Dr Adam Michael Packer

Use of fixed-term posts ‘stifling more critical research’ Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing ‘safer’ work, with ‘serious ramifications’ for their disciplines

'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.'

Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3

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.

TOMORROW:
Report Launch and Discussion
1:00-2:30PM GMT

Guest Speakers:
Matilda Fitzmaurice (@matildaf.bsky.social)
Jay Todd (@jaytoddgla.bsky.social)
Lekan Adekola
Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social)

Register:
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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.

Join us for our report launch event next Wednesday, 1pm-2.30pm [Online]

Guest speakers:
Prof. Gillian Rose, Lekan Adekola, Matilda Fitzmaurice, Jay Todd

Register 👇
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Being involved with DGRG has opened opportunities for me as an early career researcher to build skills, networks & connections. I strongly encourage ECRs to get involved with RGS Research Groups - it has been so helpful getting to know & work with academics across career stages.

@rgsibg.bsky.social

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Thank you for welcoming my comments, @ahjackman.bsky.social & thank you @profgillian.bsky.social for inviting me. It was a joy to hear & engage with interesting questions & comments from those who came too!

And then a $665 non-member virutal registration fee? What justifies that cost????

I know there are already conversations about this in various groups and lists, but the eye-watering $1117 non-member registration fee for AAG 2026 is completely unjustifiable and unreachable for ECRs like me. Even worse seeing such interesting sessions announced that I would want to contribute to.

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

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...

V excited for this!

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…

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
digitalgeographiesrg.org/rgs-ibg-inte...

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

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

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....

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

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."

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 ...

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

genevasolutions.news/science-tech...

The top half of the image features text stating: Global Digital Geographies: Digitalising the Territorial/ Territorialising the Digital which is in white font. Below in black font is the text: Annual Symposium Digital Geographies Research Group 19-20 June 2025 online. In the bottom half of the image is a map of the world in a blue and purple tint. Various digital symbols are placed on top of the map such as smartphones, sensors, location pins, satellites, and submarine cables. In the bottom right hand corner is the RGS logo and the City University of Hong Kong logo. The background of the image is a graduated purple to white colouring with purple at the top and white at the bottom of the image.

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

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...

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 ...

📢 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....

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...

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....

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.

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

'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...

🙌🏻 yes!! so excited to read this

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.

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

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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🚨 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.

🌳 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
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

v excited to read this!