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@petemcgowran.bsky.social
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Human Geographer working on disasters and development. Posts mainly about geography, disasters, India, politics, football, and more. Views my own.

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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If he is to make a success of his time in No.10, Burnham will need to reflect on what the geographies of #resilience and #crisis mean for his political strategy. The crux of my argument in a new commentary for @thegj.bsky.social #geosky #geography rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Rinchen Lama (IIHS) and I have written a piece reflecting on the challenges faced during the recovery process after the 2023 GLOF in NE India, considering what lessons might be learned as Nepal & Tibet make the difficult transition to recovery & reconstruction. theconversation.com/rebuilding-i...
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Rebuilding in Nepal-Tibet will be challenging – communities in India are still recovering from 2023 glacial disaster
Cascading hazards and entrenched inequalities have led to false starts in reconstruction and ongoing suffering since the 2023 disaster in India’s eastern Himalayas.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good. Paredes should never step foot back on a football pitch again.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
*chef's kiss*
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Evergreen political meme
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Wait, what...
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Miguel Almiron's Newcastle Goal Celebration
ALT: Miguel Almiron's Newcastle Goal Celebration
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This scenario must have come up somewhere in a horizon scanning exercise 30+ years ago! BBC News - Hovercraft engines seen smoking in Southsea as passengers evacuated - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hovercraft engines seen smoking in Southsea as passengers evacuated
Fire crews are called to Southsea after a hovercraft's engines are seen smoking.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Odds on the next general election being in 2029 looking increasingly thin...
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UCU @ QUB @ucuatqub.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
*Statement in regard to recent racist protests in Northern Ireland* We are shocked and appalled at the racist carnage that took place in pockets of Belfast last night, as well as in other towns and cities across Northern Ireland.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/06/2026
It's an absolute farce for any journalist to discuss what's happening in Belfast as seriously being about immigration 'concerns'
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Queen's University Belfast @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we've been finding out more about Belfast Climate Stripes, a visual installation representing the change in Belfast’s temperature from 1850 to 2025. Keep an eye out today, as the Climate Stripes will be appearing on screens across campus. More ➡️ ow.ly/FYux50Z7Wns
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I am knee-deep in marking, so a weird post but... I'm intrigued as to why SO MANY students' (across v. different institutions) default position seems to be to put full-stops after their references: "end of sentence. (Author, date) Next sentence...". Such a weird thing, makes no sense. Anyway...
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Jonathan Hinder inadvertently making a very strong case for keeping Starmer as leader on #Newsnight.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
"The CEO of QatarEnergy, the state-owned oil and gas company, told Reuters that strikes had taken out 17 percent [!!!!] of its capacity for the next five years...". W. T. F. www.wired.com/story/iran-w...
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Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario
One expert says that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be not recessionary, but depressionary.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
There's a lot going on but... I hate this. BBC News - Afcon 2025: Morocco declared the winners after CAF overturns final defeat to Senegal - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Afcon 2025: Morocco declared the winners after CAF overturns final defeat to Senegal
Morocco declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football overturns the result of their final defeat to Senegal.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Has anyone checked in on Tim Marshall?
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Osulaaaaaaa #nufc
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Former academic and unsuccessful candidate for the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election, Matt Goodwin.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years. Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Job losses at research-intensive universities double in two years - Research Professional News
Exclusive: Scale of redundancies revealed branded a “disaster” for UK research capacity
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The year is 2090. The Lib Dems are proposing a third Department for Growth in the semi-arid city of Crawley, with a promise to get Britain growing again, and to update the Thameslink trains.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Audible wow at the sight of blue sky this morning 🌄
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I mean, yeah.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"AI skills" 🫩
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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New in TIBG: 'The life of events: Exception and everyday life in Acapulco, Mexico' by Hector Becerril, @benandersongeog.bsky.social & @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social This paper draws on Berlant to consider how certain events, such as storms, become exceptions to ordinary life. doi.org/10.1111/tran...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by Hector Becerril, Ben Anderson & Alejandro de Coss Corzo (2026) entitled: 'The Life of Events: Exception and Everyday Life in Acapulco, Mexico' with a red banner at the top.

The paper focuses on the event of ‘Ingrid-and-Manuel’—a Hurricane and Tropical Storm that hit Acapulco, Mexico in 2013. It traces what this event was and how it remains for people in and beyond Acapulco. It does so in the context of a place where the lines between events and everyday life are often blurred, and yet the event was still named and felt as an exception to ordinary life. By focusing on how exceptionality was and is produced, the paper supplements how human geography understands and relates to events, arguing for an approach that focuses on the ‘life of events’: following how events begin, happen, change, end and live on. This approach sits between social constructivist and realist approaches to events, orientating inquiry to the ongoing mediation of impactive experience, via Lauren Berlant's work. Through this approach, the paper tracks the affective-material variations through which Ingrid-and-Manuel became and remains an exception: excess, (dis)connection, loss and damage, recovery.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I don't envy news editors trying to figure out what Trump is actually banging on about here!?
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"Thank you!"
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Maybe the most bizarre 30 mins of a football match I've ever seen #AFCON #gamesgone
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
So bold!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
New job! Today is my last day working as a post-doc at KCL on the MH-Prep project. I'll be joining Queen's University Belfast as Lecturer in Human Geography. Excited to get started and to move to Belfast after 7-8 years living in London! Too few characters available for a King's> Queen's pun!
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Sharing our new preprint: an analysis of the literature on multi-hazards and household preparedness. We find quite limited engagement with compound, cascading and interrelated hazards in the literature on household preparedness planning. #DRR #geosky egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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Review article: Multi-Hazards and Household Preparedness Planning: Evidence, Gaps and Opportunities
Abstract. This paper presents a systematic analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on household preparedness and multi-hazard interrelationships, identifying what constitutes an effective preparedness plan...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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Rachael Squire @squirerachael.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
States of Precarity in UK HE Geography: A new report on the long and short term effects of precarity across career stages, with a series of best practice resources to support more equitable working cultures. www.rgs.org/research/hig... @rgsibg.bsky.social @antipodeonline.bsky.social
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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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Save Geography at the University of Leicester
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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Trump at Windsor, Farage at 30% What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy? Upcoming CCRG/ RGS event: 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 September 30th @ 7pm 👇 www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
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Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.
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Nancy Hey @worklifeyou.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great project from my teams World Risk Poll Into Action grants Disaster Risk Reduction for households when there are multiple hazards 1) multi hazard thinking getting clearer definitions & integration 2) lived experience + data = better & inclusive planning 3) scale needs tools + capacity
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
First outputs from our current project are starting to emerge. More to come! #drr #resilience
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"Manchester United battered in Grimsby"
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
It was a pleasure to review Adam Bobbette's book "The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java" for The Journal of Development Studies. Will be of particular interest to those who work on/think with "the Anthropocene", but certainly not exclusively! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QHGPM... #geosky
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The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java
Published in The Journal of Development Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience (IHRR)-Durham University @ihrr.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🚨 Last chance! 🚨 Today’s the final day to register for the UKADR Annual Conference 2025 at Durham (4–5 Sept). 👉 durham.ac.uk/UKADR-2025 #UKADR2025 #DisasterResearch
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Using AI for your Fantasy Football team is crazy.
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Thomas Dekeyser @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Announcing my book, Techno-Negative! It will be out in Spring 2026, published with @uminnpress.bsky.social.
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michael veale @michae.lv · 22/07/2025
I can't quite believe it, but, it appears that the person responsible for this at the University of Warwick has had a Vogue photoshoot about the rebrand, explaining his 'journey from the world of luxury [goods marketing] into higher education' vogue.sg/university-o...
Universities aren’t often spoken of as ‘brands,’ but Warwick leans into that idea. What does thinking of a university as a brand unlock—and what can it achieve when done well?
Seeing a university as a brand unlocks coherence and confidence. A brand is about more than design, it’s about identity and consistency. When you align your values, your story and your impact, you become more than a place, you become a movement. At Warwick, brand isn’t just a communications tool, it’s a strategic asset. It helps us attract brilliant minds, forge global partnerships and create a distinctive space in a competitive world. When done well, a brand doesn’t limit, it liberates.What drew you to the world of higher education, and how do you see its role evolving in society today?
My journey from the world of luxury into higher education has been one of purpose and transformation. After years of working with global brands, I was drawn to higher education as the next frontier of influence, a space where knowledge, identity, and opportunity intersect. Universities aren’t just places of learning, they are platforms for societal impact. Their role today is to be both anchor and catalyst: rooted in rigorous teaching and research, yet agile enough to respond to global challenges and cultural shifts.

How has your background in the luxury sector shaped the way you approach storytelling and brand building at the University of Warwick?
Working across premium and luxury sectors—fashion, real estate, travel and beyond—taught me the value of emotion, detail, and differentiation. In those worlds, a brand isn’t just a badge, it’s an experience, a feeling, a story that lives in people’s hearts. At the University of Warwick, I’ve brought that same mindset to higher education: crafting narratives that are both strategic and human.
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Sharing a new paper written with Dr Ellen Robson at the @ihrr.bsky.social and several other amazing co-authors! It summarises discussions from an interdisciplinary workshop on roads, resilience, and development and situates the key themes in the wider literature. Open Access! doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
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Redirecting
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JC Gaillard @jcgaillard.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Contested Geographies of Mountain Futures in the Socio and Eco-clim...
Introduction Over the last two decades, critical geography and political ecology scholarships have deeply analyzed the political dimension of the contemporary global socio and eco-climate crisis. T...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/06/2025
Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...
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petemcgowran.bsky.social @petemcgowran.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Windows 11 includes this new game called "Find the Power Button", very fun!
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