Anna Jackman
@ahjackman.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Feminist political geographer and drone researcher interested in technological visibilities, volumes, and futures.
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Today, we’re starting a countdown to the launch event for our States of Precarity in UK HE Geography report. Based on 364 responses from across the discipline, it maps how precarity is shaping academic lives. #StatesofPrecarity
Follow along as we share the findings week by week.
Register below👉
Follow along as we share the findings week by week.
Register below👉
States of precarity in UK geography report launch
We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.
www.rgs.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today, we’re starting a countdown to the launch event for our States of Precarity in UK HE Geography report. Based on 364 responses from across the discipline, it maps how precarity is shaping academic lives. #StatesofPrecarity
Follow along as we share the findings week by week.
Register below👉
Follow along as we share the findings week by week.
Register below👉
This event was really important and informative. If you have not done so, please check out the 'creating more inclusive workplaces for academics with energy limiting conditions' guidance. The webinar was recorded and will be posted on the project website soon
exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This event was really important and informative. If you have not done so, please check out the 'creating more inclusive workplaces for academics with energy limiting conditions' guidance. The webinar was recorded and will be posted on the project website soon
exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/
🚨 New @rgsibg.bsky.social report & action plans from the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social team. Shares findings from our research on the long & short term effects of precarity in UK HEI Geography & includes action plans designed to support more equitable working cultures
➡️ www.rgs.org/research/hig...
➡️ www.rgs.org/research/hig...
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🚨 New @rgsibg.bsky.social report & action plans from the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social team. Shares findings from our research on the long & short term effects of precarity in UK HEI Geography & includes action plans designed to support more equitable working cultures
➡️ www.rgs.org/research/hig...
➡️ www.rgs.org/research/hig...
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Crafting the Ocean: The Geographies of Environmental World-Making - a new paper by Kim Peters and I in @tibg.bsky.social. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to the team at Transactions for such a constructive process.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
The paper departs from existing analyses of ‘world making’, bringing cultural and environmental geographies into further conversation through linking theories of crafting and world-making together, t....
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Crafting the Ocean: The Geographies of Environmental World-Making - a new paper by Kim Peters and I in @tibg.bsky.social. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to the team at Transactions for such a constructive process.
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Call for proposals -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- submit your application by 10 April 2026 antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-t...
“Right to the Discipline” grants - Antipode Online
Call for Proposals, November 2025 Last year we received 169 strong applications with a success rate of 5.9%. We anticipate funding a similar number of 10-12 grants in the next application year. Antipo...
antipodeonline.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Call for proposals -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- submit your application by 10 April 2026 antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-t...
Can't wait to get stuck into Sydney Calkin & @cordyf.bsky.social's De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Political Geography. Thank you for featuring my chapter on Geographies of technology.
➡️Handbook: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
➡️My chapter: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
➡️Handbook: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
➡️My chapter: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
18 Geographies Of Technology
18 Geographies Of Technology was published in De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Political Geography on page 227.
www.degruyterbrill.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Can't wait to get stuck into Sydney Calkin & @cordyf.bsky.social's De Gruyter Handbook of Feminist Political Geography. Thank you for featuring my chapter on Geographies of technology.
➡️Handbook: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
➡️My chapter: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
➡️Handbook: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
➡️My chapter: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Reminder: Join me today, 6th of November, to explore the semiotics of drone visuals at a seminar hosted by the Centre for Drones and Culture at the University of Cambridge. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
#drone #visualculture #aesthetics #semiotics
#drone #visualculture #aesthetics #semiotics
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reminder: Join me today, 6th of November, to explore the semiotics of drone visuals at a seminar hosted by the Centre for Drones and Culture at the University of Cambridge. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
#drone #visualculture #aesthetics #semiotics
#drone #visualculture #aesthetics #semiotics
Thank you to Daniela Ferreira and Mário Vale for organising the 4th Digital Geographies Conference (lnkd.in/eYeFD6P4) at IGOT-ULisboa. Great to engage with diverse international digital geographies research, and to share my research on 'Feminist digital geographies in flight: Everyday drone stories'
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thank you to Daniela Ferreira and Mário Vale for organising the 4th Digital Geographies Conference (lnkd.in/eYeFD6P4) at IGOT-ULisboa. Great to engage with diverse international digital geographies research, and to share my research on 'Feminist digital geographies in flight: Everyday drone stories'
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To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, @yorkstjohn.bsky.social has shared a series of blogs celebrating Black geographers.
The latest piece is by our Geography for All Coordinator, Jasmine Roberts. Read her blog, and the other brilliant contributions the series, here 👇
bit.ly/3WZIHBZ
The latest piece is by our Geography for All Coordinator, Jasmine Roberts. Read her blog, and the other brilliant contributions the series, here 👇
bit.ly/3WZIHBZ
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, @yorkstjohn.bsky.social has shared a series of blogs celebrating Black geographers.
The latest piece is by our Geography for All Coordinator, Jasmine Roberts. Read her blog, and the other brilliant contributions the series, here 👇
bit.ly/3WZIHBZ
The latest piece is by our Geography for All Coordinator, Jasmine Roberts. Read her blog, and the other brilliant contributions the series, here 👇
bit.ly/3WZIHBZ
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New in Area:
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New in Area:
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social
This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
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Join me 6 Nov, 12–1pm for “Reimagining the World from Above: The Semiotics of Drone Visuals”, hosted by the Centre for Drones and Culture,
@Cambridge_Uni
#DroneCulture #VisualCulture #AIandSociety #DigitalMedia #VisualStudies #MachineVision
@Cambridge_Uni
#DroneCulture #VisualCulture #AIandSociety #DigitalMedia #VisualStudies #MachineVision
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Join me 6 Nov, 12–1pm for “Reimagining the World from Above: The Semiotics of Drone Visuals”, hosted by the Centre for Drones and Culture,
@Cambridge_Uni
#DroneCulture #VisualCulture #AIandSociety #DigitalMedia #VisualStudies #MachineVision
@Cambridge_Uni
#DroneCulture #VisualCulture #AIandSociety #DigitalMedia #VisualStudies #MachineVision
'German police are set to gain powers to shoot down rogue drones...The cabinet approved the new legislation on Wednesday, now awaiting parliamentary consent...The new law comes after dozens of flights were diverted or cancelled last Friday at Munich Airport' www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Police granted additional powers to shoot down rogue drones
It follows a spate of rogue drone sightings in Europe
www.independent.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
'German police are set to gain powers to shoot down rogue drones...The cabinet approved the new legislation on Wednesday, now awaiting parliamentary consent...The new law comes after dozens of flights were diverted or cancelled last Friday at Munich Airport' www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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"Hobbyist" is a truly breathtaking choice of phrase. It encapsulates a profound sense of contempt for the labour of academics in the UK, who already have to navigate an underfunded system dominated by precarity and overwork. "Knows the price of everything but the value of nothing" springs to mind
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
"Hobbyist" is a truly breathtaking choice of phrase. It encapsulates a profound sense of contempt for the labour of academics in the UK, who already have to navigate an underfunded system dominated by precarity and overwork. "Knows the price of everything but the value of nothing" springs to mind
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Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, says military
Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, says military
Operation launched to ‘neutralise objects that have violated’ Polish border, minister says
Poland has shot down drones over its territory after repeated violations of its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine.
The announcement came after Poland closed airports and launched an operation “to neutralise” objects that crossed over its border. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, says military
Some nice news to close the week.
@paulcureton.bsky.social and I have been awarded
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Small Research Grants funding. We’ll shortly kick off our project, ‘Future drone skies: Planning in volume’, which will explore the impact of drones on built environments
@paulcureton.bsky.social and I have been awarded
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Small Research Grants funding. We’ll shortly kick off our project, ‘Future drone skies: Planning in volume’, which will explore the impact of drones on built environments
September 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Some nice news to close the week.
@paulcureton.bsky.social and I have been awarded
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Small Research Grants funding. We’ll shortly kick off our project, ‘Future drone skies: Planning in volume’, which will explore the impact of drones on built environments
@paulcureton.bsky.social and I have been awarded
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Small Research Grants funding. We’ll shortly kick off our project, ‘Future drone skies: Planning in volume’, which will explore the impact of drones on built environments
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📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
September 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📣 I'M HIRING! Please spread the word 📣
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
🔎 Looking for a 1-year postdoctoral research associate to support @sensory-lives-prj.bsky.social & UK-wide tour of a playhouse tent communicating neurodivergent children’s experiences of Temporary Accommodation.
🛜 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOL488/p...
It was a pleasure to deliver this year’s
@dgrgrgs.bsky.social annual lecture at #RGS2025. Thank you @adammpacker.bsky.social
& @tessosborne.bsky.social for the kind invitation, to @debbiehopkins.bsky.social for rich discussant reflections, and to all who joined the session ⭐️
@dgrgrgs.bsky.social annual lecture at #RGS2025. Thank you @adammpacker.bsky.social
& @tessosborne.bsky.social for the kind invitation, to @debbiehopkins.bsky.social for rich discussant reflections, and to all who joined the session ⭐️
August 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It was a pleasure to deliver this year’s
@dgrgrgs.bsky.social annual lecture at #RGS2025. Thank you @adammpacker.bsky.social
& @tessosborne.bsky.social for the kind invitation, to @debbiehopkins.bsky.social for rich discussant reflections, and to all who joined the session ⭐️
@dgrgrgs.bsky.social annual lecture at #RGS2025. Thank you @adammpacker.bsky.social
& @tessosborne.bsky.social for the kind invitation, to @debbiehopkins.bsky.social for rich discussant reflections, and to all who joined the session ⭐️
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We have a day of exciting events today, don't miss out!
🔹Our AGM at 13:10 is a chance to hear from the committee & details of our upcoming election
🔹Our inaugural lecture from @ahjackman.bsky.social on her fascinating research
🔹And many more DGRG sponsored sessions throughout the day
#RGSIBG25
🔹Our AGM at 13:10 is a chance to hear from the committee & details of our upcoming election
🔹Our inaugural lecture from @ahjackman.bsky.social on her fascinating research
🔹And many more DGRG sponsored sessions throughout the day
#RGSIBG25
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’
Our inaugural lecture will be given by @ahjackman.bsky.social (@uniofreading.bsky.social) on ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We have a day of exciting events today, don't miss out!
🔹Our AGM at 13:10 is a chance to hear from the committee & details of our upcoming election
🔹Our inaugural lecture from @ahjackman.bsky.social on her fascinating research
🔹And many more DGRG sponsored sessions throughout the day
#RGSIBG25
🔹Our AGM at 13:10 is a chance to hear from the committee & details of our upcoming election
🔹Our inaugural lecture from @ahjackman.bsky.social on her fascinating research
🔹And many more DGRG sponsored sessions throughout the day
#RGSIBG25
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Welcome to RGS-IBG AC25!
We have an exciting lineup of 14 (co-)sponsored session over the next few days, as well as our Annual Lecture & Reception. Join us for conversations across a broad range of topics intersecting the digital.
Please check ExOrdo for locations/timings.
@rgsibg.bsky.social
We have an exciting lineup of 14 (co-)sponsored session over the next few days, as well as our Annual Lecture & Reception. Join us for conversations across a broad range of topics intersecting the digital.
Please check ExOrdo for locations/timings.
@rgsibg.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Welcome to RGS-IBG AC25!
We have an exciting lineup of 14 (co-)sponsored session over the next few days, as well as our Annual Lecture & Reception. Join us for conversations across a broad range of topics intersecting the digital.
Please check ExOrdo for locations/timings.
@rgsibg.bsky.social
We have an exciting lineup of 14 (co-)sponsored session over the next few days, as well as our Annual Lecture & Reception. Join us for conversations across a broad range of topics intersecting the digital.
Please check ExOrdo for locations/timings.
@rgsibg.bsky.social
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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’
Our inaugural lecture will be given by @ahjackman.bsky.social (@uniofreading.bsky.social) on ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’
August 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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’
Our inaugural lecture will be given by @ahjackman.bsky.social (@uniofreading.bsky.social) on ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’
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They escaped Ukraine's front lines. The sound of drones followed them #UkraineRussianWar #UkraineUnderAttack
They escaped Ukraine's front lines. The sound of drones followed them
As technology transforms the war in Ukraine, soldiers are experiencing a new form of trauma: "Droneophobia".
www.bbc.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
They escaped Ukraine's front lines. The sound of drones followed them #UkraineRussianWar #UkraineUnderAttack
Still sinking in that I have been promoted to Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Grateful to colleagues at UoR and beyond who have been incredibly kind and supportive, and to the students who light up my teaching and keep me learning! ⭐
August 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Still sinking in that I have been promoted to Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Grateful to colleagues at UoR and beyond who have been incredibly kind and supportive, and to the students who light up my teaching and keep me learning! ⭐
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“Last Monday, a Russian military drone violated Lithuanian airspace,” said Kęstutis Budrys, the foreign minister in Vilnius. “This marks the second such incident in less than a month. Similar airspace violations have also been reported recently by other allies.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Ukraine war briefing: Call for Nato action after Russian drone intrudes on Lithuania
Russia talking down Medvedev’s influence after nuclear threats; oligarch’s superyacht goes on sale with proceeds to Ukraine. What we know on day 1,260
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“Last Monday, a Russian military drone violated Lithuanian airspace,” said Kęstutis Budrys, the foreign minister in Vilnius. “This marks the second such incident in less than a month. Similar airspace violations have also been reported recently by other allies.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
“The revelations…are the latest to show just how much Russia’s leaders are dragging the country’s youth into the war effort in Ukraine, with ‘patriotic’ and militarised education often spilling over into outright participation.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds
Teenagers who take part in video games tell of being headhunted to work on technology used against Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“The revelations…are the latest to show just how much Russia’s leaders are dragging the country’s youth into the war effort in Ukraine, with ‘patriotic’ and militarised education often spilling over into outright participation.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Annual leave visiting Slovenia was truly delightful 🤩 🇸🇮
July 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Annual leave visiting Slovenia was truly delightful 🤩 🇸🇮