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Transactions is a geography journal which publishes high-quality papers and interventions that make a substantial theoretical or empirical contribution to the discipline. Edited by Beth Greenhough, @benandersongeog.bsky.social & @kbrickell.bsky.social.

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TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 4w ago

New in TIBG: 'Unemployed youth agency and geographies of educational support in urban North India' by Craig Jeffrey et al. This paper draws on fieldwork from 2004/5 and 2022/23 in Uttar Pradesh to explore the capacity of jobless youth to adapt to employment scarcity. doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by Craig Jeffrey, Avishek Jha & Jane Dyson (2026) entitled: 'Unemployed Youth Agency and Geographies of Educational Support in Urban North India' with a red banner at the top. The emergence of large numbers of educated unemployed people across the world remains a major social challenge. Research on unemployed young people has tended to emphasise a lack of agency. Many studies depict jobless youth as aimless and detached from their social and spatial situation. This paper uses an account of the practices of educated unemployed young people in Uttar Pradesh, North India, to challenge this depiction. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in 2004/2005 and 2022/2023 in Meerut City, by the first author and second author, respectively, the paper documents the capacity of jobless youth to adapt to employment scarcity over the first quarter of the twenty-first century. In 2004/2005 young people were often involved in cultures of waiting and passing time. Eighteen years later educated unemployed young people were much more focused on preparing for government employment. This adaptation has occurred in part through young people developing so-called ‘libraries’ across Meerut, which offer spaces in which they can study, socialise and ‘prepare’ (‘taiyari’) for government admissions tests. In documenting a shift in young people's activity and agency, the paper makes three contributions to wider human geographical work. First, it highlights a need to consider how non-elite sections of society can come to develop social agency over time. Second, the paper illuminates the potential of supplementary educational initiatives to serve as geographies of support. Finally, the paper discusses the value of long-term research in a single place that can connect social change to shifting strategies on the ground.
TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · last mo.

New in TIBG: 'Lively transgressions at the urban-ocean edge: Conflict, coexistence and animals on the move' by Leah Gibbs & @helenfwilson.bsky.social This paper draws on case studies of urban gulls in Northern Europe & sharks at Australian city beaches. doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library

The paper intervenes in recent debates on human–wildlife conflict and ‘Species on the Move’, drawing on cases of urban gulls in Northern Europe and sharks at Australian city beaches. The paper interr...

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TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in TIBG: 'The rise of offshore urbanism and the expanding frontiers of financialisation in the Global South' by Gabriel Fauveaud et al. This paper analyses the rise of offshore urbanism in Cambodia as a planning model aligned with offshore financial logics. doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Focusing on the rapid urbanisation of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, this article analyses the rise of offshore urbanism as a planning model aligned with offshore financial logics. It shows how spaces of e....

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TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in TIBG: 'From the mosaic to the patchwork metaphor in digital cartography - A response to the article by Hong et al. (2025)' by Matthieu Noucher This commentary expands on Anne Buttimer's four metaphors explored by Hong et al., proposing 'patchwork' as a fifth. doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Screenshot of a commentary abstract in Transactions by Matthieu Noucher (2026) entitled: 'From the Mosaic to the Patchwork Metaphor in Digital Cartography—A Response to the Article by Hong et al. (2025)' with a red banner at the top. In their recent article entitled Root metaphors in cartography bridging critical and quantitative approaches, Ruizhe Hong, Bo Zhao and Shangyi Zhou (2025) highlight how metaphors can be used as a heuristic tool to renew critical approaches to digital cartography. Using Anne Buttimer's Four Root Metaphors (1982)—mosaic, mechanism, organism and arena—they explore the link between cartographic representation, socio-spatial inequalities and spatial justice in the context of technological developments marked by recent advances in spatial data science and geospatial artificial intelligence. While acknowledging that other metaphors could be used, the authors encourage readers to build on this exercise to further develop ‘a mapping practice that is as diverse and dynamic as the landscapes it seeks to represent’. I have decided to seize this stimulating opportunity to propose a fifth metaphor which I call the patchwork metaphor. More specifically, I argue that the ‘mosaic metaphor’ creates an illusion which fuels neo-positivist visions of cartography that persist to this day. I therefore prefer the metaphor of ‘cartographic patchwork’ as I believe it is particularly effective in revealing the digital divides that characterise today's geospatial world.
TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The recent TIBG paper from @thomdavies.bsky.social et al. on Glasgow's waste work during the pandemic was one of the four spotlighted papers from the RGS-IBG Journals last month. Have a read here ⬇️

RGS-IBG Higher Ed@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every month we spotlight papers from across the Society’s journals, capturing the latest in geographical research. Explore May’s highlights. 👇 Dobson: https://ow.ly/XAlo50Z5vVP Fitzmaurice: https://ow.ly/KYiX50Z5vQQ Mosso et al.: https://ow.ly/nPAE50Z5vQN Davies et al.: https://ow.ly/Ufku50Z5vQM

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TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in TIBG: 'The joy of pests: Camaraderie, wonder and dialectical autonomy in UK professional pest management' by Hannah Fair This paper draws together labour geography and more-than-human geography, proposing a novel mode of understanding multispecies relations. doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library

Using interviews and participant observation, this research explores the everyday practices and experiences of UK-based pest management professionals. It reveals an unexpected and unalienated ‘joy of....

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Dean Bond@deanbond.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Important editorial & practical step from @tibg.bsky.social The editors nicely lay out the central problems with citation practices (although they do not mention the problems that come with using Harvard/APA format, which contributes to the name check problem and lax pp. referencing).

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.
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.
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.
TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you have any resources or tips for academic authors on producing alt text for figures and tables? Please share & get in touch

RGS-IBG Higher Ed@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you use a screen reader? The RGS journals are introducing alt text for all article figures, and we want to hear from you. What best practices would you like to see, and what are the most common mistakes you notice in your academic reading? Comment below or get in touch at journals@rgs.org.

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TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New in TIBG: 'When "yes" means no: Understanding infiltration as refusal of cultural heritage research in Palestine' by Yafa El Masri This paper reconceptualises Palestinian infiltration as a contemporary mode of research refusal under settler-colonial conditions. doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by Yafa El Masri (2026) entitled: 'When ‘Yes’ Means No: Understanding Infiltration as Refusal of Cultural Heritage Research in Palestine' with a red banner at the top.
TIBG@tibg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New in TIBG: 'When "yes" means no: Understanding infiltration as refusal of cultural heritage research in Palestine' by Yafa El Masri This paper reconceptualises Palestinian infiltration as a contemporary mode of research refusal under settler-colonial conditions. doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by Yafa El Masri (2026) entitled: 'When ‘Yes’ Means No: Understanding Infiltration as Refusal of Cultural Heritage Research in Palestine' with a red banner at the top.