🎊 Just 1 week to go until the @rgs.org RGS-IBG International Annual Conference 2026 in London! We’re excited for 19 co-sponsored sessions on topics from data centres to AI bias, plus the Digital Geographies Annual Lecture & Reception on Thursday. See Ex Ordo for session details. See you there! 🌍

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'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.' Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3

Use of fixed-term posts ‘stifling more critical research’

Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing ‘safer’ work, with ‘serious ramifications’ for their disciplines

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TOMORROW: Report Launch and Discussion 1:00-2:30PM GMT Guest Speakers: Matilda Fitzmaurice (@matildaf.bsky.social) Jay Todd (@jaytoddgla.bsky.social) Lekan Adekola Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social) Register: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

States of precarity in UK geography report launch

We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

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Join us for our report launch event next Wednesday, 1pm-2.30pm [Online] Guest speakers: Prof. Gillian Rose, Lekan Adekola, Matilda Fitzmaurice, Jay Todd Register 👇 www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

States of precarity in UK geography report launch

We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

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Being involved with DGRG has opened opportunities for me as an early career researcher to build skills, networks & connections. I strongly encourage ECRs to get involved with RGS Research Groups - it has been so helpful getting to know & work with academics across career stages. @rgsibg.bsky.social

Digital Geographies Research Group@dgrgrgs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

👋 Next in the series... Meet Adam Michael Packer (he/him), our Events Co-ordinator. @adammpacker.bsky.social is a familiar face on the committee and does a truly excellent job helping ensure DGRG events are well organised, welcoming and engaging 👇 #DGRGCommittee

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Robin Moira White@robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Good news for trans workers After the Girl guiding and WI announcements, some comfort for trans workers. A Scottish tribunal has ruled that a trans-inclusive workplace policy is NOT discriminatory against a woman with gender critical views in the workplace. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thank you for welcoming my comments, @ahjackman.bsky.social & thank you @profgillian.bsky.social for inviting me. It was a joy to hear & engage with interesting questions & comments from those who came too!

Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Pleasure to speak at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social about 'stories of future flight: urban life and design in the drone age' as part of the tech life seminar series. Thank you to @profgillian.bsky.social for the kind invitation, to @adammpacker.bsky.social as discussant, and to all who came along!

I know there are already conversations about this in various groups and lists, but the eye-watering $1117 non-member registration fee for AAG 2026 is completely unjustifiable and unreachable for ECRs like me. Even worse seeing such interesting sessions announced that I would want to contribute to.

📣Deadline tomorrow! We're a welcoming and active research group. If you're looking to meet new people, get involved in digital geographies activities, learn about Geography research groups, and much more make sure you apply Applications open to geographers and those in similar disciplines Info⬇️

Digital Geographies Research Group@dgrgrgs.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We're looking for fantastic digital geographers to join our committee! A few committee roles are open, and we’d love to see new (and familiar) faces step up. It’s a chance to meet other digital geographers and help shape what we do next. Apply here: shorturl.at/kvDIv Deadline: 24th Sept.

There is also a Pin the Tale workshop you can take part in TOMORROW as part of the @dgrgrgs.bsky.social pre-conference event, 'Exploring place-based creativity in a digitally-mediated world', 12pm - 5.30pm. www.rgs.org/research/ann...

Pre-conference activities - RGS

Find out more about activities taking place in the run-up to the conference.

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V excited for this!

Digital Geographies Research Group@dgrgrgs.bsky.social · last yr.

We warmly invite you to the Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Lecture at @rgsibg.bsky.social AC25 at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Our inaugural lecture will be given by @ahjackman.bsky.social (@uniofreading.bsky.social) on ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’

Planning your RGS annual conference itinerary? Don't miss our pre-conference event! Join to explore placed-based creative practices of researchers, content creators & game designers 🔹AI in the Street 🔹Pin the Tale 🔹Sounds of Birmingham 🔹Keynote by Oli Mould digitalgeographiesrg.org/rgs-ibg-inte...

RGS-IBG International Annual Conference 2025: DGRG Pre-Conference Event

Exploring Place-based Creativity in a Digitally-Mediated World Tuesday 26th August 2025 – 12pm – 5pm Organisers: Dr Adam Michael Packer (University of Birmingham), Dr Nina Willment (Uni…

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Attending RGS-IBG AC25? Before the main conference kicks off, please join us for our pre-conference workshop on Tuesday 26th August, 12pm-5pm, in the School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences. Register here: www.rgs.org/research/ann... @rgsibg.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Pre-conference activities - RGS

Find out more about activities taking place in the run-up to the conference.

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really interesting special issue of New Media & Society on digital twins now out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/NMS/curr... gives me an excuse to reshare my own (feminist) take on city digital twins, accompanied by some excellent commentaries: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Very excited for UoB to host the RGS conference this year and looking forward to welcoming everyone to our very beautiful campus!

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)@rgs.org · last yr.

Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍 On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk 📷: University of Birmingham

The FAA will now let commercial drones fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. The move will "unleash American drone dominance," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. As a result, Duffy said, " You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."

I talked to a journalist at the Geneva Solutions about the censorship i experienced at the AI for Good Summit 2 days ago genevasolutions.news/science-tech...

UN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war - Geneva Solutions

A prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of ...

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Last week was our Global Digital Geographies Symposium with speakers from China, India, Brazil, Vietnam, South Africa, Iran, the US, UK & more making it our most international symposium! Thank you to everyone who presented work, attended sessions, & discussed emerging ideas 1/3 #DGRGSymposium2025

With Yu-Shan Tseng, I am co-editing a Special Issue (for Urban Studies, subject to full proposal acceptance) on 'Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities'. Read the CFP details here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

📢 New article - 'Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms'. Louise Hooper @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social and I reflect on the legal dimensions of off-the-shelf drone incidents and the potential diversified harms accompanying them. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms

Drones increasingly feature beyond battlefields, deployed across civil, commercial and hobbyist applications and contexts. So too are off-the-shelf consumer drones increasingly being misused. From ...

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Amidst the bleakness, I've just published an article exploring how young trans people are dealing with life in the UK @geographers.bsky.social. Do read to understand more about how trans youth are navigating & thriving in these times. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Exploring Young Trans and Non-binary People’s Strategies and Spaces for Navigating Marginality in the United Kingdom: A Novel Resilience, Resistance, and Restoration Framework

Amid recent, unprecedented sociopolitical scrutiny and hypervisibility of young trans people in the United Kingdom, this article considers how trans youth develop individual and collective mechanis...

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Registration for the online Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Symposium on 'Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial / Territorialising the Digital' is now open: www.rgs.org/events/upcom... @dgrgrgs.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social

Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium 2025 - RGS

Join us for the annual Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium. This year's topic will be Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial.

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'From 5G to drones: For a feminist geopolitics of the electromagnetic spectrum'. New in @proghumgeog.bsky.social , Daisy Curtis & I think across the spectrum, developing a feminist-inspired agenda attentive to bodies, more-than-human encounters, and living with spectrum doi.org/10.1177/0309...

Are you interested in learning about exciting work happening in digital geographies (& aligned) research? Join us for our free online symposium 19-20th June Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial & Territorialising the Digital Sign up: www.rgs.org/events/upcom... #DGRGSymposium2025

Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium 2025 - RGS

Join us for the annual Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium. This year's topic will be Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial.

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The Digital Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society is now on BlueSky here: @dgrgrgs.bsky.social DGRG can also be found on LinkedIn and on its website here: digitalgeographiesrg.org 🌐

🚨 NEW DATES! If you are a UK #geographer (or have previously worked in a UK geography department) and are concerned about #precarious employment, please contribute to a focus group and help us develop a set of best-practice guidelines. We have multiple dates open - sign up using the link below.

🌳 My first solo article is out! Check out "Models vs infrastructures? On the role of digital twins’ hype in anticipating the governance of the UK energy industry", now out in Environmental Science and Policy doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

@purplekimchi.bsky.social and I are editing a handbook on Feminist Digital Studies/Scholarship/Humanities! If you're a feminist technologist, scholar, activist, etc., regardless of where you work or where you are in your career, we want to hear from you! CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for Proposals - Degruyter Handbook of Feminist Digital Scholarship

Call for Proposals - De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Digital Scholarship: DS/DH at the Kitchen Table Edited by Anne Cong-Huyen & Kim Brillante Knight Overview This collection will bring together eme...

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