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Anna Jackman

@ahjackman.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Feminist political geographer and drone researcher interested in technological visibilities, volumes, and futures.

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

🚀 Not long to go until our free online DGRG Annual Symposium on 9 July 2026! Don't forget to register via the link. Join us for three exciting sessions exploring Digital Geographies in Fragile Times. For more info: digitalgeographiesrg.org/9-july-2026-... See you there! #DGRGAnnualSymposium2026

Digital geographies in fragile times | Webinar

This online symposium, hosted by the Digital Geographies Research Group, asks how digital geographies can help frame and address complex issues.

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Steve Chambers@planningtransport.co.uk · last mo.

Timely. A planning application we looked at recently claimed drone delivery would reduce the need for trips.

Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · last mo.

💡With the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social, @paulcureton.bsky.social and I are launching two practice advice notes - exploring planners’ use of drones, and planning for drone infrastructure - at an event in London on 30 July. ➡️ Find out more and book tickets (free) here: www.rtpi.org.uk/events/plann...

Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · last mo.

💡With the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social, @paulcureton.bsky.social and I are launching two practice advice notes - exploring planners’ use of drones, and planning for drone infrastructure - at an event in London on 30 July. ➡️ Find out more and book tickets (free) here: www.rtpi.org.uk/events/plann...

Planning drone futures: Practice advice launch reception | The Royal Town Planning Institute

To celebrate the launch of RTPI practice advice on planning for drones, we’re hosting a panel event followed by a drinks reception.

rtpi.org.uk

Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · last mo.

Pleasure to attend the Critical Drone Studies conference at the University of Cambridge last week. Enjoyed presenting on Drone cohabitations: Telling stories of, and making space for, animals in drone futures. Big thank you to Beryl Pong, @amygaeta.bsky.social & wider organisers for a rich event!

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Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‘A drone alert blasted on my phone – we had to take shelter. This is the new reality on Nato’s eastern flank’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A drone alert blasted on my phone – we had to take shelter. This is the new reality on Nato’s eastern flank | Linas Kojala

In Lithuania, and throughout the Baltic, we have lived for years with Russian hostility – but the tech now means that London, Berlin and Paris are just as vulnerable, says Baltic security expert Linas...

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Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Zelenskyy, writing on social media, said the strike was the latest example of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions…I thank our warriors for their precision. Ukraine’s plan for long-range sanctions is being implemented exactly as needed to bring peace closer” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ opens in city

Energy and military sites targeted as guests gather for economic forum where Putin is due to speak on Friday

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BBC NEWS@bbcnewsunofficial.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as Putin's flagship economic forum opens Several long-range drones struck oil storage facilities near the city, days before Vladimir Putin is due to address the event.

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as Putin's flagship economic forum opens
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

'In a report, the Education Select Committee said 24 institutions are now said to be at risk of insolvency within the next 12 months - with many already making job cuts, closing courses and selling off buildings or land.' Link to report: committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...

Students at risk if universities go bust, say MPs

An Education Select Committee report finds the government needs to make urgent plans for universities facing insolvency.

bbc.co.uk

Digital Geographies Research Group@dgrgrgs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

⏰ Just three days left to submit your abstract for the DGRG Annual Symposium, 'Digital Geographies in Fragile Times'. Find more info on the CfP and submit your abstract before Friday 15th May via the link below! #DigitalGeography #CallForPapers #AcademicConference #Geography #DGRG

Call for Papers – Digital Geographies Research Group 2026 Annual Symposium

Call for Papers on the theme of Digital Geographies in Fragile Times: Precarity, Instability, and Uncertainty Geographies Research Group 2026 Annual Symposium // Online // 8/9th July 2026 Symposium…

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Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wake up! The House of Commons Education Committee says fifty - yes fifty - Higher Education Institutions are at risk of insolvency within the next three years. Wake up! committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...

“A very serious problem”: No clear government plan for universities risking insolvency, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK Parliament

Today MPs on the Education Committee warn that the government has no clear plan for universities facing insolvency and that protections for students are inadequate, as the Committee publishes a new re...

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Dr Anna Lawrence@annamlawrence.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pleased to be making this change in Transactions - hopefully it will allow more space for citational generosity & care, all the more important in this world of AI & hallucinated references. Do have a read of our reasons for this move: doi.org/10.1111/tran...

TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢From now, reference lists will no longer be counted in the 10,000 word limit for papers submitted to TIBG In our latest editorial, we lay out the reasons behind this decision & encourage prospective authors to reflect on their citational practices. Available to read here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Screenshot of an editorial abstract in Transactions by Anna Lawrence, James Esson, Ben Anderson, Katherine Brickell & Beth Greenhough (2026) entitled: 'Citational politics in Transactions' with a red banner at the top. From now on, authors writing in Transactions will no longer be expected to count their reference lists within the 10,000-word limit. In this editorial, we take the opportunity to lay out the reasons behind this decision. Our purpose in removing references from the word limit is not to encourage authors to cram in as many references as they can to the detriment of their own voice, but rather to encourage practices of careful, conscious, and capacious citational generosity. Picking up on threads running through past editorials (Bailey et al. 2023; Esson et al. 2024), here we continue discussions of ‘care’ in scholarly publishing and what constitutes a ‘landmark paper’ within the discipline, this time through the lens of citational politics. This editorial proceeds by locating the decision within current debates around citational justice and citation as a reproductive technology (Ahmed 2013; Kim 2020), before considering the broader landscape of source discovery, reading and referencing in the digital/AI-crowded world, following the publication of the last ever print volume of Transactions in December 2023. We end with a discussion of how the practice of citation might be imagined differently, from the teaching of citation as a joyful praxis (Quave and Ohbi 2024) and the reflective insights collected around the #CiteBlackWomen movement (Smith 2022) to the rethinking of citation templates to better account for knowledge that sits outside of the Western episteme (MacLeod 2021). We encourage authors writing in Transactions to reflect on their own practices of reading and citing, and we highlight the role that journals, reviewers, and editors must play in moving forward with more inclusive citational practices.
Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New from @paulcureton.bsky.social and I for the @uk.theconversation.com. As Amazon's Prime Air launches in Darlington, the implications of scaled drone use for UK planning and the built environment require further investigation theconversation.com/amazon-is-ma... @uniofreading.bsky.social

Amazon is making drone deliveries in the UK – here’s why nimbyism could hamper a wider rollout

In Darlington, residents have raised worries about noise, privacy and theft over the new drone delivery service.

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Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pleasure to contribute to the Annals of the American Association of Geographers forum on Urban Place Annihilation. Kathleen Braden urged us to revisit Kenneth Hewitt's contribution to geographies of aerial bombardment in the context of contemporary warfare #drones www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

For a Feminist Geopolitics of Aerial Bombardment and Place Annihilation in the Drone Age

In its attention to urban aerial bombardment in World War II, geographer Kenneth Hewitt’s work charts the annihilation of place while carefully centering the devastation of civilian life therein. F...

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Anna Jackman@ahjackman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pleasure to be invited to join yesterday's 'autonomous aviation' roundtable held at Parliament. Great to hear about cutting edge UK drone applications and to input on the outstanding challenges and barriers facing scaling. Thank you to Windracers for the invitation and meeting photo

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Ukrainian action thriller billed as Saving Private Ryan for the drone age

Ukrainian action thriller billed as Saving Private Ryan for the drone age

Killhouse is based on real-life story of civilian couple saved from battlefield by Ukrainian drone operators It is being billed as Ukraine’s answer to Saving Private Ryan, updated for an age of drones. The war movie Killhouse is an action thriller which shows off the latest in battlefield technology. Released this week, it features cameos by figures well known in Ukraine, including the nation’s former military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov. One missing person is Donald Trump. The film is conveniently set in 2024, when Washington and Kyiv were allies. Continue reading...

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