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David Bissell

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Professor of Geography at the University of Melbourne. Cultural geographies of mobilities, affect, embodiment, habit, automation, labour https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/792958-david-bissell

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Aug 21

Folks attending the RGS-IBG conference in Birmingham, UK next week are warmly welcomed to our Social & Cultural Geography plenary lecture by the wonderful Hayden Lorimer 🙌🤩 Please join us 14:40-16:20 on Friday, 29 August in the Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 1!

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Aug 20

PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne exploring reskilling for work futures in regional Australia with @leahruppanner.bsky.social, @brenchurchill.bsky.social @lillicrovara.bsky.social and me! 🙌✨ We hope this will be of interest to honsand masters students in Aus 👉 go.unimelb.edu.au/eo9p

go.unimelb.edu.au

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Aug 4

Folks working on all aspects of mobilities research are warmly invited to contribute a paper to this year's AusMob Symposium in early December 🙌 Further information and abstract submission ➡️ ausmob.com.au/events

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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · Jun 17

#OpenAccess in Transactions:

'What does it mean to be present at work? Negotiating attention, distraction and presence in working from home' by @davidjbissell.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by David Bissell, Elisabetta Crovara, Andrew Gorman-Murry & Elizabeth Straughan (2025) entitled 'What does it mean to be present at work? Negotiating attention, distraction and presence in working from home' with a red banner at the top.

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Mar 21

❁ If you're considering coming to the Institute of Australian Geographers Conference in Newcastle NSW this year, please do think about contributing to our session that we're organising on the concept of 'acceptance' in geography ❁ We think that it's a really intriguing and timely theme ❁

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you so much for saying so, Miriam! 🙌 That's very kind indeed.

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Mar 5

What does it mean to be ‘out of it’? 🤔

How might foggier experiences of cognition change our relationship with place, to each other, and ourselves? 🌫️

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Greg Seigworth @gregseigworth.bsky.social · Jan 20

Here is your INAUGURATION DAY COUNTERPROGRAMMING.

Capacities to: Affect Up Against Fascism.
Open access. Read online or download as pdf. (Book form coming soon.)
More than 40 contributors, over 350 pages.

READ. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY.

imbricate.press/book/capacit...

Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism

<p>Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism is a collection of more than forty essays, poems, and visual works that convey myriad approaches for understanding, surviving, and creating counter-movement...

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Nov 15

It is unthinkable that this situation has arisen, and I sincerely hope that the UOW executive rethinks these proposals. You can sign the NTEU-led petition here to show your support: betteruniversities.work/uow-petition... 5/5

UOW Course Cut Proposal - Stop the 888! - Better Workplaces = Better Universities

Be part of National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) member' enterprise bargaining campaign and help create better workplaces and better universities.

betteruniversities.work

David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Nov 15

But what also characterises geographers at UOW is their collegiality, generosity and care towards other scholars, both academics and students—and this ethos definitely has big ripple effects across the rest of the discipline in Australia. 4/5

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Nov 15

In terms of funded research success alone, geographers at UOW are one of the top performing programs in Australia—they currently hold 1 Laureate, 1 Future Fellowship, 2 DECRAs, 4 Discoveries, 2 Linkages, in addition to an enviable record of industry funding. 3/5

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Nov 15

Geographers at Wollongong lead national and global agendas in research and teaching on sustainability and are absolutely critical to the success of geography as a discipline in Australia www.uow.edu.au/the-arts-soc... 2/5

Geography & Sustainability - University of Wollongong – UOW

www.uow.edu.au

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Reposted by Hyun S. Shin, Émilie Lavie

David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Nov 15

The very idea of so many incredible geography friends and colleagues at the University of Wollongong being in scope for possible redundancy next month is absolutely gut wrenching www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11... 1/5

University to cut 137 academics due to $35m drop in international student enrolments

The University of Wollongong has approached staff across 25 disciplines for redundancies in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages.

www.abc.net.au

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Nov 14

This book sound amazing!

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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · Nov 13

📢Join the TIBG team!📢

We are looking for four new mid-career geographers to join our Editorial Board.

We are seeking expertise in environmental, historical and quantitative geography, sustainable development, geopolitics, Africa & Latin America.

Deadline: 4 December

www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

Editorial opportunities at Society journal - RGS

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, one of the Society’s scholarly journals, is looking for four new Editorial Board members.

www.rgs.org

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Oct 8

✨JOB ALERT✨Lecturer in Health Geography
at the University of Melbourne! Come and join our lovely community in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 🙌 Full time continuing position. Applications close 5 Nov ➡ jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...

Details : Lecturer in Health Geography : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · Sep 14

I'm so excited about reading Paul Simpson's new book Coexistence: Spacings, Dis-positions, and Being-with Others which is out later in the year🙌 The intro is already available to read online🤩 taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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