Jessa Loomis
@jessaloomis.bsky.social
Economic Geographer @ Newcastle University (UK) researching feminist finance, everyday (digital) economies, financial inclusion, housing 'love letters' & the politics of knowledge production // northeast (US) to North East (UK)
📣 Join the RGS Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) for the first in our 'Emerging Voices in Economic Geography' webinar series on Thursday, 20 Nov at 1pm GMT/8am ET featuring Ifigeneia Dimitrakou & Tim White who will each discuss their work on Housing.
Register here: lnkd.in/ehK_MG_M
Register here: lnkd.in/ehK_MG_M
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📣 Join the RGS Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) for the first in our 'Emerging Voices in Economic Geography' webinar series on Thursday, 20 Nov at 1pm GMT/8am ET featuring Ifigeneia Dimitrakou & Tim White who will each discuss their work on Housing.
Register here: lnkd.in/ehK_MG_M
Register here: lnkd.in/ehK_MG_M
Newcastle Geography is now on Bluesky! Follow the department to hear about what's new, what we're excited about, and all the great research and teaching that keeps us busy! @ncl-geography.bsky.social
And a starter pack of NCL geographers go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
And a starter pack of NCL geographers go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
And here, for our first day on Bluesky, is a Geography at Newcastle starter pack, which will develop as our presence on Bluesky does.
Please do follow us!
go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
Please do follow us!
go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Newcastle Geography is now on Bluesky! Follow the department to hear about what's new, what we're excited about, and all the great research and teaching that keeps us busy! @ncl-geography.bsky.social
And a starter pack of NCL geographers go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
And a starter pack of NCL geographers go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
A wonderful piece by my colleague @alisonstenning.bsky.social that highlights children's right to the city and right to play.
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A wonderful piece by my colleague @alisonstenning.bsky.social that highlights children's right to the city and right to play.
Caitlin Henry and I were recently interviewed for this story based on our research into private equity investment in healthcare which explores whose sickness provides profit, where and how care is provisioned, and what impacts this form of investment has on the quality of healthcare and life.
If it feels like urgent care centers are everywhere these days — that’s because they are.
On this episode, we explore the rapid rise of urgent care, what’s fueling it, and how it’s affecting care.
🔗 bit.ly/4onrRZx
On this episode, we explore the rapid rise of urgent care, what’s fueling it, and how it’s affecting care.
🔗 bit.ly/4onrRZx
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Caitlin Henry and I were recently interviewed for this story based on our research into private equity investment in healthcare which explores whose sickness provides profit, where and how care is provisioned, and what impacts this form of investment has on the quality of healthcare and life.
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Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
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New Online 1st Book Review “Outside the Law, But Inside Capital: Tracing Profit in Everyday Economies” by Araby Smyth and Jessa Loomis
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October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New Online 1st Book Review “Outside the Law, But Inside Capital: Tracing Profit in Everyday Economies” by Araby Smyth and Jessa Loomis
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
The BNPL story on 'cute debt' in The Atlantic also featured on Marketplace (min 16:34).
Despite stubborn inflation and falling consumer confidence, consumer spending continues to climb. Plus, the rise of women-targeted “buy now, pay later” services.
Today on Marketplace.
Today on Marketplace.
Sticky inflation, Fed drama and the rise of 'cute' debt
Despite stubborn inflation and falling consumer confidence, consumer spending continues to climb. Plus, the rise of women-targeted “buy now, pay later” services.
mktplc.org
September 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The BNPL story on 'cute debt' in The Atlantic also featured on Marketplace (min 16:34).
Reposted by Jessa Loomis
Do you use buy-now-pay-later services?
Dr @jessaloomis.bsky.social comments on the rise of so-called 'Cute Debt' and how it is mainly female shoppers who are being pushed towards these services >> bit.ly/4lMdVXo
Dr @jessaloomis.bsky.social comments on the rise of so-called 'Cute Debt' and how it is mainly female shoppers who are being pushed towards these services >> bit.ly/4lMdVXo
The Rise of ‘Cute Debt’
Female shoppers are being pushed toward buy-now-pay-later services.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Do you use buy-now-pay-later services?
Dr @jessaloomis.bsky.social comments on the rise of so-called 'Cute Debt' and how it is mainly female shoppers who are being pushed towards these services >> bit.ly/4lMdVXo
Dr @jessaloomis.bsky.social comments on the rise of so-called 'Cute Debt' and how it is mainly female shoppers who are being pushed towards these services >> bit.ly/4lMdVXo
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment technologies are targeting young women and reconfiguring the spaces, practices & relations of digital money and finance. Very happy to have been interviewed for this story based on my research on BNPL and the geographies of consumer fintech w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social
“Buy now, pay later” services have become “the gateway drug to consumer debt for more and more women,” Annie Joy Williams argues—and these payment programs are thriving in our influencer-driven world:
The Rise of ‘Cute Debt’
Female shoppers are being pushed toward buy-now-pay-later services.
bit.ly
August 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment technologies are targeting young women and reconfiguring the spaces, practices & relations of digital money and finance. Very happy to have been interviewed for this story based on my research on BNPL and the geographies of consumer fintech w/ @dcockayne.bsky.social
Postdoc researching military support chains & the environmental legacies of militarism w/ my fantastic colleague Mark Griffiths. Check it out 👇
Job announcment: post-doc at Newcastle on the War & Geos project (warandgeos.co.uk). Please share and email me with questions!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU169/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU169/p...
Postdoc RA in Military Support Chains at Newcastle University
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July 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Postdoc researching military support chains & the environmental legacies of militarism w/ my fantastic colleague Mark Griffiths. Check it out 👇
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Gig nursing platforms are 100% killing patients:
June 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Gig nursing platforms are 100% killing patients:
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📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now!
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now!
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
Consumers defer payments on 'Buy Now Pay Later' purchases, suggesting an affordability crunch www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
In our new article @dcockayne.bsky.social & I explore how fintech affects relations to payment, wages & debt. Check it out!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
In our new article @dcockayne.bsky.social & I explore how fintech affects relations to payment, wages & debt. Check it out!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Geographies of Fintech and Everyday Life: Reconfiguring Spaces, Practices, and Scales of Digital Money and Finance
Financial and monetary technologies, understood both through their digital platforms and the materiality of mobile devices, are increasingly pervasive, and now shape the economic practices of individ...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Consumers defer payments on 'Buy Now Pay Later' purchases, suggesting an affordability crunch www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
In our new article @dcockayne.bsky.social & I explore how fintech affects relations to payment, wages & debt. Check it out!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
In our new article @dcockayne.bsky.social & I explore how fintech affects relations to payment, wages & debt. Check it out!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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You can add your support to the thousands contesting the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University -
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
As strike action among academics continues, a petition calling for the end of job losses at Newcastle University amasses thousands of signatures
Petition against Newcastle University job cuts reaches over 3,000 signatures
Petition against Newcastle University job cuts reaches over 3,000 signatures
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You can add your support to the thousands contesting the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University -
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
www.change.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A note from the Editors, in solidarity with our colleagues across the sector.
A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy.
Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!
Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!
Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Newcastle University compulsory job cut fears grow amid £4.2m savings shortfall
As industrial action continues, union bosses continue their plea with Newcastle University chiefs to reject any potential compulsory job losses
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A fantastic, collegial department (w/ the highest QS ranking in the Uni) just had the majority of Professors be threatened with redundancy.
Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!
Newcastle geographers will obvi fight for our colleagues & the future of higher ed (& geography!) with all we've got, but SUPPORT & SOLIDARITY VERY WELCOME!
Reposted by Jessa Loomis
Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Newcastle University compulsory job cut fears grow amid £4.2m savings shortfall
As industrial action continues, union bosses continue their plea with Newcastle University chiefs to reject any potential compulsory job losses
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Seeing yet more stories of unis moving to compulsory redundancy, with Geography colleagues (and of course others) at risk.
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Today, it's Newcastle Uni, a department that produces incredible scholarship with a vibrant culture.
Sharing in solidarity x
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
The RGS Economic Geography Research Group invites submissions to our annual PhD thesis prize (deadline 31 May for PhDs completed Jan-Dec 2024) and undergraduate dissertation prize (15 July for 2025 degrees). Prize winners will recieve £100. Further details here:
egrg.org/2025/04/09/e...
egrg.org/2025/04/09/e...
https://egrg.org/2025/04/09/egrg-annual-undergraduate-dissertation-and-phd-thesis-prizes/…
April 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The RGS Economic Geography Research Group invites submissions to our annual PhD thesis prize (deadline 31 May for PhDs completed Jan-Dec 2024) and undergraduate dissertation prize (15 July for 2025 degrees). Prize winners will recieve £100. Further details here:
egrg.org/2025/04/09/e...
egrg.org/2025/04/09/e...
Just now back from a wonderful undergraduate field course exploring 'emotional geographies of the city' in Vienna and Bratislava. An absolute pleasure to get to 'do' geography with our second year students, and to hear their insights and reflections throughout the week! @newcastleuni.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just now back from a wonderful undergraduate field course exploring 'emotional geographies of the city' in Vienna and Bratislava. An absolute pleasure to get to 'do' geography with our second year students, and to hear their insights and reflections throughout the week! @newcastleuni.bsky.social
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A busy and colourful picket in warm spring sun @newcastleucu.bsky.social with lots of support from passers-by, all here to fight compulsory redundancies and wider threats to the university.
March 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A busy and colourful picket in warm spring sun @newcastleucu.bsky.social with lots of support from passers-by, all here to fight compulsory redundancies and wider threats to the university.
Reposted by Jessa Loomis
Very much looking forward to our new MA Global Sustainable Futures starting in September, bringing core geography concepts (social justice, sustainability, power, etc) into conversation with debates about key global challenges - more info and how to apply here: www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
February 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Very much looking forward to our new MA Global Sustainable Futures starting in September, bringing core geography concepts (social justice, sustainability, power, etc) into conversation with debates about key global challenges - more info and how to apply here: www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
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18(1) is OUT and it is a monster www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/1... Featuring contribs from @jessaloomis.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social; @stevethreadgold.bsky.social et al; many more we can't tag
Journal of Cultural Economy
Volume 18, Issue 1 of Journal of Cultural Economy
www.tandfonline.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
18(1) is OUT and it is a monster www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/1... Featuring contribs from @jessaloomis.bsky.social & @dcockayne.bsky.social; @stevethreadgold.bsky.social et al; many more we can't tag