📯Call for help from our Warwick colleagues researching #academicfailure @johnmacartney.bsky.social wants to speak with UK based academics (any career stage, contract, or department) about their experiences of "failure" or non-success in research. Most of us have experienced this, so please help!

🎆 New Paper: Pluralising security: molecular security and the circulation of natural gas @secdialogue.bsky.social I offer a framework for understanding how secure subjects are performed across journeys, according to plural interests and referent objects, between and across different scales.

Call for Papers - #RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2026 Conceptualising Infrastructural Deaths www.linkedin.com/pulse/call-p...

Call for Papers: Conceptualising Infrastructural Deaths

RGS-IBG Annual Conference, 1st – 4th September 2026 Organiser: Peter Forman Contact: Peter.forman@northumbria.

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Glad to see this finally out in @secdialogue.bsky.social! How do plural understandings of #security become balanced in performances of security? Here, I show how security performances transform over space/time, according to plural, shifting, actors and interests. academic.oup.com/sd/advance-a...

Pluralising security: molecular security and the circulation of natural gas

Abstract. By examining how the UK's onshore circulation of natural gas is secured according to plural notions of risk, this article develops a conceptual f

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Precarity isn’t just contractual. It’s about whether academic work allows people to live fulfilling, stable lives. Join us for our report launch event on Wednesday. Speakers: 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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Really excited for this. Thanks to everyone who has participated in the process, and to our amazing guest speakers. Look forward to seeing you on Wednesday. #Precarity

States of Precarity@statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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Whilst one wheel cannot capture the complexities of academic privilege, this is a useful tool for thinking about where it lies. We suggest a new spoke on contract status be added to signal that this as a key issue that intersects with every other indicator of privilege. www.rgs.org/research/hig...

We have developed a series of practical strategies for addressing experiences of precarity within UK geography departments. These are easy to use and are targeted at specific user groups. Download them now!

States of Precarity@statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our report includes Best Practice Action Plans for institutions, departments, and Heads of School. These are practical, implementable steps for change. #StatesofPrecarity Download them: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Our report paints a stark picture. In addition to the experiences of early career and fixed term colleagues, nearly half of all permanently employed UK geographers currently feel precarious.

States of Precarity@statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Precarity is often presented as something that only effects early career researchers or people on fixed term contracts. Our report found that 45% of geographers on permanent contracts feel precarious. The implications for the discipline are wide ranging. Read more 👇 www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Serial fixed-term contracts are having a devastating effect on colleagues' lives and on the health of our discipline. Read more in our linked report. #StatesofPrecarity

States of Precarity@statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Precarity is not a niche issue. One-third of academic Geographers in the UK are on fixed-term contracts. Our report shows the profound personal, professional, and disciplinary impacts of this. #StatesofPrecarity Full report: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

States of Precarity in UK HE Geography: A new report on the long and short term effects of precarity across career stages, with a series of best practice resources to support more equitable working cultures. www.rgs.org/research/hig... @rgsibg.bsky.social @antipodeonline.bsky.social

Really glad that this is finally out - thanks so much to all of the contributors and participants involved. The report's findings are so important, and reading through the responses has been deeply emotional. Our discipline is being eroded by precarious employment practices, but it can be otherwise.

States of Precarity@statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today, we’re starting a countdown to the launch event for our States of Precarity in UK HE Geography report. Based on 364 responses from across the discipline, it maps how precarity is shaping academic lives. #StatesofPrecarity Follow along as we share the findings week by week. Register below👉

🚨 Calling all colleagues who have previously worked in a UK #geography department, but no longer do. We are developing best-practice guidelines for addressing #precarious employment within geography departments. Join a focus group below to contribute your insights! forms.office.com/e/ec5ywgjhXm

New in Geography Directions on our States of Precarity project, exploring precarity in HE Geography. Shares posters raising awareness & giving visibility to fixed-term contracts & experiences. Please share & display in geog depts! @pjforman.bsky.social blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/13/r...

Resources for change: raising awareness of the challenges of fixed term contracts in geography departments

By the States of Precarity Team:, Johanne Bruun, Rachel Colls, James Esson, Peter Forman, Anna Jackman,  Rachael Squire (corresponding author) “Because geography is about attention to difference an…

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This looks fab!

stilllife@stilllife0.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL! Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory. Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent. Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.

🔋How can we achieve an inclusive Net Zero future?🔋 Read about @luciemidd.bsky.social et al.'s recent Geo paper in this @rgsibg.bsky.social Research Spotlight ⬇️ www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

Research spotlight: How can we achieve an inclusive net zero future? - RGS

This article from the journal Geo: Geography and Environment explores what is needed for an inclusive net zero transition.

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Two permanent human geography posts at Durham University ( a focus on nature, climate change and just futures) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Our new website has been launched. Watch this space for updates on the project www.statesofprecarity.co.uk

Home - States of Precarity

States of Precarity is an academic research project supported by the Royal Geographical Society and Antipode. It aims to explore experiences and the effects of precarious employment within UK higher e...

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Our survey of experiences of #precarity within UK higher education #geography departments was completed by 11.4% of geographers working in the UK today. For a more detailed break down of our sample, check out the survey page on our website www.statesofprecarity.co.uk/the-survey

Survey - States of Precarity

Find out more about the design of the States of Precarity survey, which explored experiences of precarious employment within UK university geography departments. Details on the distribution of its sam...

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Just getting started on here - looks promising. Academics out there - how are you finding BlueSky as an academic twitter alternative?