Space and Polity

What does academic writing about resistance do, now? Published in Space and Polity (Ahead of Print, 2025)

I'm so grateful to @spaceandpolity.bsky.social for coordinating a book review forum on Critical Geographies of Resistance.

Thank you so much to Malene Jacobsen, Nicole Printy Currie and Bridget Shaffrey @bshaffrey.bsky.social for your thoughtful pieces.

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Immigration and the contested politics of volunteering as ‘good behaviour’ Following the release of the UK Government’s recent White Paper on Immigration (2025), this provocation critically reflects on the role of points-based contributions, voluntary service and ‘good ch...

Writing in response to the UK Government's White Paper on Immigration, @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social and @sarah-mills.bsky.social raise important questions about points-based citizenship policies and the politics of 'good behaviour' and volunteering: doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2025.2539744

Conceptualizing the state: tactical decisions and violence at the ZAD Lützerath This paper examines how activists' conceptions of the state shape – and are shaped by – their tactical decisions during violent confrontations, focusing on a partial eviction at the ZAD Lützerath, ...

Up online now: 'Conceptualizing the state: tactical decisions and violence at the ZAD Lützerath: doi.org/10.1080/1356...

They are especially interested in supporting authors doing work in queer and trans geographies, as well as those working critically on the political geographies of higher education, universities, and academic work.

At the journal, Derek manages the flow of submissions and decisions, leads the strategic development of the journal, and organizes the review process for selected submissions.

Introducing our editors, pt. 1: As of last month, Space and Polity's new editor-in-chief is @derek-ruez.bsky.social. Derek is based in Finland at Tampere University in @sparg-tuni.bsky.social and works at the intersections of political, urban, cultural, and queer geographies.

Materializing an ‘Arab Jerusalem’: narrating the Jerusalem Airport 1948–1967 The dominant narrative of 1948–1967 Arab Jerusalem, if there is one at all, is of a marginalized city with passive citizens, decimated by the extraction of its vibrant heart in West Jerusalem, cons...

An important piece on an under-examined moment in the political and historical geographies of Palestine: 'Materializing an 'Arab Jerusalem': narrating the Jerusalem Airport 1948-1967' by Mansour Nasasra doi.org/10.1080/1356...

From the Bog to the Cloud: Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland Published in Space and Polity (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Big thanks to Louise Rondel & Liam Healy for engaging so thoughtfully with our (Pat Brodie and me) soon to be published book.

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A ‘left behind’ habitus? understanding local political disengagement using Bourdieu Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction is applied to interpret the structural conditions and experiences of citizens in ‘left behind’ places (LBP) along the Cumbrian coastline (UK). The findings ...

Last year, we published this interesting intervention into discussions about 'left behind' places by Suzanne Wilson: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From patriotic nationals to critical citizens? The A4 Movement and the change in long-distance nationalism among overseas PRC-Chinese This article focuses on discourses about China’s zero-COVID policy as well as perceptions of the A4 Movement among overseas PRC-Chinese. In particular, I examine whether, how and why the idea and p...

Online first at Space and Polity: 'From patriotic nationals to critical citizens? The A4 Movement and the change in long-distance nationalism among overseas PRC-Chinese' by Yao-Tai Li :https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562576.2025.2511951

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Online first at Space and Polity: "The more-than-human commons in a crisis-ridden context: the case of the women’s collective and the chamomile-bee commons in Skouries of Halkidiki, Greece" by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
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We'll be updating the journal's aims and scope soon, but know that we plan to continue to publish a broad range of careful and critical scholarship on space and politics in and beyond political geography.

In the meantime, we hope you'll consider submitting your work to us, and be in touch if you have ideas for special issues/sections as well! #geosky #politicalgeography #geography

We're refreshing the journal and joining the conversation here on blue sky. We'll gradually be introducing our editorial team, highlighting recent publications, and figuring out how to best use the platform.