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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 08/09/2026

Last week, we welcomed over 2,800 geographers from around the world for our Annual International Conference. 🌍 📝 Read more about what went on this year: ow.ly/SXqI50ZKI6z. ⏭️ We hope to see everyone at University of Bristol in 2027! #RGSIBG26

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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

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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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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Day two of #RGSIBG26 is in full swing, with geographers from around the world gathered in London and online! Later, the Chair will host a plenary on queer and feminist perspectives toward just geographies, and several Research Groups will hold AGMs and socials. Check ExOrdo to find sessions!

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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!

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We're over halfway through the 700+ live sessions, but there are still plenty of fascinating discussions to be had at #RGSIBG26! Make sure you find time to visit the art exhibitions, installations and provocations in the Map Room, Director's Gallery and Pavilion. Learn more: bit.ly/4gIxYW3

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 01/09/2026

We're excited to welcome delegates to the opening day of #RGSIBG26! Make sure you're following @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social to catch important updates throughout the week.

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our team are ready to welcome this year's Annual International Conference delegates! If you're around today, you can collect your badge and lanyard until 8pm tonight (1 Sept) and beat the queues tomorrow. Find more info here: www.rgs.org/research/ann...

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We've just heard Professor Susan J. Smith deliver this year's opening keynote at the Annual Conference on the shape of inequality and the weight of the world, introduced by our Chair Professor Peter Hopkins. A great start to the week and we're looking forward to more sessions tomorrow! #RGSIBG26

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today is the first full day of our Annual Conference. We’ve got 195 live sessions planned and they're already underway! If you're joining us be sure to check out ExOrdo to catch what you’re interested in: event.ac2026.exordo.com/at-a-glance #RGSIBG26

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We’re running 250+ live sessions at our Annual Conference today! ⏩ Make sure to leave time for the Chair’s events, including today’s session on how to generate ‘thinking environments’: www.rgs.org/research/annual-interna…

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The fourth and final day of #RGSIBG26 is underway! There's still time to join the last two Chair's events this afternoon: a panel on migrant justice and border abolition at 1:10pm, and a panel session at 2:25pm, Towards care-full geographies of disability, health, well-being and care. See you there!

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 04/09/2026

Thanks for joining us at #RGSIBG26! If you want to stay connected with your geographical colleagues throughout the year, we encourage you to check out what’s going on with the 30+ Research Groups. Get info about joining and upcoming events here: www.rgs.org/research/res...

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We hope you all had a great time. See you all (and hopefully some new faces!) at next year’s Conference at the @bristoluni.bsky.social! #RGSIBG26

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We’d also like to thank all the dedicated people who have helped us deliver this year’s Conference, including the staff at the Society, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, the catering team, contractors, and the Chair.

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to everyone who attended, presented, asked questions, and engaged with the theme of Geographies of inequalities, and to the Research Groups for their continued participation and support of geographical research.

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

After four days, over 700 sessions, discussions, receptions, and Chair’s events across 50+ stages, with over 2,700 geographers in attendance both online and remotely, this year’s Annual International Conference has come to a close. ✅ #RGSIBG26

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

NEW PAPER - this intervention in @tibg.bsky.social focuses on the theme of the @rgs.org @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social Annual Conference - geographies of inequalities: towards just places. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

NEW PAPER - in @jgeoghe.bsky.social about how we can foster thinking environments in interactions with students and colleagues inspired by Nancy Kline's work. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

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How do we enable our students and colleagues to do their very best thinking, for themselves?

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📅Less than five weeks to go until this year's Annual Conference! Joining us in-person? If you have not yet had a chance, check out our page on all things attending in-person, including accommodation and travel to London: ow.ly/qbI550ZpXSs

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Planning your attendance | RGS

Plan your attendance at the conference, both in-person and online.

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Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Chuffed to give an opening keynote at the RGS-IBG conference this year. That said, all the Chair’s events look unmissable. Great vision, as ever, from @peterhopkins.bsky.social www.rgs.org/research/ann...

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Chair's events | Annual International Conference

Discover our line up of Chair's events and speakers for this year's Annual International Conference.

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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 09/07/2026

See what @peterhopkins.bsky.social had to say about Ethnic and Racial Studies in this insightful endorsement! Publish your research with us. Check out instructions for authors here: www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I'm available to take on new coaching clients so please feel free to get in touch and to share this with anyone you think might be interested ☺️. 🙋‍♂️ Executive coaching and mentoring 🙋 Career and life coaching In addition, I also offer: 🙋 Away-day facilitation 🙋 Writing workshops and retreats

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📌NEW PAPER - about how the UK asylum system actively promotes disorientation for asylum seekers - led by @robinfinlay.bsky.social with Matt Benwell and I from our HERA/AHRC funded work about refugee youth. @ncl-geography.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

📌A NEW PAPER by @james-carr.bsky.social and I - we review research about Islamophobia and anti-Mulsim racism and suggest some possibilities for future work in @ersjournal.com Have a read here 👇: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄🎉 A new paper by Dr Robin Finlay, Dr Matt Benwell and Professor Peter Hopkins (@peterhopkins.bsky.social) has been published in 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡. Check it out! 🔓 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 – 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! 🔥 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! Professor Peter Hopkins(@peterhopkins.bsky.social) and Dr James Carr have published a new paper in 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, reviewing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism and suggesting some possibilities for future research. Check it out!

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Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! We’re pleased to share that our colleagues, Professor Peter Hopkins (@peterhopkins.bsky.social) and Dr Matt Benwell have published a paper, along with Dr Robin Finlay at the University of Sunderland, The Institute for Economic and Social Inclusion.🎉

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Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This paper, published in 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, explores how the UK asylum system actively promotes disorientation for asylum seekers. Check it out! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Disorientation and Asylum-Seeking Youth: Examining the Emotional and Embodied Impacts of the UK Asylum System

Disorientation is a critical emotional and embodied dimension in the slow violence of the UK government’s asylum policies. This article focuses on young asylum seekers in Newcastle-Gateshead, UK, a...

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Here is a collection of papers from the @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social journals focused on the @rgs.org annual conference theme of "geographies of inequalities: towards just places": 👇 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Newcastle University Geography @ncl-geography.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A really important piece for university Geography from colleagues across the country, including our @peterhopkins.bsky.social

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This is a really excellent piece - detailing the situation for geography (&other subjects) across UK #HE. The cuts & more general lack of support are having a devastating effects that will reverberate for decades @jennypickerill.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our new piece out today in Times Higher Education about the threats to Geography in the UK - particularly fieldwork - please do share. It links to a recent snapshot survey on the challenges being faced in UK HE, which highlights the inequities of the challenges, but also fears of what is yet to come

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The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings

From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

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The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Are you a physical geographer looking for an editorial opportunity? Join the wonderful team at The Geographical Journal - details below⬇️

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Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

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Jessica Faecks @jessicafaecks.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#JustPublished in 'New Directions in Islam': The Pivot 'Muslim Youth in Southeast Asia', ed. by Mohd Al Adib Samuri and @peterhopkins.bsky.social . Read, download or purchase the e-book/hardcopy here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 20% off with discount code PALAUT. @hss.springernature.com

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins. Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia. University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF

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INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins

INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University

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The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

📢New Issue of The GJ!📢 𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 September's Issue features the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section alongside 9 papers, 3 commentaries, and records of the 2025 RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony. Take a look here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754959...

A graphic showing the title page of The Geographical Journal on a blue background with The GJ in large letters on the right hand page. On the left hand page are eight tiles showing the Special Section 'Legacies of Austerity', with the names of papers in the issue. The names of the papers and authors are as follows:

1) 'Legacies of Austerity: Editorial Introduction' by Sander van Lanen & Sarah Marie Hall
2) 'Family Hubs and the vulnerable care ecologies of child and family welfare in austerity' by Tom Disney et al.
3) 'Relational legacies and relative experiences: Austerity, inequality and access to special educational needs and disability (SEND) support in London, England' by Rosalie Warnock
4) 'Lived experiences of utilities-based indebtedness in Greece: Tracing the afterlives of austerity' by Aliki Koutlou
5) 'Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece' by Matina Kapsali
6) 'De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks' by Andrew Smith et al.
7) 'Austerity's afterlives? The case of community asset transfer in the UK' by Neil Turnbull
8) 'Austere futures: From hardship to hope?' by Julie MacLeavy

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