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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

A deeply disturbing talk this afternoon from Mark Bo at the London School of Economics on his new book Scam: Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds 🔥 A terrifying read on the dark underbelly of the new political economy of labour where coercion, digital capitalism & exploitation converge

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Special economic zones aren’t just trade infrastructure - they’re tools of imperial power & authoritarian control. 🚨New paper from @invisibleworkers.bsky.social Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence. 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825001635

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Governing through extra-territoriality: Jordan's clothing production zones as tools of imperial power and authoritarian rule

Jordan's Export Processing Zones (EPZs) for clothing production form part of political geographies of US imperialism in the Middle East, and have serv…

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

New in Area: What happens when academic institutions police solidarity? Dr Shereen Fernandez explores the disciplining of #Palestine solidarity & the radical potential of #friendship in resistance. Part of our Dialogues in #Radical Geog SI. Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

👕Another stark reminder of the human costs of #fastfashion. 🤒In #India’s “castoff capital”, workers are falling ill recycling the world's discarded clothes. 📈Lung disease. Skin infections. Cancer. Via the The Guardian theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse ❓What went wrong? 👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect 🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...

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Leicester clothes the world? — Invisible workers

Traces of the UK’s clothing and textile manufacturing heritage remain today in places like Leicester, where a shrinking number of suppliers still vie for orders in the competitive global market. Our ...

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Let workers take you behind the scene's of #Jordan's clothing and footwear industry👕👀 Led by Katharina Grueneisl & our Invisible Workers team 📅Sat May 3rd ⏰4pm UK/6pm Amman 📍Online or in person at MMAGFoundation, Amman 🔗More info and link to register: invisibleworkers.org.uk/events

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫 🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025 📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025 #RGSIBG25

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫 🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025 📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025 #RGSIBG25

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

"There are enough garments in the world to clothe the next 6 generations!" A frequently cited claim... yet hard to evidence I crunched the numbers with BBC Radio 4's More or Less but found a lack of transparency masks the scale of fashion overproduction Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations? - BBC Sounds

We delve into the stats on the scale of the fashion industry

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations? - BBC Sounds

We delve into the stats on the scale of the fashion industry

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Our @invisibleworkers.bsky.social team is running a creative methods workshop on body mapping next week, led by artist Elizabeth Alster 👩‍🎨🎨 It's open to all staff at #WeAreUoN More info👉 invisibleworkers.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-a3gzw-ctaej Spaces are limited! Please get in touch to join 👋

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Exciting to see the 1st of our Dialogues in Radical Geography series out in print 🤩🔖 It's a MUST READ w/ crucial thoughts on how we save each other from "unsustainable intensity of work demands" in academic life 😰⌛️ Thank you, @jennypickerill.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/area... More to follow 👀

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Please apply & share widely! These board appointments are for 2-3 years, and are an excellent way of gaining editorial experience in a really supportive environment, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of Transactions.

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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

📢Join the TIBG team!📢 We are looking for four new mid-career geographers to join our Editorial Board. We are seeking expertise in environmental, historical and quantitative geography, sustainable development, geopolitics, Africa & Latin America. Deadline: 4 December www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

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Editorial opportunities at Society journal - RGS

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, one of the Society’s scholarly journals, is looking for four new Editorial Board members.

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Josh Inwood @geogjosh.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hey #Cambodia watchers! I've made the move from the other place but miss the local chatter. So I've made a starter pack of people writing in/on/from the Kingdom of Wonder. Please share and follow, and let me know if you want to be added... go.bsky.app/Te5k6z7

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