ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

Rob Parker and Tim Parker from Time for Geography outline why geography careers are critical at this time and ways to take action. The post Making … Making geography a career-defining subject… before it’s too late

It’s not common ground, but it’s a near-all-encompassing cultural touchpoint.

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The 4th international Data Justice conference will be held at Cardiff University on 1-2 June 2026, with the title ‘The Datafied State’. It will … Data Justice Conference 2026: Submit your abstract by 31 Dec Excellent conference opportunity with brilliant people

I am late to highlighting the publication of the important RGS-IBG report States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography. I encourage anyone in academia but especially those of us in geography as a discipline to read and think about this work. There is a summary at the RGS-IBG website (a snippet of this is copied below), where there are also links to the report, plans, posters and other resources.

Katherine McKittrick, Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Queen’s University This conversation took place on March 28th at the 2025 AAG annual … Author Interview—“Experimenting with Error: A Conversation with Dan Charnas” Absolutely worth reading. Dilla Time is a fantastic and important book and Charnas’ previous work on the histories of hip hop is great. McKittrick does wonderful, evocative work outlining the importance of…

Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.

Not new news, but yet another report has stated what is becoming increasingly obvious - the UN Climate Goals, the UN SDGs and the ongoing expansion of energy & water hungry data centres are mutually exclusive. Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.

Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.