New in The GJ: 'Migration, circular mobility and food security in Nicaragua: An analytical framework based on food sourcing and farm household multi-localisation' by Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh & Geneviève Cortès doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

If you are interested in rural policy or mission-led government, our new Commentary is out in The Geographical Journal 👇 with @markshucksmith.bsky.social

New in The GJ: 'Reimagining rural policy through mission-led governance' by @jayneglass.bsky.social & @markshucksmith.bsky.social This commentary argues that mission-led policies risk perpetuating inequalities, using rural policy as a case in point. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

New in The GJ: 'Obstacles to the touristification of historical borders' by Petr Marek. This paper draws on the boundary between the historical Czech lands of Bohemia & Moravia to investigate how residents conceptualise and engage with the border. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

One of our recent authors, Rory Coulter, has written a short blog based on his research published in The GJ. Have a read here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

New in The GJ: 'Comparative peripheries and decarbonising the uneven geographies of academia' by Todd Denham et al. This commentary reflects on international conference travel, drawing on attendee experiences of the hybrid 2023 RGS-IBG Annual Conference. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

New in The GJ: 'What's coming out of those chimneys? Energy-from-waste incineration in Teesside, UK' by Jay Sinclair This commentary examines how Teesside's role in UK Net Zero Strategy facilitates ongoing industrial pollution through 'green' industrial projects. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

New in The GJ: 'Ethnic disparities in overcrowding across England and Wales: Postracial patterns or persistent inequalities?' by Rory Coulter This paper reveals the persistence of stark ethnic disparities in overcrowding, & explores how these are ignored in housing policy. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 September's Issue features the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section alongside 9 papers, 3 commentaries, and records of the 2025 RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony. Take a look here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959...

This special section, edited by @smhall.bsky.social and @sanvanlan.bsky.social, looks like essential reading:

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 September's Issue features the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section alongside 9 papers, 3 commentaries, and records of the 2025 RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony. Take a look here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Quantifying a decadal driver of ecological environment in Jamuna River basin using geospatial techniques' by Md. Naimur Rahman et al. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

Special Section in The GJ: 'Legacies of Austerity', edited by @smhall.bsky.social & @sanvanlan.bsky.social This #OpenAccess collection explores how the lens of legacies can be applied to understand austerity's effects in Europe. Available here⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

New in The GJ: 'Multispecies home (un)making: Dogs and lifestyle migrants in Lijiang Ancient Town, China' by Duo Yin & Quan Gao This paper explores how dogs co-construct and contest the making of home alongside lifestyle migrants in China. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context' by @catrineds.bsky.social & Rhys Dafydd Jones This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Language and Migration' doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

New in The GJ: 'Regional variations in aerosol-temperature coupling over the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Central India: A vector autoregression analysis (2005–2023)' by Mansi Janmaijaya & Pankaj Kumar This paper is part of a Special Section on 'Climate Change & Variability'. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Everywhere Islamophobia' by @kawtarnajib.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

New commentary in The GJ: 'The digitization of economic geography's infrastructure: Implications of the information overload' by José Luis Sánchez-Hernández doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Potential impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on horticultural crop suitability in Africa' by Temitope S. Egbebiyi et al. This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Climate Change and Variability'. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Community engagement courses and feminist participatory action research: Pedagogies of sacrifice and refusal' by Kamalini Ramdas & Menusha De Silva This commentary draws on experiences of partnering with NGOs in Singapore for research. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

New in The GJ: '"We live in fear and face endless physical and emotional health problems": Perceived health implications of floods among urban households in Ghana' by Kabila Abass et al. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

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New in The GJ: 'Interwoven on-site and online: A geographical analysis of the significance and determinants of digital library services' by Kunyang Lin & Jiebing Wu This paper explores access to information through the distribution of digital library services in China. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

The fourth and final commentary in this collection is by @kawtarnajib.bsky.social who frames the 2024 UK riots as anti-Muslim pogroms: 'The United Kingdom's first anti-Muslim pogroms in a context of genocidal Islamophobia in Gaza' doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Understanding place-to-place interactions using flow patterns derived from in-app mobile phone location data' by Mikaella Mavrogeni et al. This paper analyses individual-level GPS data to explore origin-destination flows in London neighbourhoods. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

If you're at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference today, stop by our 'Meet the Editors' session at 13:10 in the Muirhead Building today to hear about our new editorial team's vision for the The GJ ⬇️

Are you a geographer researching issues of public relevance? Join us for The GJ's 'Meet the Editors' event at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference! 13:10, Wednesday 27 August, Muirhead Room 113 Ft.: @beckcollins.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social Paul Milbourne

If you're at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference today, stop by our 'Meet the Editors' session at 13:10 in the Muirhead Building today to hear about our new editorial team's vision for the The GJ ⬇️

Are you a geographer researching issues of public relevance? Join us for The GJ's 'Meet the Editors' event at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference! 13:10, Wednesday 27 August, Muirhead Room 113 Ft.: @beckcollins.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social @trivikrama.bsky.social Paul Milbourne

"We show that current visual framing of heatwaves in the news media is problematic: first, by displacing concerns of vulnerability, it marginalises the experiences of those vulnerable to heatwaves; and second, it excludes opportunities for imagining a more resilient future."

This GJ paper from Saffron O'Neill et al. (2022) explores visual portrayals of heatwaves in European news outlets - all too relevant this summer in Scandinavia and beyond. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

🌍Are you attending the RGS-IBG Annual Conference in Birmingham later this month?🌏 🚌You can request free bus travel around Birmingham during the week of the conference - just complete the form below by Sunday 17th August. Geographers please share! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Gender difference in space-time fixity from household structure in urban China: A case study of Beijing' by Hongbo Chai et al. This paper uses activity diaries to investigate gendered disparities in household responsibilities in Beijing. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

🖋 PUBLICATION! 🌟 'Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context' 👏 Congratulations to Dr Catrin Edwards and Dr Rhys Dafydd Jones on their new article in The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#OA in The GJ: 'How do you like your rivers? Portraying public perception & preference for urban rivers in China via a combined visual & textual analysis' by Yixin Cao et al. This paper explores the role of social perceptions in sustainable urban river restoration in China doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Care-ful encounters: A case for empathetic youthful encounters with coastal environments' by Mark Holton doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

#OA in The GJ: 'Everyone's talking about climate change actions, but can we learn from Wales' approach?' by Lynda Yorke (@bugeography.bsky.social) et al. This commentary examines Wales' journey in implementing & evaluating climate initiatives as a framework for broader use doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

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Fantastic to see this paper in @thegj.bsky.social out by Mark Holton Care-ful encounters: A case for empathetic youthful encounters with coastal environments 👏 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The digital age grants us endless methods, but the real prize is synthesis. @jose lui Sánchez-Hernández, writing in @thegj.bsky.social, reminds us that in a data-rich era, economic #geography flourishes through plurality and the messy dialogue of evidence, theory & context. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

1/ 🚨 New publication #geosky! Together, Alex Jeffrey and I explore the spatial politics of international justice in our co-authored piece: “From The Hague to the margins: The ICC, feminist geopolitics and alternative legal futures” 📄 Now out in The Geographical Journal 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

#OA in The GJ: 'From The Hague to the margins: Th ICC, feminist geopolitics and alternative legal futures' by @sklosterkamp.bsky.social & Alex Jeffrey This commentary critically examines how the structures of the International Criminal Court reproduce global inequalities. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Racialised violence: Riots, space and temporality' by @paulgriffin1.bsky.social et al. This piece forms part of a collection of commentaries reflecting on the UK riots which followed last July's Southport attack. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

New in The GJ: 'Glitches, geopoetics, and the matter of migration: Regrounding beyond citizenship' by @kahinamzt.bsky.social This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section, 'Beyond Citizenship'. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social This commentary explores the essential nature of commoning as a practice of collective care within today's political climate. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'Forecasting urban shifts post-earthquake: LULC change analysis in Elazığ, Turkey using ANN and Markov models' by Fatih Sunbul et al. This paper analyses the impact of the 2020 Elazığ earthquake on land use changes in the region. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢 This issue features papers on topics including drones, fintech, and e-waste. The GJ publishes papers on issues of public interest - get in touch with submission ideas at [email protected]. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959... #geosky

Read our collection on Trump here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... Many thanks to the AAG for sharing - solidarity in difficult times @geographers.bsky.social

Read our collection on Trump here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... Many thanks to the AAG for sharing - solidarity in difficult times @geographers.bsky.social