Peter Hopkins

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!

🔥 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀!
Professor Peter Hopkins(@peterhopkins.bsky.social) and Dr James Carr have published a new paper in 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, reviewing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism and suggesting some possibilities for future research. Check it out!

📌A NEW PAPER by @james-carr.bsky.social and I - we review research about Islamophobia and anti-Mulsim racism and suggest some possibilities for future work in @ersjournal.com

Have a read here 👇: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!

We’re pleased to share that our colleagues, Professor Peter Hopkins (@peterhopkins.bsky.social) and Dr Matt Benwell have published a paper, along with Dr Robin Finlay at the University of Sunderland, The Institute for Economic and Social Inclusion.🎉

Disorientation and Asylum-Seeking Youth: Examining the Emotional and Embodied Impacts of the UK Asylum System Disorientation is a critical emotional and embodied dimension in the slow violence of the UK government’s asylum policies. This article focuses on young asylum seekers in Newcastle-Gateshead, UK, a...

This paper, published in 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, explores how the UK asylum system actively promotes disorientation for asylum seekers. Check it out!
👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📌NEW PAPER - about how the UK asylum system actively promotes disorientation for asylum seekers - led by @robinfinlay.bsky.social with Matt Benwell and I from our HERA/AHRC funded work about refugee youth. @ncl-geography.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Here is a collection of papers from the @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social journals focused on the @rgs.org annual conference theme of "geographies of inequalities: towards just places": 👇
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

A really important piece for university Geography from colleagues across the country, including our @peterhopkins.bsky.social

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-u...

With @jennypickerill.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social Beth Greenhough & Jamie Woodward

This is a really excellent piece - detailing the situation for geography (&other subjects) across UK #HE. The cuts & more general lack of support are having a devastating effects that will reverberate for decades @jennypickerill.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

Our new piece out today in Times Higher Education about the threats to Geography in the UK - particularly fieldwork - please do share. It links to a recent snapshot survey on the challenges being faced in UK HE, which highlights the inequities of the challenges, but also fears of what is yet to come

Beyond Kenmure Street: lifecycles of antiracism amongst activists in Glasgow This paper examines antiracist activism in Glasgow, Scotland, through the anchor of the 2021 “Battle of Kenmure Street,” when residents and activists stopped a Home Office immigration raid. Drawing...

NEW PAPER in @ersjournal.com with @joeljoel.bsky.social about lifecycles of antiracism amongst activists in Glasgow 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Are you a physical geographer looking for an editorial opportunity? Join the wonderful team at The Geographical Journal - details below⬇️

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#JustPublished in 'New Directions in Islam': The Pivot 'Muslim Youth in Southeast Asia', ed. by Mohd Al Adib Samuri and @peterhopkins.bsky.social . Read, download or purchase the e-book/hardcopy here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 20% off with discount code PALAUT. @hss.springernature.com

Muslim Youth in Southeast Asia This book explores Muslim youth in Southeast Asia, from culture and social media to politics, offering insights into future regional trends.

**New edited book** about Muslim youth in Southeast Asia 👇

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins.

Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia.

University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF

Asylum hotel protests in the UK: Why Islamophobia is being ignored - Transforming Society Peter Hopkins, author of 'Everyday Islamophobia', discusses the Far-right protests against asylum hotels in the UK have escalated into mass mobilisations, with migration dominating political debate…

@peterhopkins.bsky.social discusses how the Far-right protests against #AsylumHotels in the UK have escalated into mass mobilisations, with #Migration dominating political debate while #Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism remain sidelined and silenced: buff.ly/J3hLPr9

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 eight tiles showing the Special Section 'Legacies of Austerity', with the names of papers in the issue. The names of the papers and authors are as follows: 1) 'Legacies of Austerity: Editorial Introduction' by Sander van Lanen & Sarah Marie Hall 2) 'Family Hubs and the vulnerable care ecologies of child and family welfare in austerity' by Tom Disney et al. 3) 'Relational legacies and relative experiences: Austerity, inequality and access to special educational needs and disability (SEND) support in London, England' by Rosalie Warnock 4) 'Lived experiences of utilities-based indebtedness in Greece: Tracing the afterlives of austerity' by Aliki Koutlou 5) 'Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece' by Matina Kapsali 6) 'De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks' by Andrew Smith et al. 7) 'Austerity's afterlives? The case of community asset transfer in the UK' by Neil Turnbull 8) 'Austere futures: From hardship to hope?' by Julie MacLeavy

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) 'The rise of education-featured gated communities in Chinese cities: (Re)producing the enterprising self via the entrepreneurial local state–capital nexus' by Shenjing He 2) 'Policy-driven education-led gentrification and its spatiotemporal dynamics: Evidence from Shanghai, China' by Rong Cai, Lirong Hu & Shenjing He 3) 'The market formation of private sector, purpose built student accommodation in Sheffield 2000–2019' by Carl Lee 4) 'Evaporation losses from residential swimming pools and water features under climate variability and change' by Alicia Cumberland & Robert Wilby 5) 'Forecasting urban shifts post-earthquake: LULC change analysis in Elazığ, Turkey using ANN and Markov models' by Fatih Sunbul, Enes Karadeniz, Mustafa Taner Sengun & Muhammed Kocaoglu 6) 'Care-ful encounters: A case for empathetic youthful encounters with coastal environments' by Mark Holton 7) 'How do you like your rivers? Portraying public perception and preference for urban rivers in China via a combined visual and textual analysis' by Yixin Cao, Wendy Yan Chen & Karl Matthias Wantzen 8) 'Understanding place-to-place interactions using flow patterns derived from in-app mobile phone location data' by Mikaella Mavrogeni, Justin van Dijk & Paul Longley 9) 'Gender difference in space–time fixity from household structure in urban China: A case study of Beijing' by Hongbo Chai, Patrick Witte, Stan Geertman & Dick Ettema

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 five tiles with commentaries and RGS-IBG Regulars, with the names of papers in the issue. 1) 'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen & Nikos Kapitsinis 2) 'From The Hague to the margins: The ICC, feminist geopolitics and alternative legal futures' by Sarah Klosterkamp & Alex Jeffrey 3) 'Everyone's talking about climate change actions, but can we learn from Wales’ approach?' by Lynda Yorke, Athanasios Dimitriou, Sonya Hanna, Corinna Patterson, Sara Parry & Georgina Smith 4) 'Presidential address and record of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) AGM 2025' by Dame Jane Francis 5) 'Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards celebration 2025' by Jane Francis, Murray Gray, Børge Ousland, Gillian Rose, Susan Smith & Dariusz Wójcik

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢

𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

September's Issue features the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section alongside 9 papers, 3 commentaries, and records of the 2025 RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony.

Take a look here ⬇️

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

Asylum hotel protests in the UK: Why Islamophobia is being ignored - Transforming Society Peter Hopkins, author of 'Everyday Islamophobia', discusses the Far-right protests against asylum hotels in the UK have escalated into mass mobilisations, with migration dominating political debate wh...

New piece @brisunipress.bsky.social about Islamophobia being ignored in the context of the debate about asylum hotels

www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/09/22/a...

A new book out today @brisunipress.bsky.social. You can order your copy here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/everyday-isl...

YouTube video by Peter Hopkins Everyday Islamophobia

NEW ANIMATION!
Here is a short new animation that explain a little more about what is meant by 'everyday Islamophobia'.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EavZ...

YouTube video by Peter Hopkins Everyday Islamophobia

NEW ANIMATION!
Here is a short new animation that explain a little more about what is meant by 'everyday Islamophobia'.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EavZ...

A new book out today @brisunipress.bsky.social. You can order your copy here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/everyday-isl...

YouTube video by Peter Hopkins What is intersectionality?

What is intersectionality? Here is a useful animation to help explain what it is all about:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1is...