American Association of Geographers

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In small-scale multilingual societies, an individual uses a large number of languages and usually identifies one of them as the primary language. Pan et al. explore the uncertainties of place related to primary language over alternative languages.

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AAG 2026 CFP: Putting the ‘Con’ in Economic Geography AAG 2026 CFP: Schemes, Scams, and Flim-flam: Putting the ‘Con’ in Economic Geography Will B. Payne, Rutgers University Desiree Fields, University of California, Berkeley Jovan Scott Lewis, University ...

Along with Will Payne and Jovan Lewis, I'm organizing an AAG session on the economic geography of scams for the 2026 conference in San Francisco. Please share widely! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Your skincare isn't working and geography might be the answer From Delhi’s dry air to Mumbai’s humidity, the same products don’t always perform the same. Indian beauty needs to start listening to climate, culture and biology

Your skincare isn't working, and geography might be the answer.

From Delhi’s dry air to Mumbai’s humidity, the same products don’t always perform the same. Vogue Indian digs into how beauty needs to start listening to climate, culture, and biology.

🌎 Big news! NEEF is the new sponsor of #NoChildLeftInside Day!

🌿 Let’s get kids outdoors to explore, learn & love our planet this #EarthScienceWeek

🌤️ How can you celebrate? 💚 See: neefusa.org/no-child-left-inside

Jane Goodall posed with a primate in arms.

Primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall lived an extraordinary life of observation, service, and activism. In 2012, Goodall was presented with the inaugural AAG Atlas Award during the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. We honor her contributions to geography and humanity. buff.ly/EjizLaN

See CFP for #AAG2026 session on the politics of #greenspace in a polarized world below.

We look forward to your contributions!

Call for abstracts: "Insurance, Climate Change, and Spatial Governance" paper session for the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 17-21, 2026

I'm co-organizing this session with some amazing scholars. Here's our extended abstract:

In case you missed it: see our CfP for the AAG 2026 below 👇

🌉 #Call4Abstracts #CfA #C4A #AAG2026 #SanFrancisco #California #USA March 17–21 @geographers.bsky.social

#Hybrid Session:
Anticipatory #AI Governance in #Public Administrations Worldwide

Submit by Oct 25: igor.calzada@ehu.eus
aag.org/events/aag20...

#DigitalGeographies #AgenticAI #PublicSector

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The countdown to Geography Awareness Week has officially begun! Are you ready to show off your love for the discipline? Join AAG and others worldwide from November 13-17 with a focus on our theme “Making Spaces of Possibility.”

Learn how you can get involved: buff.ly/oukmzeD

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What capabilities do large language models (LLMs) have to discern intercardinal directions between geographic locations? Fulman et al. evaluated whether three significant LLMs exhibit a hierarchical spatial bias similar to how humans judge an individual by location.

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This Young Entrepreneur Is Making Learning About Geography Fun—Through A Fast-Growing Game Gautam Anand, coder who is still in high school, created WorldGuessr, a free game now used in classrooms, in response to demand from his friends at school.

Tapping into his entrepreneurial interest, Gautam Anand, a high school senior from Rochester, Minnesota, created the fast-growing game WorldGuessr to help people get a taste of life in other parts of the world. buff.ly/71j3R8y

🏆 Add the Best Student Geologic Map Competition and Awards Ceremony to your schedule at the #GSA2025 annual meeting in San Antonio 🎓🗓️ on Oct. 19, students will present their #geologic #maps from 9-11 AM at Session T204 in the Poster Hall.🌟 Learn more: connects.geosociety.org

Various covers of books featured on AAG's 2025 Fall books list.

The leaves are starting to fall, and there’s no better time to curl up with a book. 🍂 📚 Looking for recommendations? Check out AAG’s 2025 Fall New Books for Geographers list: buff.ly/dztAWb9

#GeoSky #GISChat #ClimateSky #NewBooks

Attention all APHG Teachers! Only a few days left to apply for Geoboost and receive a $300 grant to purchase geospatial related resources for your classrooms. Applications are quick, simple, and open through Monday, October 6th. Don't miss out!
www.americangeo.org/geoboost

Schwarzer Hintergrund mit weißem Text: „Call for Papers – AAG 2026, San Francisco. Crisis between the Ordinary and Eventful: Housing, Material Conditions, and Everyday Urbanism. Deadline: October 20, 2025.“ With email addresses from both organizers: klosterkamp@geo.uni-frankfurt.de & cristina.temenos@manchester.ac.uk

📢 CFP | AAG 2026, San Francisco
Crisis between the Ordinary and Eventful: Housing, Material Conditions, and Everyday Urbanism

In many cities, crisis isn’t rupture—it’s everyday life.
Evictions, debt, precarity, housing struggles.
But also repair, care, solidarity.

@geographers.bsky.social #geosky

Screenshot of the call for proposals for "Contested Natures: The Politics of Green Space in a Polarized World"

It's that time of year again (i.e., when @geographers.bsky.social CFP start streaming in)!

For #AAG2026, @urbanparksgirl.bsky.social, @jkhawes.bsky.social, and I are organizing a session on the politics of green space in a polarized world.

To take part, send us your abstract by Oct 26th 📧

It seems timely that the AAG Review of Books just published a review of Who Is Government? ed. by Michael Lewis. Many public servants cope with employment uncertainty and hostile agency heads, but they are also dedicated people committed to American excellence.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Call for Abstracts - AAG 2026 | SF
Deadline: October 23rd

Join my Panel at next year's AAG conference on "Infrastructure Monsters and the Specter of Sabotage". We talkin' horror stories, queer geography, ghosts, Marx' specters, ruination, sabotage, and much more!

@geographers.bsky.social #GeoSky

Headshots of Mirembe and Samra against a blue and white topographic background.

AAG is excited to welcome our two fall interns! Meet Mirembe Ddumba, a junior studying Economics at Penn State University, and Samra McCullin, a fourth-year student at George Mason University majoring in Geography with a minor in GIS. buff.ly/btnk04N

🌍🎨📸✍️ Show your talent in the Earth Science Week Contests 2025! Win $300 + get featured!

Deadline: Oct 17 🗓

Enter now 👉 www.earthsciweek.org/contests/

#EarthScienceWeek #STEM #ContestAlert

📚 W+Geo member Izabela Miller is writing a book to empower female GIS leaders. She’s gathering stories of challenges, growth, and leadership to inspire others. Want to share yours? DM @izabelamiller.bsky.social to be part of this important project shaping women’s voices in GIS.

APCG 2025 - Keynote Speakers Friday Night Keynote Framing Nature at the Grand Canyon: From Rim to River and Beyond

Looking forward to attending & speaking @geographers.bsky.social Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) meeting in Santa Clarita, CA on Oct 9-11 sites.google.com/view/apcg-20...

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Meet Grant Rodriguez 👋

As an Environmental Justice and Recruitment Coordinator, Grant helps figure out where justice and equity fit into a just transition to a circular economy for plastics packaging. buff.ly/rblrjaM

Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge with text overlay: #AAG2026 Abstract Deadline. Submit by October 30.

Ready to share your research with the world? There’s only one month left to submit your abstract for #AAG2026, hosted online and in San Fransico, California. Explore AAG’s submission and organizing deadlines: buff.ly/7PCjQVs

#GeoSky #ClimateSky #GISChat

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The 53rd @carto-giscience.bsky.social Annual Map Design Competition is now open to all mapmakers! Both students and professional cartographers are welcome to submit their maps for a wide variety of categories. Learn about the guidelines and submit your entry by January 31, 2026. buff.ly/N0laigd

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Hybrid flexible (HyFlex) course modalities allow students to attend courses face-to-face, online synchronously, or online asynchronously, only increasing in the era of COVID-19. Hagge assesses HyFlex legitimacy for introductory GIS courses.

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🍂 Boost your AAG spirit in the classroom, field, or on the trail, with merch carrying our logo in our year-round store! We've partnered with Bonfire to produce gear and gifts that adhere to high ethical manufacturing standards and sustainability practices -- perfect for geographers. buff.ly/tL4pH7Y

Attention all APHG Teachers! - This semester, AGS will provide 50 teachers with $300 grants to purchase geospatial-related resources for their classrooms through our GeoBoost program. Applications are quick, simple, and open until Monday Oct 6th. Don't miss out! www.americangeo.org/geoboost