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A great day out with our Loughborough Geography and Environment MSc International Financial and Political Relations students exploring London’s International Financial Centre! #lboroontour

In the spirit of sharing the losses as well as wins, today brought a grant rejection and feedback that I couldn’t help but take personally. No matter how much you recognise chances are slim, you believe in the projects you put together. But, live to fight another day etc etc!

We are excited to announce the theme of the 2025 Loughborough CRCC symposium. 'Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’ The keynote will be delivered by Professor Angela McRobbie, the pre-eminent scholar of gender and feminism. More information: shorturl.at/NqAy6

It’s been a great pleasure to recently join the editorial team at Geoforum and I’m really looking forward to the what the next few years will bring, especially the renewed focus on special and virtual issues!

CFP - 2025 7th Global Conference on Economic Geography "Working in the digital age: Exploring precarity, agency, and spatiality" Submission Deadline is January 10th. Full details via the link brian-hracs.squarespace.com/7th-global-con…

We are now inviting applications for a £500 travel grant to support participation by an early career scholar in the Global Conference on Economic Geography from 4-8 June 2025 at Clark University. Details on eligibility and how to apply on our website: egrg.org

🌟The Society's Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) invites applications for a £500 travel award to support participation in the Global Conference on Economic Geography (GCEG) ⭐ More details on eligibility criteria and how to apply.👇 egrg.org/2024/12/19/egr…

Really looking forward to joining the Agenda Publishing pile in 2025!!

If it’s on the website it must be official! Coming this summer via Agenda Publishing: The Rise of the Platform Music Industries agendapub.com/page/detail/th…

CFP RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2025: Thinking creatively about futures for geographical research on the economy egrg.org/2025/01/21/cfp… Deadline 21st February

Are you thinking & writing about how geographers know and study the economy? Allan Watson Liam Keenan & I are looking for 'lightening talks' that think critically and creatively about the future of our subdiscipline. Check out our CFP for the 2025 RGS-IBG Conference (due 21 Feb)

A new report on the intersection of creativity and technology – CreaTech – is published this week. Its findings reveal an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth, innovation and global leadership Eliza Easton buff.ly/4hVufUh

A new report calls for a "radical overhaul" of education to build a skills pipeline that will secure the UK's role as a global CreaTech leader, as well as R&D investment & tax reliefs, a CreaTech collaboration hub & funding for CreaTech scale-ups. royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

A reminder of this call for 5-minute lighting talks that think creatively about futures for geographical research on the economy. RGS-IBG annual conference 2025 in Birmingham. Deadline 21st February!

Trust chair Sir Damon Buffini in Financial Times today: Tech should be the ally of the creative industries ft.com/content/c97315… via @ft

Loughborough's Dr Allan Watson co-authored a report highlighting the role universities can play in transforming the creative industries 🧑‍🎨 The CreaTech report gives key recommendations to help the government in supporting the creative industry Read ➡️ lboro.uk/3CWVAGK

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn theguardian.com/culture/2025/f…

Great to see Greater Manchester Music Commission taking a lead on this! A regional music export office in the NW was a key recommendation from my report on building sustainable regional music industry clusters: pec.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Out today. Crucial read Liz Pelly - Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist hachette.co.uk/titles/liz-pel…