Thrilled to share this new article co-authored w/ Abbie Hardcastle on 'The Everyday Geographies of Cryptocurrency: crypto-masculinities, crypto-futures, and gendered financial subjectivities.' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Everyday geographies of cryptocurrency: crypto-masculinities, crypto-futures and gendered financial subjectivities in the United Kingdom

Drawing on feminist scholarship on money and finance and ­geographical scholarship on everyday life and masculinities, this article examines the promises and futures that investment in and use of c...

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📣 Join the RGS Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) for the first in our 'Emerging Voices in Economic Geography' webinar series on Thursday, 20 Nov at 1pm GMT/8am ET featuring Ifigeneia Dimitrakou & Tim White who will each discuss their work on Housing. Register here: lnkd.in/ehK_MG_M

Newcastle Geography is now on Bluesky! Follow the department to hear about what's new, what we're excited about, and all the great research and teaching that keeps us busy! @ncl-geography.bsky.social And a starter pack of NCL geographers go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr

Newcastle University Geography@ncl-geography.bsky.social · 10mo ago

And here, for our first day on Bluesky, is a Geography at Newcastle starter pack, which will develop as our presence on Bluesky does. Please do follow us! go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr

A wonderful piece by my colleague @alisonstenning.bsky.social that highlights children's right to the city and right to play.

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 10mo ago

Play isn’t just for playgrounds.

Caitlin Henry and I were recently interviewed for this story based on our research into private equity investment in healthcare which explores whose sickness provides profit, where and how care is provisioned, and what impacts this form of investment has on the quality of healthcare and life.

The Pulse@thepulse.whyy.org · 10mo ago

If it feels like urgent care centers are everywhere these days — that’s because they are. On this episode, we explore the rapid rise of urgent care, what’s fueling it, and how it’s affecting care. 🔗 bit.ly/4onrRZx

Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026 Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026

New Online 1st Book Review “Outside the Law, But Inside Capital: Tracing Profit in Everyday Economies” by Araby Smyth and Jessa Loomis doi.org/10.1177/2043...

The BNPL story on 'cute debt' in The Atlantic also featured on Marketplace (min 16:34).

Marketplace@marketplace.org · 12mo ago

Despite stubborn inflation and falling consumer confidence, consumer spending continues to climb. Plus, the rise of women-targeted “buy now, pay later” services. Today on Marketplace.

Do you use buy-now-pay-later services? Dr @jessaloomis.bsky.social comments on the rise of so-called 'Cute Debt' and how it is mainly female shoppers who are being pushed towards these services >> bit.ly/4lMdVXo

The Rise of ‘Cute Debt’

Female shoppers are being pushed toward buy-now-pay-later services.

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Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment technologies are targeting young women and reconfiguring the spaces, practices & relations of digital money and finance. Very happy to have been interviewed for this story based on my research on BNPL and the geographies of consumer fintech w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last yr.

“Buy now, pay later” services have become “the gateway drug to consumer debt for more and more women,” Annie Joy Williams argues—and these payment programs are thriving in our influencer-driven world:

Postdoc researching military support chains & the environmental legacies of militarism w/ my fantastic colleague Mark Griffiths. Check it out 👇

Mark Griffiths@casesofyou.bsky.social · last yr.

Job announcment: post-doc at Newcastle on the War & Geos project (warandgeos.co.uk). Please share and email me with questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU169/p...

Gig nursing platforms are 100% killing patients:

LPE Blog@lpeblog.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, @katiejwells.bsky.social and @fundaustek.bsky.social explain how new Uber-style firms like CareRev and Clipboard Health are facilitating a race to the bottom among healthcare workers, and contributing to the erosion of America’s already-strained health care system.

📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now! This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte... Deadline 16th July 2025

Consumers defer payments on 'Buy Now Pay Later' purchases, suggesting an affordability crunch www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b... In our new article @dcockayne.bsky.social & I explore how fintech affects relations to payment, wages & debt. Check it out! compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Geographies of Fintech and Everyday Life: Reconfiguring Spaces, Practices, and Scales of Digital Money and Finance

Financial and monetary technologies, understood both through their digital platforms and the materiality of mobile devices, are increasingly pervasive, and now shape the economic practices of individ...

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You can add your support to the thousands contesting the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University - www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

ChronicleLive - The Chronicle@chroniclelive.co.uk · last yr.

As strike action among academics continues, a petition calling for the end of job losses at Newcastle University amasses thousands of signatures

Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution. www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

Sign the Petition

End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

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A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.

A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy. Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!

Sarah Marie Hall@smhall.bsky.social · last yr.

Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk. Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture. Sharing in solidarity x www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk. Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture. Sharing in solidarity x www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Newcastle University compulsory job cut fears grow amid £4.2m savings shortfall

As industrial action continues, union bosses continue their plea with Newcastle University chiefs to reject any potential compulsory job losses

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The RGS Economic Geography Research Group invites submissions to our annual PhD thesis prize (deadline 31 May for PhDs completed Jan-Dec 2024) and undergraduate dissertation prize (15 July for 2025 degrees). Prize winners will recieve £100. Further details here: egrg.org/2025/04/09/e...

Just now back from a wonderful undergraduate field course exploring 'emotional geographies of the city' in Vienna and Bratislava. An absolute pleasure to get to 'do' geography with our second year students, and to hear their insights and reflections throughout the week! @newcastleuni.bsky.social

A busy and colourful picket in warm spring sun @newcastleucu.bsky.social with lots of support from passers-by, all here to fight compulsory redundancies and wider threats to the university.

Very much looking forward to our new MA Global Sustainable Futures starting in September, bringing core geography concepts (social justice, sustainability, power, etc) into conversation with debates about key global challenges - more info and how to apply here: www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Global Sustainable Futures MA

Develop the critical skills and knowledge needed to tackle global sustainability challenges. Learn how to create place-based solutions for a more sustainable future with our Global Sustainable Futures...

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Ingrid A. Medby@ingridagnete.bsky.social · last yr.

Ran a taster session for our new MA Global Sustainable Futures (@newcastleuni.bsky.social), and asked students how they imagined their global sustainable future. And their responses were wonderful! Sharing a couple of drawings below - and sincerely hope some of their visions come true 🙏💫

@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs

18(1) is OUT and it is a monster www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/1... Featuring contribs from @jessaloomis.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social; @stevethreadgold.bsky.social et al; many more we can't tag

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volume 18, Issue 1 of Journal of Cultural Economy

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Are you thinking & writing about how geographers know and study the economy? The Economic Geography Research Group invites 'lightening talks' that think critically and creatively about the future of our subdiscipline. See our CFP for the 2025 RGS-IBG Conference below👇 egrg.org/2025/01/21/c...

Glad to see this work with Daniel Cockayne @dcockayne.bsky.social on Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) payment technolgies and consumer fintech published in the newest volume of @jcultecon.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A feminist approach to fintech: exploring ‘buy now, pay later’ technologies and consumer fintech

‘Buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) is a financial technology that is reshaping online consumption by allowing users to split payment for goods over 3–4 interest-free digital installments. While the use an...

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REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the £500 EGRG travel award for the Global Conference on Economic Geography is TODAY, 6 January 2025. *The award is for an early career scholar (or someone on a fixed-term contract) who is currently based in the UK or received a degree from a UK university*

Jessa Loomis@jessaloomis.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Economic Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG just announced a £500 travel award for an early career and/or precariously employed scholar attending the Global Conference on Economic Geography in June 2025. Deadline 6 January. Details and application here: forms.office.com/e/Px5Eg1u6n4...

Money flows like mercury - spatially & socially! 'Silicon Savannah' is often hailed as start-up success story. Scrutinizing the demographics of VC flows suggests a highly uneven social geography of start-up money. We offer some numbers & great visuals on this. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

To whom does the money go? Mapping the uneven financial geographies of venture capital in ‘Silicon Savannah’, Kenya

Motivated by the view that capital flows in the venture capital industry are not just mediated by meritocratic attributes of the founders but also by raced, gendered and classed social relations wi...

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The wonderful editors at City asked me to write an editorial for the latest issue. Here is what I had to say about Cities, computation and capitalism: doi.org/10.1080/1360... (lots of wonderful work I didn't have space to cite, but I hope it furthers a broader conversation and action)

Cities, computation and capitalism

Published in City: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action (Vol. 28, No. 5-6, 2024)

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