My latest article for Area looks at questions around friendship, solidarity and calls for a radical geography. I consider how the university space is paradoxical: it offers us hope as seen through the recent encampments but is also a space where securitisation forces are strong.

#OpenAccess in Area: 'Networks of securitisation in the academy: The role of friendship, solidarity and radical geographies' by @shereenfdz.bsky.social This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

I don’t think I’ve witnessed the almost complete breakdown of universities in such a rapid way before. I’m seeing daily posts about redundancies, merging of departments and a drastic fall in student numbers. It’s as if all the shouting that’s been done over the last decade hasn’t worked.