Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.

Not new news, but yet another report has stated what is becoming increasingly obvious - the UN Climate Goals, the UN SDGs and the ongoing expansion of energy & water hungry data centres are mutually exclusive. Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.

Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.

Fourth international Data Justice conference: The Datafied State Date: 1-2 June, 2026 Location: Cardiff University in Cardiff, UK Host: Data Justice… Data Justice Conference 2026: The Datafied State

A really interesting and insightful piece over on the Just Rural Futures Substack by Joshua Z. Merced, Northern Arizona University, about the ways ‘Southernness’ gets performed and used for various reasons in relation to craft beer: Porch Swings and Pale Ales: Performing Southerness in Craft Beer Culture The Southeastern United States may not be the first region that comes to mind when one thinks about craft beer.

By Aled Singleton, Cardiff University The use and form of towns and city centres change over time. In recent years high streets have lost department … What participatory geographers can contribute to studying urban renewal over the long term

This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...

Gillian Rose recently shared these Career Development Research Fellowships on BlueSky and I thought I would share them here too. One of the specialisms encouraged in Human Geography. Career Development Research Fellowships for full-time research offered by St John’s College to early career researchers who have recently completed or are close to completion of a doctorate (and will have submitted their thesis no later than three months before their start date of this post), or who have recently been awarded a doctorate. They provide an unrivalled opportunity to establish a research profile as a member of a collegiate community. More details here.

The RGS-IBG Book Series is a publishing partnership between the Royal Geographical Society ?(with the Institute of British Geographers) and LSE Press… RGS-IBG book series relaunch with LSE Press and first two titles

Barry Stocker ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction – Routledge, September 2025 Ethics in Deconstruction is vital reading for anyone interested in … Barry Stocker ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction – Routledge, September 2025

Application closing date: 31 January 2026 The editorial team of Gender, Place and Culture is pleased to announce the annual award valued at a maximum… Call for Applications: Gender, Place and Culture New and Emerging Scholars Award for 2026

We are pleased to announce that our Symposium for the Essex Policy Observatory for the World of Work (E-AIPOWW), is now published in Global Political… Essex AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work: Symposium in Global Political Economy

Almost half of the sector’s providers run a deficit, as some institutions secure funding against campus sites

Adrian J. Ivakhiv, The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds – Stanford University Press, … Adrian J. Ivakhiv, The New Lives of Images: Digital Ecologies and Anthropocene Imaginaries in More-than-Human Worlds – Stanford University Press, …

My review, “An introduction to a non-fascist geography“, of Chris Philo, Adorno and the Anti-Fascist Geographical Imagination (Edinburgh University … “An introduction to a non-fascist geography” – review of Chris Philo, Adorno and the Anti-Fascist Geographical Imagination

 Karin Schwiter at the University of Zurich recently shared three full-time postdoc or senior researcher positions in labour geography at the University of Zurich (for 4 years). They say they are: "looking for people excited by the possibility of doing a theoretically grounded and societally relevant research project that engages with underemployed workers in the UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland". The job advert can be found here:

Technologies are often proposed as means to enhance accessibility, mobility, and autonomy for people with disabilities. This article critically examines such claims and aims to conceptualize and em...