SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

I'm so grateful to @spaceandpolity.bsky.social for coordinating a book review forum on Critical Geographies of Resistance. Thank you so much to Malene Jacobsen, Nicole Printy Currie and Bridget Shaffrey @bshaffrey.bsky.social for your thoughtful pieces. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW. (Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)

What does it feel like to be paid not to work? In a new paper I discuss the experiences of furloughed workers I interviewed from across the UK. My study revealed that, for some, furlough became a disorientating experience. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @rgsibg.bsky.social

Spoke at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov’s 2025 Science Seminar on how place-based solidarities drive equitable growth in left-behind places last Friday. Really great discussing community-led change with other academics and policy makers!

Proud to have contributed to evidence to the publication of the House of Lords Report, ‘High Streets: Life Beyond Retail’: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld... My evidence highlighted the contentious dynamics around high street re-development made by multiple political actors!