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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · 17d

📣Deadline tomorrow!

We're a welcoming and active research group. If you're looking to meet new people, get involved in digital geographies activities, learn about Geography research groups, and much more make sure you apply

Applications open to geographers and those in similar disciplines

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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · 28d

We're looking for fantastic digital geographers to join our committee!

A few committee roles are open, and we’d love to see new (and familiar) faces step up. It’s a chance to meet other digital geographers and help shape what we do next.

Apply here: shorturl.at/kvDIv
Deadline: 24th Sept.

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Jack Lowe @jackalowe.bsky.social · Aug 25

There is also a Pin the Tale workshop you can take part in TOMORROW as part of the @dgrgrgs.bsky.social pre-conference event, 'Exploring place-based creativity in a digitally-mediated world', 12pm - 5.30pm.

www.rgs.org/research/ann...

Pre-conference activities - RGS

Find out more about activities taking place in the run-up to the conference.

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Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social · Aug 21

V excited for this!

Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Aug 21

We warmly invite you to the Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Lecture at @rgsibg.bsky.social AC25 at @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Our inaugural lecture will be given by @ahjackman.bsky.social (@uniofreading.bsky.social) on ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’

The poster shows a picture of Dr Anna Jackman University of Reading alongside her social media handles for BlueSky and LinkedIn with the title of her presentation ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’ and the abstract. The header reads ‘RGS-IBG 2025. Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Lecture. Thursday 28th August 2025, Lecture Theatre 1 - LG19’.

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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Aug 15

Planning your RGS annual conference itinerary? Don't miss our pre-conference event!

Join to explore placed-based creative practices of researchers, content creators & game designers
🔹AI in the Street
🔹Pin the Tale
🔹Sounds of Birmingham
🔹Keynote by Oli Mould
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RGS-IBG International Annual Conference 2025: DGRG Pre-Conference Event

Exploring Place-based Creativity in a Digitally-Mediated World Tuesday 26th August 2025 – 12pm – 5pm Organisers: Dr Adam Michael Packer (University of Birmingham), Dr Nina Willment (Uni…

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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Aug 11

Attending RGS-IBG AC25? Before the main conference kicks off, please join us for our pre-conference workshop on Tuesday 26th August, 12pm-5pm, in the School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences.

Register here: www.rgs.org/research/ann...

@rgsibg.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Pre-conference activities - RGS

Find out more about activities taking place in the run-up to the conference.

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gillian rose @profgillian.bsky.social · Aug 5

really interesting special issue of New Media & Society on digital twins now out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/NMS/curr...
gives me an excuse to reshare my own (feminist) take on city digital twins, accompanied by some excellent commentaries: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social · Aug 7

Very excited for UoB to host the RGS conference this year and looking forward to welcoming everyone to our very beautiful campus!

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Aug 6

The FAA will now let commercial drones fly beyond the operator’s line of sight.

The move will "unleash American drone dominance," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

As a result, Duffy said, " You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jul 10

I talked to a journalist at the Geneva Solutions about the censorship i experienced at the AI for Good Summit 2 days ago

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UN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war - Geneva Solutions

A prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of ...

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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Jun 23

Last week was our Global Digital Geographies Symposium with speakers from China, India, Brazil, Vietnam, South Africa, Iran, the US, UK & more making it our most international symposium! Thank you to everyone who presented work, attended sessions, & discussed emerging ideas 1/3
#DGRGSymposium2025

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jun 19

With Yu-Shan Tseng, I am co-editing a Special Issue (for Urban Studies, subject to full proposal acceptance) on 'Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities'. Read the CFP details here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Special Issue CFP: Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities.docx

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Anna Jackman @ahjackman.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 New article - 'Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms'. Louise Hooper
@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social and I reflect on the legal dimensions of off-the-shelf drone incidents and the potential diversified harms accompanying them.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms

Drones increasingly feature beyond battlefields, deployed across civil, commercial and hobbyist applications and contexts. So too are off-the-shelf consumer drones increasingly being misused. From ...

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Jay Todd 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social · Apr 22

Amidst the bleakness, I've just published an article exploring how young trans people are dealing with life in the UK @geographers.bsky.social. Do read to understand more about how trans youth are navigating & thriving in these times. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Exploring Young Trans and Non-binary People’s Strategies and Spaces for Navigating Marginality in the United Kingdom: A Novel Resilience, Resistance, and Restoration Framework

Amid recent, unprecedented sociopolitical scrutiny and hypervisibility of young trans people in the United Kingdom, this article considers how trans youth develop individual and collective mechanis...

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Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social · Jun 2

Registration for the online Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Symposium on 'Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial / Territorialising the Digital' is now open: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

@dgrgrgs.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social

Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium 2025 - RGS

Join us for the annual Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium. This year's topic will be Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial.

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Anna Jackman @ahjackman.bsky.social · May 30

'From 5G to drones: For a feminist geopolitics of the electromagnetic spectrum'. New in @proghumgeog.bsky.social , Daisy Curtis & I think across the spectrum, developing a feminist-inspired agenda attentive to bodies, more-than-human encounters, and living with spectrum doi.org/10.1177/0309...

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Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social · May 30

🙌🏻 yes!! so excited to read this

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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · May 29

Are you interested in learning about exciting work happening in digital geographies (& aligned) research? Join us for our free online symposium 19-20th June Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial & Territorialising the Digital
Sign up: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
#DGRGSymposium2025

Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium 2025 - RGS

Join us for the annual Digital Geographies Research Group annual symposium. This year's topic will be Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial.

www.rgs.org

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wiley sharp @wiley.pink · May 2

earlier this year, i had the pleasure (& the pain!) of writing a on the state of trans politics in the US with some wonderful colleagues. we conclude that these political attacks are nothing less than an effort to erase trans people from public life. open access link here:

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The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

In this commentary, we explore the implications of the 2024 US elections for four key areas of trans lives: the body, public space, legal geographies and mobility. While we focus on the United States...

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Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Digital Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society is now on BlueSky here:

@dgrgrgs.bsky.social

DGRG can also be found on LinkedIn and on its website here: digitalgeographiesrg.org

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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · Apr 15

🚨 NEW DATES!

If you are a UK #geographer (or have previously worked in a UK geography department) and are concerned about #precarious employment, please contribute to a focus group and help us develop a set of best-practice guidelines.

We have multiple dates open - sign up using the link below.

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Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social · Apr 11

🌳 My first solo article is out! Check out "Models vs infrastructures? On the role of digital twins’ hype in anticipating the governance of the UK energy industry", now out in Environmental Science and Policy
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Adam Michael Packer @adammpacker.bsky.social · Apr 11

v excited to read this!

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Anne Cong-Huyen @anitaconchita.bsky.social · Apr 2

@purplekimchi.bsky.social and I are editing a handbook on Feminist Digital Studies/Scholarship/Humanities! If you're a feminist technologist, scholar, activist, etc., regardless of where you work or where you are in your career, we want to hear from you! CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for Proposals - Degruyter Handbook of Feminist Digital Scholarship

Call for Proposals - De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Digital Scholarship: DS/DH at the Kitchen Table Edited by Anne Cong-Huyen & Kim Brillante Knight Overview This collection will bring together eme...

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Energy Geography Research Group @energygeography.bsky.social · Mar 24

Announcing our final webinar - 26/03, 2-3PM GMT.
@isoutar.bsky.social will give a talk on "Inevitable and enabling? Digitalisation and the UK energy system". Please register here 👇 www.energygeographies.org/event-detail...

Energy X Digital: Dr Iain Soutar | EnGRG

Inevitable and enabling? Digitalisation and the UK energy system

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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · Mar 13

🚨 Calling all current UK #geography #PhD students!

We are developing best-practice guidelines for addressing #precarious employment within geography departments.

Join a focus group below to contribute your insights!
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