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Prof. Julian Leyland
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton
Director of Environmental Sensing @ Southampton
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Discussion forum in Area:

'Open access book publishing: A forum for debate'

Read 5 responses to Matthew Gandy's 2023 commentary on OA book publishing and the neoliberal academy, with a further reflection by Gandy on the issue two years on ⬇️

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A graphic advertising a collection of commentaries in Area on the topic of 'Open Access Book Publishing: A Forum for Debate' with contributions from Andrea E. Pia, Clancy Wilmott, Frank Houghton, Gerda Wielander, Jenny Lunn, Julie Cupples, Kate Lajtha, Matthew Gandy, Nicholas Loubere & Simon P.J. Batterbury. These names appear as a list on the pages of an open book with a black background and the Area and Royal Geographical Society logos at the top.
September 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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We spent some time out at the Thai-Myanmar border for @mongabay.com looking at the potential impacts of planned dams and infrastructure that would disrupt the Salween River, Asia's longest free-flowing river (for now). Countless Karen communities would lose access to the water that sustains them...
Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River
MAE HONG SON, Thailand — The shores of Myanmar became visible from Sob Moei village in northeastern Thailand as the morning mist rises over the Salween River, the flowing water the only border between...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Just made what's likely my last editorial decision for @areajournal.bsky.social after 5 yrs as Co-Editor! Thanks to Hilary Geoghegan, @profjulianleyland.bsky.social @citiesandstuff.bsky.social @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social @annamlawrence.bsky.social Catherine Souch & all those who I've learned from. x
May 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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From cement to silicon chips, the modern world is built on sand.

Our researchers are investigating the hidden impact that sand mining has on the Mekong River and those who live along its banks.

Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wR8et
March 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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How sand mining is eroding rivers, livelihoods and cultures
theconversation.com/how-sand-min...
How sand mining is eroding rivers, livelihoods and cultures
Sand mining destabilises riverbeds and affects local communities but new hi-tech surveillance can improve the monitoring of extraction and help protect these people.
theconversation.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Going to #EGU25? Got some new sediment transport research to present? How about our session GM2.3: New approaches for monitoring and modelling sediment transport. This PICO session has been buzzing in previous years, and we hope it will be the same this year! Deadline is Wed at 1 pm CET.
Four photos of different landscapes with sediment; there is a soil containing large sediment grains, a confluence in mountainous rivers with different coloured flows, a river with bedrock and boulders, and ripples in sand.
January 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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New #OpenAccess commentary in Area:

'Challenging neoliberal time: Creating space for radical praxis in geography' by @jennypickerill.bsky.social

This piece contributes to an ongoing Special Section on 'Radical Geography' in the journal.

doi.org/10.1111/area... #geo #geosky
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
The non-linearity of time is a useful way to understand how we work in academia. In this paper I explore how can we change how we use our time. I propose three responses, which each play with time as...
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December 17, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Here’s the @science.org article so that @altmetric.com picks it up :) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 12, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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Well deserved recognition of awesome research!
December 13, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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If you are enjoying the river science at #AGU24 and desperate for more - or if you are missing out - this #EGU25 session could be for you! #FOMO
bedforms.bsky.social Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · Dec 10
📢Submit your abstract to #EGU25 - our session on Geomorphology, Climate & Hazards #GM3.3 “Interactions between flooding & hydro-geomorphological processes in rivers and deltas” at @eurogeosciences.bsky.social

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December 10, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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@daniel-goss.bsky.social this looks cool!
November 29, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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Another super opportunity to join our team, researching incredibly important issues around sand mining…
channelwidth.bsky.social Prof Steve Darby @channelwidth.bsky.social · Nov 29
🚨Fully-Funded PhD Alert! 🚨 Want to join the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Leverhulme Resilience Centre? This project, supervised by me, @profjulianleyland.bsky.social and Dr Nick Dorward, explores links between sand mining, urbanisation and river-related risks: www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...
A drone shot shows numerous barges off-loading river sand to the shore of the Bassac River, with Phnom Penh's skyline in the background. Photo credit: Andy Ball
November 29, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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📢New Issue of Area!📢

December's Issue features a Special Section on 'Health Geographies' and 9 papers on topics from slow emergencies in Hong Kong to collaborative zine making in public libraries.

13/15 papers are open access & free to read now:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geo
A graphic showing the title page of Area on a black background with a large 'A' on the right hand page. On the left hand page are six tiles with the names of papers in a Special Section titled 'Health Geographies'. The papers are: 1) Reflections on a healthy discipline: Celebrating 50 years of health geography within the Royal Geographical Society Thomas A. Lowe, Andy Harrod, Richard Gorman, Chloe Asker, Jeremy Auerbach 2) ‘Being’ and ‘doing’ well in the moment: Theoretical and relational contributions of health geography to living well with dementia Meghánn Catherine Ward, Christine Milligan, Emma Elizabeth Rose, Mary Elliott 3) ‘It's probably more about the people’: For a person-centred approach to understanding benefits of nature-based interventions Andy Harrod, Nadia von Benzon, Mark Limmer 4) ‘Somewhere old, somewhere new, somewhere green’: An exploration of health enabling places from the perspective of people ageing-in-place in Ireland during COVID-19 Viveka Guzman, Ronan Foley, Frank Doyle, Maria Pertl 5) The role of the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group in shaping an evolving field over time Andrew Power 6) The past, present and future of health geography: An exchange with three long standing participants in the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group Chloe Asker, Richard Gorman, Thomas Aaron Lowe, Sarah Curtis, Graham Moon, Julia Jones A graphic showing the title page of Area on a black background with a large 'A' on the right hand page. On the left hand page are nine tiles with the names of papers in the issue. The papers are: 1) Normalisation of evacuation under slow emergencies: The imposed story of ‘Beautiful New Hong Kong’ Shu-Mei Huang, Ying-Fen Chen, Wing Yin Cheung, King-Hung Leung 2) ‘Things have changed since we last spoke…’: The impacts of parental death on the life and livelihood of a young informal vendor in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Nathan Salvidge 3) Principles for delivering transformative co-design methodologies with multiple stakeholders for achieving nature recovery in England Lucy Barkley, Charlotte-Anne Chivers, Chris Short, Hannah Bloxham 4) Naming the abyss: The symbolic politics of the oceanic toponymic frontier Sergei Basik 5) Island geologic connections: Reimagining Guernsey's spatial dynamics through land–sea–geologic relations, past and present Fiona Ferbrache 6) Rural songs for COVID-19 times? UK folk music's resurgent engagement with the countryside Keith Halfacree 7) I say a little prayer for me: Poetry as spiritual self-care in the ethnographic field Josep Almudéver Chanzà 8) Making the case for ‘care-full’, ‘slower’ research: Reflections on researching ethically and relationally using mobile phone methods with food-insecure households during the COVID-19 pandemic Alison Briggs 9) Studying and stimulating a sense of community through co-productive zine-making in public libraries Rianne van Melik, Jamea Kofi, Friederike Landau-Donnelly
November 29, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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Interested in a PhD? Take at look at this very cool project led by @vickydominguez.bsky.social, with Sien Van Der Plank and myself co-supervising. 🚨
November 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Mouth of the Eel River, northern California, earlier this month (Nov 7, left) and yesterday (Nov 22, right). Sentinel 2 images
Coast line with a river mouth. Relatively little visible sediment in the river or the ocean. Some farmland near the coast, forest-covered mountains inland. Same coast line and river mouth as other photos. However, now extensive land areas near the mouth are flooded by sediment-laden water and there is a large sediment plume offshore
November 24, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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Spending my lunch break perusing Dan Coe's gorgeous Lidar data meander river reconstructions 😍
dancoecarto.com/4k-rivers ⚒️ 🐡
Gallery page of Dan Carto's gorgeous flowing river meanders. https://dancoecarto.com/4k-rivers
November 24, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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I made a starter pack of those voices speaking to all things geomorph/glacio/geo/earth sci. Follow them if it's of interest. Will update as the site grows #earthsci #geomorphology #physgeog #science #glaciology

go.bsky.app/ME4GNao
November 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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Life finds a way. The amazing recovery properties of Canary pine after massive 2023 fires #tenerife2024 #carbonproject
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Workers in unions experience 50% lower levels of heat stress

This is because unionised workers have a platform to communicate environmental problems to their employers

To find out more, check out my talk with Solidarity Centre at UN Climate Week

youtu.be/eklvYaTNHI4?...
Heat Stress and Workers: The Union Difference
YouTube video by Solidarity Center
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November 19, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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🕐One more week to apply to be an Editor of Area!🕐

We are looking for human & physical geographers to join our team. All editors are supported by a full-time Managing Editor who helps with finding reviewers, freeing time for engagement with authors & papers.

See below for more⬇️
tinyurl.com/49u4ec2m
Editorial roles available at Society journal
The Society's journal, Area, wishes to appoint three new Editors.
www.rgs.org
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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Brilliant to be back in the Barranco de Afur with the @unisouthampton.bsky.social physical geography students, talking gullies, landslides, sills, dykes, fluvial erosion… the list goes on. Geomorph/geographical/geological heaven!
November 18, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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A pleasure being back in Tenerife with our students and @profjulianleyland.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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A useful resource for all those joining here. Thanks Lina!
fluvialsweden.bsky.social Lina Polvi Sjöberg @fluvialsweden.bsky.social · Nov 11
I started a ‘fluvial geomorphology & related river science’ starter pack for those of you joining us at Bluesky &and those wanting to build the community! Let me know if you want to be added— I’m sure I’ve missed lots of people.

go.bsky.app/S5RPXHk
November 14, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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Still time to apply! Happy to discuss the role with anyone who is interested.
areajournal.bsky.social Area @areajournal.bsky.social · Oct 21
📢New #Area Editors sought!📢

Are you a geographer with a broad research interest & experience of supporting early-career researchers?

Apply to be an Editor of #Area! We are looking for 3 new Editors - more information below ⬇️

🗓️Deadline: 22 November

www.rgs.org/about-us/our... #geo #geosky
Editorial roles available at Society journal
The Society's journal, Area, wishes to appoint three new Editors.
www.rgs.org
November 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM