Postdoc @sheffieldgeog! Come work w/myself & amazing team ACHRSec & IIED. Work for 2.5yrs w/ amazing NGOs Lumanti & Hunnarshala on youth participation, urban governance, & digital 'civic' media. Camila Cociña @xapsan Gynna Brightside 🌈 jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynp…

Fine article on some key rural back-to-the-land initiatives still going strong after many years! #RadicalRural Good quotes from prof jenny pickerill Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG RGRG_RGS The rise of woodland off-gridders: ‘It makes more sense than a nine-to-five’ theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

New LECTURER IN ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURES here at UCL Geography, working with my most excellent colleagues! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Summer glory

Academia: Be kind to yourself, maintain a healthy work/life balance, don't overcommit. Also academia: The new benchmark for tenure-track is two dozen books, Luxembourg's GDP in grant funding, and a certificate declaring you world's best teacher.

Our special Planet Summer archive display 𝘖𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴: 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 🪵🚧💚 unearths artefacts from the anti-road protest movement of the early 1990s [free to visit until 3 September 2023] More info: southbankc.re/44DeaMK (1/2)

Are you a geographer currently or previously affiliated with a UK university? We want to hear your views and experiences of precarity. Have your say 👉 orlo.uk/3xYaL Project team: Rachael Squire Rachel Colls @Ahjackman @PeterjForman1 Johanne Bruun Harriet Hawkins.

Listened to a reviewer’s feedback that I missed an important body of work. Felt stupid at first, then annoyed, now amassed a new reading list + diving in - accepting that deep careful academic reading is also a gift to myself, to take time to dwell with others’ ideas + think anew

Really looking forward to reading this!

As a small island nation (incl. lots of even smaller islands) already prone to flooding, heat waves, coastal erosion + sea level rise I cannot comprehend the stupidity of this government. Even a self-preservationist approach suggests this move is counter to our continued survival

Returning to work after some sick leave + trying new work routines - taking a full hour for lunch everyday + making sure I get outside as much as possible

Here at Lilac we have a 2-bedroom flat available and thought you might be interested! Please have a look at drive.google.com/file/d/1ap_y8F…. #Leeds #cohousing #coop

Anyone got a Bluesky code they would be willing to give me?

The USF is looking to appoint up to three new Trustees to serve on its board starting in 2024. Applications close on the 27th October 2023. Read the full call here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2023/08/29/cal…

It was a huge honour to give the 2023 Antipode RGS-IBG Keynote Lecture. Many thanks to Antipode for the invitation and everyone at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for hosting. Video: Decommissioning Anti-Racism: Police Power, State Capture, and Black Radical Traditions vimeo.com/860081343/3b8c…

Key Thinkers on Space and Place, 3rd edition, just submitted to the publisher. 38 entries culled, 34 added. Thanks to all the authors for entries and to co-editors @m_gilmartin Phil Hubbard sue roberts. Hopefully published in March 2024

For a Liberatory Politics of Home Duke University Press is out in Nov 2023, but it can now be pre-ordered with a 30% discount on the paperback. Use coupon code E23LANCN at checkout ($20.27/£17.50 with discount). Thanks for your interest and support! #home #homelessness #HousingJustice

We have a new job opening Sheffield Geography - Lectureship in Human Geography, open ended, deadline 24th October jobs.ac.uk/job/DCX978/lec…

Excited our new article on ‘Urban Ecological Futures: Five Eco‐Community Strategies for more Sustainable and Equitable Cities’ is out IJURR.org. Funded by ISRF + co-authored with a fabulous group of experts - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

I miss Western Australia so much right now. It was only my home for a few years but it has stayed with me, + every British winter I doubt my life choices + ache to return, especially to the sea