for her paper: Fung, Z. (2024). Amorphous infrastructure: Contesting the proposed Yuam River water diversion project in the Salween River Basin. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 7(6), 2386-2412. doi.org/10.1177/2514... Congratulations to all!

We had fantastic submissions this year and would like to give honourable mentions to two papers, including Henrietta McNeill: McNeill, H. (2023). Deportation as a neo-colonial act: how deporting state influence extends beyond the border. Political Geography, 102, 102845. doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

We are very happy to announce the winner of the 2025 Political Geography ECR/HDR Paper Award goes to Miriam Deprez for her article titled ‘Visual Necropolitics and Visual Violence: Theorizing Death, Sight, and Sovereign Control of Palestine’. Congratulations! Full article: doi.org/10.1093/ips/...

There are two jobs going in the School of Social Sciences at UWA. In Human Geography: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52... And Anthropology: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

The deadline for the IAG @polgeographygroup.bsky.social Paper Award has been extended until Friday the 30th of May. Do submit a paper if you haven't done so already. 500$ AUD are up for grabs! Full guidelines and requirements: politicalgeographyaus.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/i...

Great to see Beryl Pong's article 'Volumetric mediations' is out in Area. It is the first article in an SI on 'Atmospheric Borders' edited by @kayatbarry.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social Andrew Burridge and I @acbsnetwork.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

🥷🏿🥷🏿🥷🏿💜💜💜💜 un lujo compartir espacio con gran parte de la gente de la #RockSchool (nombre en homenaje a Paco Peñas 😜) del @geri_uam. @gea-uam.bsky.social @uam.es

Thrilled to receive a copy of this new and important textbook on critical international relations theory in Spanish and to have a chapter in it with my good friend Melody Fonseca based on work we have been doing together for many years now @itziarrga.bsky.social

Greetings from Chicago!

#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure. The group calls for them to be reinstated.

Call for Sessions for IAG 2025: please send your proposal to our convenors by 22 Feb if you would like it to be sponsored by the Political Geography Study Group. More details below!

My book on the spatial limits of political community is now in production! To be released in September 👀

Join us — 13 March in Canberra for the launch of TEMPORARY: we wanted workers but we got people — an exhibition of images & stories of temporary migration from the Pacific to Australia. By Matt Withers, Kirstie Petrou, Jeanette Tanghwa, Ema Moolchand, and me. www.eventbrite.com.au/e/temporary-...

NEW: remember Joe the pigeon, who supposedly flew to Australia all the way from the US? In this essay I explore Joe's legacy, his connection to practices of migration and detention, and the more-than-human mobilities that underpin biosecurity. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KGVWT...

My PhD on geoengineering, Producing the Climate, is now available to read via USyd library! Huge thanks to my wonderful supervisors @garethbryant.bsky.social and @kurtiveson.bsky.social as well as my generous examiners @geoffmann.bsky.social and Chantel Carr. ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...

I've neglected this for a while but have made a couple of new additions to the Critical Border Studies starter pack go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN Shout out to our friends @polgeographygroup.bsky.social who are now on Bluesky

Hello from the new social digs of the Political Geography Study Group of the Institute of Australian Geographers 👋 We'll be at the upcoming conference in Newcastle June 30-July 5 and we hope to see you there!

In case you missed it, we made this critical border studies starter pack last week. There have been quite a few additions since then but still some space. Let @arijerrems.bsky.social know if you'd like to be added go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

Our special Issue on #borders #criticalborderstudies with @chrisagius13.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social and Samid Suliman.

We've made some additions with new people we've seen/come across. Let us know if you can think of anyone missing! go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

I just setup a starter pack for scholars working on Gender and/or Race & Coloniality in the tech/cyber/digital space. I’ve added a few but many don’t seem to be on the app yet. Please feel free to make suggestions and share! 😊 go.bsky.app/6Zyzsym

Oh yeah and our latest contribution is a starter pack of critical border studies related people. We haven't met too many people on here yet so the list is just a beginning. To be added contact @arijerrems.bsky.social go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN 7/6

Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens. Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors. #menasky, #geosky palestine.araburbanism.com

I made yet another starter pack of migration folks who I didn't have space for in my original starter pack. Please share. Lots of space in here still; so, message me if you'd like to be included! go.bsky.app/BZGyuZm

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Finally an explanation...

A bit about the Australian Critical Border Studies Network for the benefit of our new followers. We are a bit of an academic garage band convened by @arijerrems.bsky.social @umutozguc.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social and Andrew Burridge. The last few years we've organised a bunch of stuff... 1/6

this is a great resource for any of you researching/interested in borders:

I've made some additions based on requests, likes and shares. Please let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

Another great starter list of fellow migration studies academics.

Working on critical border studies starter pack for @acbsnetwork.bsky.social go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

Following the trend we have started a Critical Border Studies starter pack. Reply to this if you would like to be added or have suggestions go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN

The ACBS Network is now on bluesky!

New article with Nicolas Lemay-Hebert 'Spatial logics, the prototype and colour-coded cartographies of insecurity' now online in Security Dialogue journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Read the latest EJIR article by @arijerrems.bsky.social and Nicolas Lemay-Hebert, which offers a new perspective on the failed states agenda and the reconfiguration of colonial discourse buttressing it, by theorizing its afterlives.

New article in @ejir.bsky.social with Nicolas Lemay-Hebert on the afterlives of state failure now online journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Mai Taha and I are planning to submit a linked panel to the 2024 #BRISMES conference on: "The Idea of Home: Politics, Matter and Imaginaries". We are looking for a few more abstracts to complete our panels. Check the abstract below (Deadline Dec 9) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My review of Angharad Closs Stephens' 'National Affects: Everyday Atmospheres of Being Political' is now up on The AAG Review of Books. It is a terrific book that I highly recommend www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is happening right now!

NEW from my DECRA research: "saying 'bed bugs' in a hostel is like yelling 'bomb' at the airport. Everyone just freaks out" — a playful paper on more-than-human geographies, biosecurity, and migration mobilities. #geosky Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We have a new job opening at Sheffield Geography - Lectureship in Human Geography, open-ended, deadline 24th October 2023

Reminder that the ATMOSPHERIC BORDERS symposium is on next week 4-6 October. There are 27 papers from across multiple continents. All welcome to attend. More details here. Please register to attend: acbsworking.group/atmospheric-borders/