Anna Jackman

"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

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...

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

📣 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...

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 ⭐️

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

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

The poster shows a picture of Dr Anna Jackman University of Reading alongside her social media handles for BlueSky and LinkedIn with the title of her presentation ‘Feminist digital geographies in flight: Diversifying drone stories’ and the abstract. The header reads ‘RGS-IBG 2025. Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Lecture. Thursday 28th August 2025, Lecture Theatre 1 - LG19’.

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’

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".

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! ⭐

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

“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...

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

“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...

Lake Bled, Slovenia

Annual leave visiting Slovenia was truly delightful 🤩 🇸🇮

Drugs smuggled by drone undermining rehabilitation in prisons, watchdog warns Chief inspector says jails in England and Wales are overwhelmed by contraband, overcrowding and lack of staff

‘The volume of drugs being delivered by drones into prisons is severely undermining hopes of rehabilitation among inmates, a watchdog has warned’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A graphic showing the title page of The Geographical Journal on a blue background with The GJ in large letters on the right hand page. On the left hand page are nine tiles with standard articles, with the names of papers in the issue. 1) Policy interactions at a multiscale geographical space for developing the green economy: Evidence from the international diffusion of environmental goods Jingxuan Gui, Xiyan Mao, Peiyu Wang 2) Everyday understandings of drone incidents and misuse in the Mass Observation Archive Anna Jackman 3) Comprehending the interaction between urban function and morphology at traffic analysis zones scale: The case study from Hangzhou Wencang Shen, Qiyu Hu, Zhengfeng Zhang, Lu Niu 4) How different emotions emerge in the context of the energy crisis: A contribution to emotional energy geographies Maria Budnik, Katrin Grossmann, Celine Hess, Tine Wemheuer 5) ‘You could start a new country, but you would need to discover new land’: Exploring understandings of statehood with primary school pupils in England Liam Saddington, Fiona McConnell 6) Fin or tech? The role of financial and technological capabilities in global fintech development Xinchen Luan, Wenwan Jin, Shengjun Zhu, Bofei Yang 7) ‘…and the evidence was irrefutable’: The politics of evidence in the World Commission on Dams Christopher Schulz, William M. Adams 8) Labour turnover and employment dynamics in the e-waste industry of Ghana Khiddir Iddris, Martin Owusu, Martin Oteng-Ababio, Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa 9) Professor Peter Haggett (1933–2025) Richard Harris, Tony Hoare, Kelvyn Jones, David Richards, John Wylie

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢

This issue features papers on topics including drones, fintech, and e-waste.

The GJ publishes papers on issues of public interest - get in touch with submission ideas at journals@rgs.org.

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959... #geosky

📢 Report launch: ‘From Ambition to Action: Insights into drone use by Local Government in England’ explores real-world use cases of drones by local government in England - reflecting on benefits, drivers &barriers. research.reading.ac.uk/drone-geogra...
➡️ Blog: research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...

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....

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores American Airspace Sovereignty ENSURING AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER ITS SKIES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to ensure American sovereignty over its skies and

Drones 'pose a growing threat as criminals,terrorists,& hostile foreign actors...weaponize the tech to endanger public safety &national security.The Order establishes the Federal Task Force to Restore American Airspace Sovereignty &propose solutions to UAS threats' www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

'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...

Fibre optic drones: The terrifying new weapon changing the war in Ukraine - BBC News The BBC reports from Donetsk where swarms of fibre optic drones give Russia the edge as Ukraine defends towns behind the front line.

‘In an ever-evolving conflict, soldiers rapidly adapt…the latest threat comes from fibre optic drones. A spool of tens of kilometres of cable is fitted to the bottom of a drone & the fibre optic cord is attached to the controller held by the pilot’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How to make field education in geography more anti-racist: seven key steps By Annie Hughes, Kingston University London Students who feel that they belong in their education setting report higher well-being and have better academic outcomes.  Classrooms and curricula …

Interesting read: 'How to make field education in geography more anti-racist: seven key steps' by Annie Hughes (Kingston University London), via Geography Directions blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/19/h...

'In 2023, the DfT sponsored the CAA to review the regulation of UAS in the UK, publishing the “Review of UK UAS Regulations consultation”...The CAA engaged with all responses to the consultation. This reply sets out the CAA’s final policy recommendations' www.caa.co.uk/publication/...

Pleasure to review Adam Fish's provocative and thoughtful book 'Oceaning: Governing Marine Life with Drones'. Focusing on drones in marine conservation, the book explores the drone's potential as a 'tool for an affirmative multispecies ethics'. More at: www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Great to present at today's @aerosociety.bsky.social 's Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft Systems Conference. Shared findings on research with UK local authorities and drone industry on societal impacts and benefit www.aerosociety.com/media/26274/...

Missing the stunning views from our UoR Geography and Environmental Science part 2 field class to Stirling last week!

Great to host today's panel on Gender and fieldwork, to mark International Women's Day. Thank you to panellists Catherine Souch @rgsibg.bsky.social , Alison MacLeod, Selma Benyovszky, Anya Lawrence and Alanna Cant for your thoughtful and careful input. Looking forward to continuing conversations!

The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library As drones increasingly feature in everyday airspace, so too do concerns grow about drone incidents and misuse. Drawing on the development of a Mass Observation Archive directive and the testimony of ...

#OpenAccess paper in The GJ:

'Everyday understandings of drone incidents and misuse in the Mass Observation Archive' by @ahjackman.bsky.social

This paper explores everyday stories of drone usage through the lens of feminist geographies and geopolitics.

doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geo #geosky

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