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Dr Anna Lawrence

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Cultural & Historical Geographer | Managing Editor @RGS-IBG (views own) | critical plant studies | 19th C. floriculture

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My most recent open access paper with David Lambert (University of Warwick) in @areajournal.bsky.social #CaribbeanHistoricalGeographiesandBritishGeography doi.org/10.1111/area...
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NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When the NHM opened in 1881, visitors with cameras had to buy a permit and send two copies of each print to the Museum’s collections. You can scroll through a few highlights from each album by swiping left in this post. See every page here: buff.ly/31893CL #MuseumArchives #DigitisedCollections
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 10/09/2026
📜 Our latest research spotlight zooms in on Dr Sarah Klosterkamp's Transactions paper, which unpacks mould and justice in the German housing market. Read more 👉 www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/lates…
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Mouldy homes and an issue of justice in the housing market
In this research spotlight, we’re featuring  Dr Sarah Klosterkamp’s research, published in Transactions, on justice in the German housing market.
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 09/09/2026
Want regular updates about guided walks, exhibitions and talks near you? We have regional committees across England, Northern Ireland and Wales, all managed by groups of local volunteers. ⭐️ Follow your local account below and discover what’s happening in your area 👇 go.bsky.app/G7Uyyq
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Enjoyed our meet the editors session with Margath Walker and Jake Hodder at #RGSIBG26? Find out more about the RGS-IBG Book Series and how you can submit a proposal here: press.lse.ac.uk/books/series... Published books in the series so far include ⬇️ @rgs.org
Photo of three books in the RGS IBG book series
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For more on this year’s theme, we have compiled a selection of free-to-access reading across the journals published by the Society. Check it out here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #RGSIBG26
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Geographies of inequalities – towards just places: RGS-IBG Joint Virtual Issues
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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Enjoyed dipping my toe back into the academic waters today at the @rgs.org Annual Conference, presenting some of my work on settler women's floriculture in NZ in a fabulous session on more-than-human friendship organised by @katiecmoliver.bsky.social & @liambatespoet.bsky.social
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Attending the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference this week? 🌍 Come and visit the LSE Press stand to browse our latest publications, including new books from the RGS-IBG Book Series. 🗨️ Interested in publishing with us? Come and have a chat with the team! @rgs.org #RGSIBG26
Photo of LSE Press stand at RGS conference
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Catching up with new and old colleagues from near and far at #RGSIBG26 day two! We've got a range of socials and AGMs hosted by the Research Groups coming up this evening, plus a panel in the Ondaatje Theatre - Nuclear Latitudes: Positions on Landscape, Memory and the Invisible. See you later!
delegates gathered in main hallbanner with heart stating 'migrants in action - MINA'woman looking at climate and environmental photographs on easels
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Jaime Walsh @jaimewalsh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
an ecologist & human geographer walk into a bar... a wonderful reminder that meaningful work begins with a conversation. “a crescendo of…an interdisciplinary partnership” is a phrase i will be borrowing.
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Dr Christopher F Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Very cool paper from @miaarundel.bsky.social in my group thinking about rewilding in the form of a dialogue between an ecologist and social scientist. I've never seen a paper in this format before, have a look! 🐺 🧸🦬 🌍
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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Caribbean Historical Geographies and British Geography
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Are you new to the Annual Conference? Register for our Newcomers' welcome event on Tuesday 1 September for a chance to meet the Conference Chair and tour the conference sites 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/18YxGRTMryo… #RGSIBG26
Person holding a program brochure for the Annual International Conference 2019 with a brick wall and blue backpack on the cover.
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James Palmer @jamesrpalmer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Lovely new paper just out in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social by Sarah Hunter and Mia Arundel (@bristoluni.bsky.social) – "We Now Walk Into the Wild: A Rewilding Dialogue". Available Open Access here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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We Now Walk Into the Wild: A Rewilding Dialogue
This paper presents a dialogue on the meaning and uses of rewilding, with a focus on Britain, from the perspectives of an ecologist and human geographer. Traversing the concepts of historical baselin....
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Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
VERY excited to announce my new book with @uchicagopress.bsky.social is now published! Landlocked tells Alberta's water and energy story together. As it does, it shows how political legitimacy is forged through how states know and relate to land. Find it here! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
A picture of the book Landlocked: water, energy, and planetary politics by Jeremy Schmidt
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📣New Editors in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social and @tibg.bsky.social: We are pleased to welcome Professor James Esson, Dr Mel Rohse, Dr Nathan Thomas and @drsarahhall.bsky.social who will be joining the editor teams for 𝐺𝑒𝑜 and 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 over the coming months. 👇
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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📢Editor appointments!📢 We will soon be welcoming James Esson and @drsarahhall.bsky.social to our editor team in Transactions. A massive thank you to @kbrickell.bsky.social for all of her work on the journal over the past few years.
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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've just heard that the BA/BSc Geography programme is to close at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (CGES) in Cornwall. This programme was made up of excellent modules with original and content, taught brilliantly—often with real innovation—by extremely 1/9
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Andrés Sierra @aesierra.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New article out, open access, in The Geographical Journal, examining what makes an organisation function as social infrastructure: “Neighbour-Based Organisations as Social Infrastructure: Gathering, Channelling and Remaining in the Midst of Mexico City’s Water Crisis.” doi.org/10.1111/geoj...
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The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article examines how neighbour-based organisations become social infrastructures in contexts of water scarcity. Drawing on a qualitative case study of the Water Defence Committee in Mexico City,...
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Richard Harris, David Manley and Robert Mayhew reflect on their upcoming edited collection, Geography and a Geographer for the LSE Press blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202... @rgs.org
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Ron Johnston: Geography, Scholarship and Legacy
Richard Harris, David Manley and Robert Mayhew share how they developed Geography and a Geographer: Reimagining the Discipline After Ron Johnston.
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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Publication day for the latest book in the RGS-IBG Series! An edited volume on the work and legacy of geographer Ron Johnston - free to read here: press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3... @lsepress.bsky.social
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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New in Area: 'Reimagining the politics of citation through critical curation' by James Esson et al. This piece brings together insights from art curation and geography, outlining 6 curatorial principles for reorienting approaches to citation in academic publishing. doi.org/10.1111/area...
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Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
Bringing together insights from art curation and geography, this paper reimagines academic citation as a form of critical curation that fosters more deliberate, generous and grounded citational pract...
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Ed Armston-Sheret @edarmstonsheret.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Interested in polar exploration? Free next Wednesday evening? Come along to my book launch, 6-8pm, 29 July, Hatchards Piccadilly.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Huge few days for us at @britishacademy.bsky.social as we’ve brought issues of the humanities into the public eye with different stories in the Times, Guardian and FT. Well done to all my colleagues for the hard work that makes this happen
Opinion UK society
We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI
Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society
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Many humanities subjects have been suffering from low uptake and financial struggles, yet prioritising Al-prompt engineering over literature may turn out to be a mistake © Getty Images
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The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres
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Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezedHetan Shah, its chief executive, said:
"Recent economic, geopolitical and societal shifts mean that linguistic skills are now firmly in the nation's strategic interest. The UK is on the brink of a language skills crisis, including in languages that are strategically vital for diplomacy, defence and national security as we need to know what our potential adversaries are thinking.
"Our research shows that both student and staff numbers in languages and area studies are contracting at an alarming rate, which should be a serious concern to the government. Once the expertise in a particular language has gone, it's not easy to rebuild. Decisions being taken by individual universities rather than overseen in a strategic way puts the nation at risk of accidentally losing vital language skills to make our way in an increasingly volatile world.""Universities will be central to achieving the regional growth aspirations of our new prime minister, but they are suffering a major financial emergency," Shah said.
"The result is greater inequalities, fewer opportunities for students and the gradual erosion of the world-leading research our economy, democracy and global standing rely on.
«The alarm bells are ringing, and policymakers should treat these findings as a wake-up call before more lasting damage is done."
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Check out this month’s highlights for a snapshot of research published across our journals in June👇 GJ - Wilson et al.: ow.ly/YJhw50ZjxJz GEO - Uribe-Albornoz & Talbot: ow.ly/UEgi50ZjxJL TIBG - Jeffrey et al.: ow.ly/s2Y450ZjxKl AREA - Yu et al.: ow.ly/R6LO50Zjx2v
Seabirds perched and nesting on a multi-level urban structure designed as a seabird hotel for avian habitat experiments.A high-altitude Colombian páramo landscape featuring rugged mountains, a reflective water body, and native vegetation under a partly cloudy sky.Young woman reading a book in a library aisle filled with books, while a man uses his phone in the background.Two elderly men practicing Tai Chi in a park surrounded by trees and paved paths.
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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🔋New in Geo🔋 'How to move from unjust to just transitions for renewable energy futures? Place-making and "unmaking" in the "left behind" coastal town of Blyth, Northumberland, UK' by Brett Cherry doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Brett Cherry (2026) entitled: 'How to Move From Unjust to Just Transitions for Renewable Energy Futures? Place-Making and ‘Unmaking’ in the ‘Left Behind’ Coastal Town of Blyth, Northumberland, UK' with an orange banner at the top.

Coastal towns with rich legacies of industry, technological innovation, and socio-technical infrastructures are in some cases prime locations for offshore wind energy transitions. However, some of these towns have been labelled as ‘left-behind’ due to the decline of coal mining and other high-carbon energy industries. This results in deep-seated impoverishment and socio-economic devastation for affected areas. This paper reports on research from the coastal town of Blyth, Northumberland in the North East of England. Blyth has a proud industrial heritage that has recently focused on cutting edge research and development of offshore wind technologies, and supply chains, for the UK's net zero energy transition. However, the research finds that to build a just transition co-produced with place-based communities requires new forms of collaboration (capacities) and place making that resonates with their values and assets. Otherwise, place-based interventions for net zero energy futures may be alienating for long-term residents, especially when coupled to forms of economic regeneration that may overlook or exclude marginalised voices. The multi-method approach of this study applies an assemblage theoretical framework that draws on in-depth interviews with community and industrial actors, ethnographic walks, go-alongs, asset mapping, and documentary analysis to highlight ‘possibility spaces’ for justice in a coastal town known for its community solidarity. The paper provides recommendations for how Blyth, and places like it, can enable marginalised community voices to co-produce local just transitions for the town and region, with implications for global justice.
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Anson Mackay (they/them) @ans.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Read this account by James on what is known so far about Exeter’s destructive round of job losses. The use of NDAs by senior management is pretty insidious too
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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A lovely sunny day in Birmingham leading a publishing workshop for NERC students - big thanks to Charlene Rose for organising!
Photo of Birmingham University campus in the sun with the tower and trees.
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Dr Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My @thegj.bsky.social piece has been spotlighted by @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social for May!
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The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Have a read of @matildaf.bsky.social's recent GJ commentary on reproductive futures, featured in last month's RGS-IBG Journals highlights: doi.org/10.1111/geoj...
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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🌏New in Geo🌍 'Interdisciplinary perspectives on geoviolence: Towards relational conceptual integration' by Nora Komposch et al. This commentary explores the concept of 'geoviolence' in the context of accelerating human-driven environmental harm. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Geoviolence: Towards Relational Conceptual Integration
Environmental degradation is widely recognised as largely driven by human activity, yet the terminology and conceptual frameworks used to describe socioenvironmental interconnections vary across disc...
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🔊The provisional programme for this year's Annual Conference is now live. We're excited to feature over 600 sessions this year, engaging with the theme of Geographies of inequalities: towards just places. Explore the virtual event space and our programme highlights 👇 bit.ly/4uDOpJh
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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Enjoyed celebrating the launch of Climate Hegemony in the RGS-IBG Book Series last night @rgs.org - thanks to all who came out! You can read the #OpenAccess book here for free: share.google/boY6a0Y56fGQ... @laurieparsons.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
The main hall of the Royal Geographical Society with people standing and sitting around talking and having drinks. There are polar expedition sledges, paintings and an old kayak on the walls.A photograph of a Q&A session with Laurie Parsons and Catherine Souch sitting in front of a seated audience.A photograph of an RGS staff member serving drinks. There is a display with some cover images of the book Climate Hegemony on the right.
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Dean Bond @deanbond.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Important editorial & practical step from @tibg.bsky.social The editors nicely lay out the central problems with citation practices (although they do not mention the problems that come with using Harvard/APA format, which contributes to the name check problem and lax pp. referencing).
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Authors writing in TIBG no longer have to include reference lists within the 10,000-word limit. Read the latest editorial - Citational Politics in Transactions - which lays out the reasons for this change, inviting authors to reflect on their own citational practice 👇 ow.ly/zJTE50Z4lxV
Editorial page from Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers discussing changes in citation policies and practices.
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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Durham Geography PhD student Jay Sinclair has helped to instal the first air quality monitor for a new community monitoring project in Teesside. Funded by @rgs.org, the study tracks how heavy industry and new green projects affect health, stress, and sleep. Exciting work on environmental justice! 🌍💨
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 26/05/2026
We’re delighted that our very own Dr Catherine Souch, Head of Research and Higher Education, has been awarded the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Tivy Education Medal 👏 Catherine is a champion for HE geography in the UK, helping ensure the discipline remains relevant and future-focused.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
For food poverty among the student population, and measures to address it, this spotlight report from the Royal Geographical Society is good. 2/2
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Student food poverty: the role of universities
Many university students struggle to afford basic needs. While schools and nurseries provide free food, universities’ role in this is less understood.
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Join us for the launch reception of Laurie Parsons's new book 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦, in the RGS-IBG Book Series. 📆 Thursday 28 May, 6.30pm-9.00pm 📍 RGS-IBG, London Register to attend: ow.ly/igbC50Z25G5 LSE Press
Announcement for the book launch of Climate Hegemony by Laurie Parsons at the Royal Geographical Society on May 28, 18:30-21:00.
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Had a contribution accepted for Annual Conference 2026? Whether you're joining us in-person or online, register now and plan your attendance. Further details on accommodation, travel, letters and how to get the most out of our online platform are on our website: ow.ly/qB7950YRFiF
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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Read Alex Loftus' review of the new #OpenAccess book by @laurieparsons.bsky.social "Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse" antipodeonline.org/2026/05/19/c... @lsepress.bsky.social @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social
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Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse - Antipode Online
Alex Loftus (King’s College London) on Laurie Parsons’ Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse Read Review
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Cambridge Geography @camunigeography.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🌍 Geography for All: supporting underrepresented students Check out this brilliant RGS initiative helping break down barriers to studying and progressing in geography at every stage
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Sarah Evans @fridaylast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It continues... About to find out who's in two places at once, and move the post-its around until those clashes are all fixed. Think this is the first time we've hit ten sheets a day before 😱🫣
Large wooden table covered in large sheets of white paper, in turn covered by blue and yellow post-its
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Recently, for *obvious reasons*, I've been thinking about what it means when anxiety and sadness are caused not by individual predispositions, but by the state of the world itself. This led me to early 19th-c. France and the notion of "mal du siècle" (sickness of the century) aeon.co/essays/young...
Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise
By Emily Herring

On a painting of young 19th-century men looking drunk and sad around a table with cigarettes and drinks
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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Find out more about our Area Prize winner @maddiejoyce.bsky.social's research here ⬇️
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Alex Baker @anomiegeog.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
OH THANK GOD
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
2,700 in limbo for months, with more than 600 expected to lose their jobs. Having been at risk of redundancy last year, I can’t imagine the impact of so many feeling so insecure and devalued. Cruel and destructive. Solidarity to all.
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Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Great to be interviewed for BBC Radio 4 about my @britishacademy.bsky.social research on election betting...
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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Pleased to be making this change in Transactions - hopefully it will allow more space for citational generosity & care, all the more important in this world of AI & hallucinated references. Do have a read of our reasons for this move: doi.org/10.1111/tran...
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