New in Area: 'Civic geographies of care: Mapping the scope and scales of universities' civic action' by @juliandobson.bsky.social This paper explores where 'civic geographies' emerge and how they are enacted, drawing on an environmental initiative in South Yorkshire. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'Re-thinking the imposter participant: Online research methods, ethics, AI & trust' by @sophiecranston.bsky.social et al. This paper argues that the potential of imposter participants in online research raises questions around wider structural inequalities. doi.org/10.1111/area...

Find out more about our Area Prize winner @maddiejoyce.bsky.social's research here ⬇️

The recipient of the 2026 Area Prize for the best paper written by an early-career scholar is Madelaine Joyce @maddiejoyce.bsky.social. @rhulgeography.bsky.social

New in Area: 'Blocking Route 52: Mining, landscape and protest in Jujuy Province (Argentina, 2023)' by Diego Ortúzar This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on roadblocks in extractivist landscapes. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

Looking for something to read this Friday? Check out our April highlights from across the Society's journals: Finch-Race, D. A., and P. Lewis: https://ow.ly/K3uo50YRBLM Preci, A.: https://ow.ly/BA7l50YRBLN Hein, J.: https://ow.ly/CIQa50YRBLL Migozzi, J., and D. Wójcik: https://ow.ly/lN6x50YRBLP

New in Area: 'Night vision: Navigating walking interviews in the dark' by Georgia MacMillan et al. This paper uses data collected in a dark sky park in Ireland, exploring the use of darkness as a research method & sensory and therapeutic landscape. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'Roadblock geographies: A typology of extraction, circulation, and authority in conflict' by Peer Schouten This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on roadblocks in extractivist landscapes. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

Our Geography for All directory helps underrepresented students find opportunities, from study to careers. Today, we’re highlighting the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, which offers fully funded undergraduate scholarships for Black British students. Explore these and more 👇 https://bit.ly/4mNhChJ

If you have any tips or resources for best practice when writing alt text in academic publications, please share them below. We'd love to hear from you as we compile our guidelines for authors.

New in Area: 'Can you see us now? Negotiating Indigenous citizenship at a road blockade in Argentinean Chaco' by Alberto Preci This paper is part on an ongoing Special Section on roadblocks in extractivist landscapes. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

My first ever journal article has been awarded as a top-cited article of the year! While publication metrics are not the be-all and end-all in my field, it's nice to know that my work has resonated with other scholars. Special thanks to @areajournal.bsky.social for the great publishing experience.

New in Area: 'Intimate juxtaposition: Bounded coexistence and the making of multispecies home in Guangzhou' by Duo Yin This paper explore more-than-human cohabitation in urban Guangzhou, drawing on interviews with reptile, amphibian & arthropod keepers. doi.org/10.1111/area...

Maddie is a superstar and this is so richly deserved!

Every year, the Editors of the RGS-IBG Area journal award the Area Prize for the best paper written by an early-career scholar, in recognition of excellent geographical scholarship. Our congratulations to the 2025 winner, Madelaine Joyce 👏 Find out more and read the full paper ⬇️

Really important intervention from the brilliant @oliviamason.bsky.social

Reading for the Area Prize each spring is a really lovely opportunity to engage with all the amazing early career work being produced across the discipline and that @areajournal.bsky.social is proud to publish. Well done to Maddie, Stefano, and Rosie on their excellent papers! @rgs.org

Huge congratulations to Maddie!

Good news! Applications for the 2026 Fi Wi Road Internship are still open. An exciting opportunity for Black and mixed-Black heritage geography students, the Fi Wi Road project supports you to build networks, develop your voice, and gain experience. Apply by 20 April 👇 https://bit.ly/4undzvM

Surprised and delighted to be the recipient of this year’s Area Prize! Incredibly grateful to be recognised and thankful to all the people who made my research and the paper possible! 🏆🤩☺️🌏

Congrats to Stefano Pagin who just finished his PhD with me who was Highly Commended in the Area Prize for early career researchers 🤩🎉

🏆Area Prize Announcement!🏆 This year's Area Prize for the best paper written by an ECR has been awarded to 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 for her paper 'Sensing the sky's edge: Atmospheric insights into the Korean demilitarised zone' ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/area... @maddiejoyce.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

Welcome to our research and higher education Bluesky! 👋 Follow us to stay up to date with our work in geographical research, including events, funding opportunities, new publications and more. Learn more about how we promote geography in higher education and beyond: https://ow.ly/CMgN50YI795

New in Area: 'Weaving through crises: Longitudinal looks at post-COVID life and livelihoods in Eastern Indonesia' by Jessica Clendenning & Elisabeth Dinan This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Rural-Urban Lifeways Post-Pandemic: Views from Southeast Asia'. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'Assessment and combatting of crime and violence in urban public spaces in Southeast Algeria' by Hocine Boumaraf & Amara Hima doi.org/10.1111/area...

My first journal article has been published! It outlines the novel methods I used to study household food waste. Turns out noone has asked people to put Post-It notes in their fridges before? Weird Thanks to Area for a great publishing experience and the reviewers for their supportive comments!

New in Area: 'Tracing waste: Using post-it notes and "fridge maps" to record food waste in household refrigerators' by @emmaatkins.bsky.social This paper presents a novel material method of visually representing food waste inside domestic fridges. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'Doing geography amidst precarity' by @oliviamason.bsky.social This short piece is part of the ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'Doing geography amidst precarity' by @oliviamason.bsky.social This short piece is part of the ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'Road blockades during the pandemic: Indigenous citizenship and new territoriality' by Silvia Romio et al. This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Roadblocks shaping extractivist landscapes'. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'The personal is professional: Rethinking the ethics of collaboration and responsibility in Citizen Social Science in Palestine' by Hanna Baumann et al. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'Feeding hungry students: Geographies of on-campus free food provision across England' by @emmawainwright.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

2023 - one in four UK universities was reported to be operating a food bank for their students. Paper exploring the geographies of food poverty in UK HE out now in Area ⬇️ @rgs.org #OpenAccess

New in Area: 'Feeding hungry students: Geographies of on-campus free food provision across England' by @emmawainwright.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'Limits to participations: Neighbourhood-based volunteer initiatives and contradictions of the Dutch participation society' by @sanvanlan.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1111/area...

Just published with @sanvanlan.bsky.social & Mitchell van Dijk: Limits to Participation: Neighbourhood-Based Volunteer Initiatives and Contradictions of the Dutch Participation Society. @rug-gmw.bsky.social @rgs.org

New in Area - 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 'Alligator Alcatraz and the production of environmental carcerality in the Everglades' by Caitlin Jones et al. This paper explores the weaponising of animals & landscapes to construct racialised geographies of fear in the U.S. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area - 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 'Alligator Alcatraz and the production of environmental carcerality in the Everglades' by Caitlin Jones et al. This paper explores the weaponising of animals & landscapes to construct racialised geographies of fear in the U.S. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'Gendered networking and social capital building among Ukrainian refugees: Insights from the "United for Ukraine" Facebook platform in Romania' by Sorina Voiculescu This paper examines the role of social media in building social capital during crises. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: '"I'm tight on time, so let's make it a fast interview on the go": Rapid serial interview for quick ethnographies with busy people' by @tommyhychan.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'Drawing points, tracing lines: Writing social sciences through ethnographic drawing' by Dolorès Bertrais This paper explores drawn ethnography as a methodological tool, combining in-situ observation with visual storytelling. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

On my campus, I know (a) increase in need/demand & (b) lack of resources provided. We never had student food banks when I was in uni. What does it say about us now? "Feeding Hungry Students: Geographies of On-Campus Free Food Provision Across England" (open access) doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'We woke up with a sign: Exclusion, conflict and the politics of marine conservation in South Africa' by Msimelelo Gqaleni & Mary Lawhon This paper examines community reactions to the creation of a marine protected area in KwaZulu-Natal. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

New in Area: 'The social contexts for forest expansions: A review' by Thomas K. Rudel doi.org/10.1111/area...

Nicely done @areajournal.bsky.social !

New Special Section in Area! 'Map Room Conversations' guest edited by @stephenlegg11.bsky.social, @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social & Jason Liu Read the fully #OpenAccess collection here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

It was such an honour working with Katie, the map presenters, and the engaged audiences in these Map Room Conversations. Follow the thread for a CFP for a similar venture at this year's RGS-IBG conference!

New in Area: 'Mobile work: Handcart and bicycle workers across the urban economy of Greater Accra Region' by Kauê Lopes dos Santos & Livia Cangiano Antipon This paper explores mobile work as a form of relational infrastructure, sustaining urban life through improvisation. doi.org/10.1111/area...

New in Area: 'Internal Deportation' by @ayushmanbhagat.bsky.social This article draws on research undertaken in Nepal to introduce the concept of internal deportation as a form of intra-state expulsion of citizens to their 'spaces of origin'. doi.org/10.1111/area...

Incredibly excited to share my open-access article, Internal Deportation, published in AREA bsky.app/profile/area... It introduces the concept of internal deportation as a form of intra-state expulsion of citizens to their ‘spaces of origin’. Link: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...