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Ingrid A. Medby

@ingridagnete.bsky.social
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Political Geographer interested in Arctic geopolitics and identity 🐻‍❄️ Based at Newcastle Uni (UK), from North Norway.

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Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Now we’re here on Bluesky, we’re going to share some updates - projects, publications, media work, etc. - from colleagues from over the last few months as a bit of catch up…
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Really enjoyed this beautiful book, 'Circumpolar Connections: Creative #Indigenous Geographies of the #Arctic' (eds. Finbog, Kane, Riquet) - thanks to cultural geographies for the chance to review it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Book review: Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and Johannes Riquet, Circumpolar Connections: Creative Indigenous Geographies of the Arctic - Ingrid A. Medby, 2025
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Delighted to see this series of short reflections on the political geographies of #Arctic mapping online today! Huge thanks to my co-editors Berit Kristoffersen and Phil Steinberg, and contributors for wonderful, thought-provoking pieces: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Polar projections: Political geographies of Arctic mapping
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 26/06/2025
We are hiring! Fully tenured associate professorship in environmental history! We are looking for someone who can be a strong contributor to the history group, to a new #envhum related MA program (if all goes well), and to @greenhouseuis.net. #envhist
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Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Please consider signing this petition to oppose the unnecessary and detrimental proposed staff cuts at Newcastle University 🙏 Any and all support is hugely appreciated! www.change.org/p/end-unnece... #geosky #academicsky
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Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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...
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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
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Karen-Anna Eggen @kaeggen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today, as Norway marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the German occupation during WWII, the Norwegian government has published its first-ever national security strategy — a symbolic and timely document that I look forward to reading in full 🇧🇻 www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumente...
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National security strategy
This is Norway’s first national security strategy. It has been drawn up against the backdrop of the most serious security situation our country has faced since the Second World War. After decades of p...
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
📣 Come work with us at @newcastleuni.bsky.social Geography! We're advertising a *Lectureship in Political Geography* - 12 month post externally funded, from 1st Sept 2025. Deadline to apply 11th April. More info and how to apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ353/l...
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PolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The deadline to send us your abstract is *tomorrow* (1st April)! Please join us for our (free!) Political Geography workshop at @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 19-20 June 🤓 More details on how to register and attend via the link below 👇
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PolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📢Abstract submission extended until 1st April! Please send us your abstracts for the Political Geography Research Group workshop - and see you at @newcastleuni.bsky.social in June👇
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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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Global Sustainable Futures MA
Develop the critical skills and knowledge needed to tackle global sustainability challenges. Learn how to create place-based solutions for a more sustainable future with our Global Sustainable Futures...
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nickmegoran.bsky.social @nickmegoran.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Been reading my copy of @ingridagnete.bsky.social 's new book, hot off the press. Superb account of the creation of 'the Arctic' as a region by peopled state bureaucracies.
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle Uni @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So exciting to see students engaging with our new degree programme for 2025 entry! Are you interested in tackling global sustainability challenges? Find out more about our Global Sustainable Futures MA >> bit.ly/41pWqFe
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Ran a taster session for our new MA Global Sustainable Futures (@newcastleuni.bsky.social), and asked students how they imagined their global sustainable future. And their responses were wonderful! Sharing a couple of drawings below - and sincerely hope some of their visions come true 🙏💫
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Be part of the Inaugural BISA-ISA Joint Workshops by submitting a workshop proposal today! Workshops will take place at the Newcastle Civic Centre, England, October 10-12, 2025. The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2025. Visit buff.ly/412HL2y
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Bisa-ISA Joint Workshops
October 10-12, 2025
Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
ICYMI: "What does it mean to represent an Arctic state, and how does it connect to ideas of a country’s identity?" - @ingridagnete.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/02/05/n... #envhist #geography #geopolitics #arctic
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New Book - Arctic State Identity: Geography, History, and Geopolitical Relations
It quickly becomes clear in the book, that there is no singular Arctic state identity. There are instead many interweaving stories and reflections of state personnels’ own roles, their countries, and ...
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High North News @highnorthnews.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Researcher Ingrid A. Medby has researched the #Arctic state identity and what the term 'Arctic' entails for state employees in #Norway, #Canada, and #Iceland @arcticfrontiers.bsky.social #literature @newcastleuni.bsky.social #arcticidentity #booklaunch
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Ingrid A. Medby Has Researched the Arctic Identity
Tromsø (High North News): Researcher Ingrid A. Medby has researched the Arctic state identity and what the term 'Arctic' entails for state employees in Norway, Canada, and Iceland. She hopes her resea...
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Women in the Arctic and Antarctic @warcticantarctic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Read the latest #WomenintheArcticaandAntarctic interview with Ingrid Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social about her new book “Arctic state identity: Geography, history and geopolitical relations” @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Interview with Dr. Ingrid Medby on her new book, “Arctic state identity”
Read our interview with Ingrid Medby, about her new book "Arctic state identity: Geography, history and geopolitical relations".
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High North News @highnorthnews.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Ingrid A. Medby har forsket på den #arktiske statsidentiteten og hva begrepet #Arktis betyr for statsansatte i #Norge, #Canada og #Island. Hun håper forskningen kan bidra til mer bevissthet rundt begrepet. @arcticfrontiers.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social www.highnorthnews.com/nb/har-skrev...
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Har skrevet bok om den arktiske identiteten
Tromsø (High North News): Forsker Ingrid A. Medby har forsket på den arktiske statsidentiteten og hva begrepet Arktis betyr for statsansatte i Norge, Canada og Island. Hun håper forskningen kan bidra ...
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🐻‍❄️OUT NOW Arctic state identity by @ingridagnete.bsky.social charts the reflections and stories of state personnel from Norway, Iceland and Canada. Providing a 'peopled' view of #geopolitics, it explores their shifting roles and identities in a time of rapid environmental change. 🧊
Promotional image for Arctic state identity. Background image of glaciers. An image of the book cover sits to the left. Black text to the right reads: Is there such a thing as an Arctic state identity, and if so, what does that mean for state personnel? Manchester University Press logo.
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today is the day, my book "Arctic State Identity: Geography, History, and Geopolitical Relations" is *officially* published! 🙀🙌 Available from @manchesterup.bsky.social: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526153906/ #Arctic #Geopolitics #ArcticIdentity
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Manchester University Press - Arctic state identity
Arctic state identity - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Arctic state identity by Dr Ingrid A. Medby
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Arctic state identity by @ingridagnete.bsky.social is out next week! 🎧 Listen to Ingrid discuss her research, the value of carrying the title of one of the eight 'Arctic states', and the fluidity of identity, in ep. 62 of the Polar Geopolitics pod:
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Arctic nation, or not? The Geopolitics of Arctic state identity
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Look what just arrived!! 🥳 My book, "#Arctic State Identity", is actually real - and I even got it a week before it's officially out on 28th Jan (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526153906/), thanks to the amazing editorial team at @manchesterup.bsky.social 🙌
Box of books
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Weekend trip to #Stockholm and (of course) visited this exhibition - "The #Arctic: While the Ice is Melting" - at the Nordiska Museet: www.nordiskamuseet.se/en/exhibitio... It's worth a visit - incl. insights from Indigenous Peoples, scientists, and media about (changing) life in the region. ❄️
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The Arctic | Exhibitions and museums | Nordiska museet Stockholm
Explore the history and future of the ice and the people who live in the Arctic today in the exhibition at Nordiska museet in Stockholm.
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
It has been a pleasure to work with @statesofprecarity.bsky.social on posters looking at the impact of fixed term contracts (FTC) in Geography (and beyond). 🔵Poster 1 - the challenges of FTC 🔵Poster 2 - How to support colleagues on FTC 🔵Poster 3 - Identity and difference and the impact of FTC
Posters, titled the challenges of fixed term contracts covering social isolation, difficulty saying no, lack of career progression, putting life on hold, overwork, ill-health, feeling disposable,  financial insecurity and rootlessness.Poster titled supporting colleagues on fixed term contracts, recommending foster community,  provide mentorship,  lobby to effect change, consider task allocation,  manage workloads, communicate clearly, promote health and wellbeing,  welcome colleagues, understand experiences.Poster titled identity and difference: fixed term contracts looking at the impact of ftc on residency and visa status, parents and carers, financial background,  gender,  lgbtqi+, disability and health conditions
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Karen Gram-Skjoldager @karenskjoldager.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Ikke apropos noget særligt: En dansk repræsentant illustrerer størrelsen på Grønland under den internationale retssag mellem Danmark og Norge i 1933 om hvem af de to lande, der havde suveræniteten over Østgrønland.
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
NEW WORKSHOPS🚨 Announcing the first BISA-@isanet.bsky.social joint workshops: "Transforming the International: Scholarship and Solidarity in a World of Inequalities" hosted by @newcastleuni.bsky.social (10-12 Oct) Proposal deadline 28 Feb For details & to submit: www.bisa.ac.uk/news/inaugur...
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Well this is...worrying 😳
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Question for those of you who have published (academic) books: What kind of promotional activities did you do / would you recommend? #academicsky #academic
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
So, I've been invited to give a seminar at Swansea Uni in February - very excited and honoured! And then I looked at getting there from NCL and feel....less excited 😬 Any travel advice, anyone? (according to Google Maps I can walk there in 5 days with no breaks, seems like a plausible option).
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Louise Blight @louiseblight.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
"Gulls are intelligent, vital birds that deserve our protection, not scorn" www.salon.com/2024/10/20/g...
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Why gulls don't deserve the hate
There’s a lot we get wrong about our least favorite seabirds
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PolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Are you thinking of organising a Political Geography-themed session at the 2025 RGS-IBG Annual Conference? If so, get in touch - we're pleased to extend an invitation for PolGRG session sponsorship: More info here: polgrg.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/p... #RGSIBG2025 #RGSIBG25
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PolGRG sponsorship at the 2025 RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the next RGS-IBG Annual International Conference.  …
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A more questionable work-related decision: 1) Buying xmas chocolates for students attending my office hours... Ending up eating most of it myself 😅 (and frankly knowing this would probably happen)
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Two work-related decisions I'm very pleased with having made in the last few weeks: 1) Moving to Bluesky; 2) Muting work emails on phone after hours and weekends. Can highly recommend 💆‍♀️ (and should have figured out how much sooner tbh!)
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Arctic Today @arctictoday.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Canada has announced a sweeping Arctic policy aimed at safeguarding the region from climate change, geopolitical tensions, and foreign interference. As part of the new strategy prioritizing strategic cooperation, Canada announced two new consulates. Find out where here:
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Canada launches ambitious Arctic policy—new consulates in Anchorage and Nuuk - ArcticToday
On December 6, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced a sweeping Arctic policy aimed at safeguarding the region from climate change, geopolitical tensions, and foreign interference.…
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Hannes Hansen-Magnusson @hansenmagnusson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A new age in Arctic politics? www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d... #arctic
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Canada boosting Arctic presence in face of Russian threats
New plans include more aircraft and drones to grow foothold as other powerful countries seek base in far north
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!
Blueksy Mentions are now in Altmetric.

It's been 84 years meme

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #MedSky #HMSky #Altmetrics #Medlibs #Metascience
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 05/12/2024
Despite the new cold war, there is no halt in Norwegian-Russian fishery cooperation. There are even exchanges of fishery inspectors between the Norwegian Coast Guard and the FSB Coast Guard, researcher Geir Hønneland says
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United in cod. Oslo and Moscow safeguard fishery cooperation
Fifty years of fishery cooperation in the Barents Sea could collapse if Norway closes all its seaports for Russian fishermen, Moscow warns. But Russia has no interest in ending cooperation with the No...
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Juliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Many of these useful lists have pretty stark gender & linguistic biases. Let's diversify them by passing on & recommending colleagues! Squeal if you broadly self-identify as political geographers @mhoussayh.cpesr.fr @lunavives.bsky.social @emelinefourment.bsky.social @elisabethvallet.bsky.social
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"#Norway forced to pause plans to mine deep sea in #Arctic" in the @guardian : www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Norway forced to pause plans to mine deep sea in Arctic
Small Socialist Left party threatens to block budget if government becomes first to issue licences for deep-sea exploration
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is happening on Wednesday - do sign up for what promises to be a fantastic online seminar 👇
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Arctic Relations @arcticrelations.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
🚨 Brand new Arctic Relations post by Ingrid Medby, @charlygehrke.bsky.social, Tiril Vold Hansen, Pirita Näkkäläjärvi & Kim Insuk recaps their Arctic Circle Assembly roundtable on political participation in the #Arctic, asking “Who is heard, when & how?” 🗳️📢 www.arctic-relations.info/politicalpar...
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Political Participation in the Arctic | Arctic Relations
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PolGRG @polgrg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So we now have a bluesky account too! 🦋☁️🩵 For more info and updates, here's our website: polgrg.wordpress.com And do subscribe to our mailing list: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j... For past posts, here's our X: x.com/RGS_PolGRG?t... Any questions about the Research Group, do get in touch! 🙌
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Political Geography Research Group
A research group of the RGS-IBG
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our most recent paper, probably worth sharing here too: "Rethinking the Exercise of #Sovereignty in the #Anthropocene: From Extraction to Environmental Protection in #Arctic Svalbard"- co-authored with @romainchuffart.bsky.social & Tiril Vold Hansen 🙌 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Screenshot of article pdf
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
While I try to decide what's important/insightful/clever enough to be worthy of my second-ever bluesky post, here's a photo of my dog 🥰 (yes definitely worthy)
Beautiful labrador with toy
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Raktim Ray (PhD) @raktimplan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi folks, as part of the Political Geography Research group of RGS IBG, we are organising a mentorship session for ECRs on 4th December. Please register and join us if you are interested www.rgs.org/events/upcom... @ingridagnete.bsky.social @oliviamason.bsky.social
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Ingrid A. Medby @ingridagnete.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Seems it's time to breathe some life into this account! Hello bluesky-world, here's to hoping there's still a chance for a good place to connect online🤞
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