#AAG2023 [TODAY, 4:30AM - 5:50AM MT] UH GEO PhD candidate Olivia Meyer will present, "Volumetrics and Plastic Waste: The Contradictions of Microplastics in the Circular Economy" in hybrid session "Sustainability Capitalism 4: Neoliberal Natures & Beyond," aag.secure-platform.com/aag2023/solici….

this is the main reason why i came to the aag this year. i SO look forward to hearing my brilliant friend and colleague Jack Gieseking @[email protected]. come join us at 4:30pm today. #AAG2023 aag.secure-platform.com/aag2023/solici…

W. Nathan Green and I are still buzzing from the critical discussion on sustainability capitalism American Association of Geographers CAPE AAG Thank you to the star presenters for sharing their fascinating work Matt Huber @EconGeo Kathy McAfee Leigh Johnson Kimberley Thomas Ewan Robinson …. (1/2)

UH GEO PhD student Dalilah Laidin will present her dissertation proposal, "Assessing the role of memorialization in disaster risk and resilience in Sulawesi, Indonesia," TODAY, 31st March @ 10am in 442 Saunders and via Zoom.

UH GEO PhD candidate Meagan Harden won the Political Geography Specialty Group (Political Geography Specialty Group (PGSG)) Ph.D. student paper award for her paper entitled "Micronesia at the Conference on the Law of the Sea: Bringing ocean ontologies into international law." Congrats, Meagan Harden! #AAG2023

Rutgers faculty unions are on day 3 of our STRIKE for a #FairContractNow. Donate to the joint strike fund of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, PTLFC, and AAUP-BHSNJ to support members on strike. #RUOnStrike! #StrikeFund Share widely! Donate here: rafup.betterworld.org/donate

The DOPE Organizing team is happy to announce that the DOPE conference will return on February 22-24, 2024, both in-person and virtually!

UH GEO PhD candidate Olivia Meyer (Olivia C Meyer 🦋 oliviacarterm.bsky.social) was awarded a Fulbright-Hays award to conduct her dissertation research in Bangkok. The title of her proposal is, "Plastic Panacea- ‘Circular Economies’ and the Political Ecology of Plastic Waste in Thailand." Ho'omaika'i!

UH GEO PhD candidate Meagan Harden (Meagan Harden) has a new article in Political Geography (@Pol_Geog_JI) titled "Unmade in America: The gendered politics of birth tourism in the United States," doi.org/10.1016/j.polg….

UH Geography and Environment Ph.D. candidate Olivia Meyer (Olivia C Meyer 🦋 oliviacarterm.bsky.social ) was awarded a Fulbright-Hays award to conduct her dissertation research in Bangkok. Read more about Olivia: oliviacartermeyer.com More about Fulbright-Hays Program: tinyurl.com/mr27xd3e

This is a reminder on the Call for Abstracts for DOPE+ 2024 is Dec 15th. Deadline for priority registration is Dec 29. Conference is on Feb 22 - 24, 2023. Hope to see you there! Links 🔗 below politicalecology.org/abstracts2024 politicalecology.org/sessions

A new paper coauthored by Patrick Bigger provides 'snapshots' of the climate dimensions of Israel's invasion of Gaza. The Guardian coverage details "the carbon cost of the current conflict in Gaza, which is causing unprecedented human suffering" theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

I am facilitating this webinar series on "Decolonizing Southeast Asia Studies." Please join us for the first one, "Relearning Southeast Asia."

Submit testimony by tomorrow morning (Feb. 1, 9:30 am HST) to support graduate worker unionization in Hawai'i.

Congratulations to UH Geography and Environment PhD candidate Meagan Harden (Meagan Harden) on the successful defense of her dissertation entitled, “"Island Empire: The Hidden Political Geography of American Expansion in the Pacific”.

Huge congratulation Olivia Meyer for winning the award "Student Employee of the Year 2024". You have never stopped making us proud!

UHM PhD candidate Olivia Meyer is a finalist for the Student Employee of The Year (SEOTY) selected from over 3000 student employees at UHM for her work with the LuceSEA Field School Team in 2023. Congratulations and best of luck Olivia!

Huge congratulation Olivia Meyer. You have never stopped making us proud!

Check out UHM GEO PhD Candidate Olivia Meyer's (Olivia C Meyer 🦋 oliviacarterm.bsky.social) article "Plastic addicts’: troubling consumer tropes in Thailand’s neoliberal waste environment" recently published in Social & Cultural Geography tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…