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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The University of Nottingham is making 1/3 of our #geography department redundant. I'm one of those pooled for redundancy. These are grim times indeed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

University of Nottingham approves controversial savings plan

Changes will see job losses, axing modern languages and music degrees, and cutting support services.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a gorgeous day to stand in solidarity with your community. Thank you all for standing with us and showing this university what courage and determination looks like. Here's to our strength as the fight continues. But more importantly, here's to us winning. Solidarity, UoNUCU

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us on 28th Sept in Manchester for a talk by @ryanmcneil.bsky.social on Slow Violence and North America's Overdose Crisis. Details in the attached. @healthierfutures.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @cperguom.bsky.social

Please join us for the next seminar co-sponsored by the Department of Geography and the Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC) seminar series, with support from Healthier Futures, which will take place on Monday 28 September 2026, 15.00–16.30 in University Place 1.218. University of Manchester
We are delighted to welcome Dr Ryan McNeil, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Harm Reduction Research at Yale School of Medicine, who will speak on “Slow violence and North America’s overdose crisis.”
Dr McNeil’s research examines how social, structural, and environmental forces shape risk and harm among people who use drugs. His work focuses on harm reduction, addiction treatment, supervised consumption services, housing and overdose prevention, and approaches to managing stimulant use disorders. His research has informed policy and practice as harm reduction interventions, including supervised consumption services and safe supply, have expanded.
The seminar is in person only and no registration is required.
Seminar details
Speaker: Dr Ryan McNeil
Title: Slow violence and North America’s overdose crisis
Date and time: Monday 28 September 2026, 15.00–16.30
Location: University Place 1.218
The HHSGC seminar series brings together researchers interested in broadening understanding of, and responding to, pressing challenges faced by health systems globally. It provides a forum for interdisciplinary exchange, showcasing theoretical and empirical research, policy analysis, and implementation insights from diverse regional, disciplinary, and methodological perspectives.
Please do share this announcement with colleagues, students, and networks who may be interested.
Supported by:
Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC), Cities, Politics & Economies Research Group, Department of Geography, Healthier Futures Research Platform

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Starting a new academic year while being pooled for #redundancy is a strange and painful thing. UK higher education is in a terrible place at the moment. Like so many of my colleagues at the University of Nottingham, I’m facing the possibility of losing the career I’ve spent years building 🙃

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alas, my 'Russell Group' university no longer gives access to @tandfresearch.bsky.social journals :( This looks like a great article though! Is there an #OpenAccess version?

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Space and Political Agency Research Group @sparg-tuni.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

@dader-khalid.bsky.social develops a conceptualization of temporal ruination to understand scarcity-making and entrapment in Gaza. Out online first in @societyandspace.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Screenshot of title and abstract of an article entitled Temporal ruination: Scarcity, entrapment, and the affective intensities of time in Gaza by Khalid Dader, published in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

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Geographies of Coloniality and Everyday Violence Research Group @gocep.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... Witnessing scholasticide in Gaza: A conversation forum Thom Davies

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 02/07/2026

How can the lived experience and knowledge of refugees be used to challenge dominant narratives? Tesfalem Habte Yemane and co-authors on "epistemic friction", counter-hegemonic knowledge and the importance of recognising the agency of refugees. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/0q8hjeU

Tesfalem Habte Yemane, Lucy Mayblin, Haleemah Alaydi, Zeraslasie Redie Shiker, Asma Malik, Yagoub Hamdan Matar, Bushra Manochehry, Joe Turner, Thom Davies and Arshad Isakjee

Knowing the Border: Epistemic Friction and Irregular Crossings of the English Channel

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261261459821

The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The recent TIBG paper from @thomdavies.bsky.social et al. on Glasgow's waste work during the pandemic was one of the four spotlighted papers from the RGS-IBG Journals last month. Have a read here ⬇️

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"I feel betrayed. I was told I would have certain modules and certain professors, and now I don't even know if the modules I've chosen for next year will run" 🚨 The University of Nottingham is cutting 600+ academic jobs. This includes 1 in 3 #geography lecturers: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Students show support for lecturers over university cuts

Students at the University of Nottingham voice support for staff whose jobs are at risk.

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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New in TIBG 'Slow death & key workers: The ordinary crisis of waste work during the COVID-19 pandemic' by @thomdavies.bsky.social et al. This paper explores the pandemic experiences of Glasgow's waste workers using Berlant's concepts of 'slow death' & the 'crisis ordinary'. doi.org/10.1111/tran...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Transactions by Thom Davies, Angeliki Balayannis, Emma Garnett, Toni Gladding, Stephen Hinchliffe & Phillip Nicholson (2026) entitled: 'Slow Death and Key Workers: The Ordinary Crisis of Waste Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic' with a red banner at the top.

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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

📢New Article w/ @sovacool.bsky.social @politicalgeography.bsky.social investigating electronic waste recycling using inmates in a US Federal Prison. 🤮 ➡️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629826000314 @pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social #Abolition #Energy #Geography

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New article in @proghumgeog.bsky.social about Necropolitics: (Drop me an email if you want a copy of the PDF) #necropolitics #geography

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Jarvis Susłowicz 🏴🚲🇵🇸 @hjargis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I did my bachelor's in Human Geography at Leicester. Best choice I ever made, genuinely some of the best years of my life! We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.

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Peter Rees @peternrees.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

📣 Important Launch Today 📣 A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. 🌊✨ 👉 Please support them by sharing this post and giving them a follow. Your voice helps amplify theirs.

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Meredith DeBoom @meredeboom.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thank you for your inspiration and encouragement! Publishing with @politicsandspace.bsky.social was a fantastic experience. ✨

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Green hydrogen is hailed as a climate & development "win"—but in Namibia, a $10B project reveals another story. Instead of benefits, local people face extractive harms masked as progress. #ClimateJustice demands we rethink who pays for “green” futures. #ClimateNecropolitics

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Great to see this article published in @politicsandspace.bsky.social: 'Displaced decarbonization: Climate necropolitics and the contested spatialities of green hydrogen in Namibia' By @meredeboom.bsky.social 📝 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

the real enemy arrives in a private jet, not a small boat

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Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

New work from the www.channelcrossings.org team! We have been gathering a dataset of contracts that the government has with private companies related to Channel crossings. We are calling this the ‘border economy’. We have identified over £3billion worth of contracts...

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Visit the post for more.

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Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Incredible piece of work on the spending on border securitisation in the UK channel.

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I've written an article with @mayblin.bsky.social, @isakjee.bsky.social and team revealing the MASSIVE amount of money being given to private companies to "stop the boats". Who is really profitting from the UK border regime? www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

opendemocracy.net

Government hands firms £3bn in bid to ‘stop the boats’

Research reveals the business of Channel security is booming, as companies profit off asylum seekers’ desperation

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Our academic research about 'small boat' Channel crossings has been published in the @the-independent.com "Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’ ministers warned" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @mayblin.bsky.social

independent.co.uk

Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

There are some (far too few) corners of UK higher education that still give me hope. This is one of them:

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Peter R. Martin @peterrmartin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Come work with us! A wonderfully welcoming and supportive School who have been great in helping me find my feet as an ECR Geographer! Very happy to chat to anyone interested in applying!

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

NEW JOB 🚨: Assistant Professor in Human Geography at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social: 💰£41,421 to £56,921 per annum Any of these research areas very welcome: 🔹Cultural and Historical Geography 🔹Economic and #Political Worlds 🔹Environment, Health and Society. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

jobs.nottingham.ac.uk

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Assistant Professor in Human Geography

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Professor in the School of Geography. We are seeking to appoint an academic to make a significant impact within the broad research and teaching area ...

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy Birthday to all refugees arbitrarily assigned 1st January as their date of birth. Congratulations on your perseverance despite the despicable treatment seeking asylum entails in the richest countries of the world. Celebrate your persistence in ensuring your rights.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I feel like videogames actually do provide a pretty accurate representation of real life right now because a lot of videogames are like “THE WORLD IS ENDING” and then you just collect herbs and pretend nothing is wrong

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Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

⭐️NEW EXPLAINER: Labour on immigration: 5 things you need to know 👉 the key policy developments 👉 companies who benefit ... with links to groups mobilising against them. Summarised below for those who are short on time corporatewatch.org/labour-on-im... #starmer #homeoffice #immigration #noborders

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Labour on immigration: 5 things you need to know - Corporate Watch

The Tories’ 14-year run is over, but migrant solidarity campaigners are doubtful whether things look much brighter under Labour. How much has Keir Starmer’s government departed from the Conservatives’...

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Peter Rees @peternrees.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

First Post! I am a migration and citizenship scholar and activist. In January I will be starting a new project at the Univeristy of Geneva titled "A Theory of Maritime Migration: Examining the intersection of mobile people and territory". Below is a selection of work published this year.

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social about the political economy of the UK border. We argue that both private and political actors are directly profitting from people seeking asylum (not just the "people smugglers") onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #OpenAccess

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 29/09/2024

While reactionaries may use women's rights to attack other minorities (Muslim communities, trans people, immigrants etc), you really don't have to scratch the surface much to realise that they are not attached to said rights, but to the exclusion of others (including women)

Guardian headlines:

‘Not all cultures equally valid’ when it comes to immigration, says Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch says UK maternity pay benefits are ‘excessive’

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

After a hiatus, Ep 4 of the Minor Revisions podcast is here! Gabriel Silvestre (Newcastle Univ) & Guillermo Jajamovich (Univ of Buenos Aires) discuss the 'behind the scenes' story of publishing "The afterlives of urban megaprojects" journals.sagepub.com/page/epc/col... #geosky #academicsky

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Politics & Space has some new editors. Joining Luiza Bialasiewicz & me are: -Thom Davies (www.nottingham.ac.uk/Geography/Pe... ) -Rachel Hughes (findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/3808... ) -Sarah Hunt (www.uvic.ca/socialscienc... ) Submit your paper: journals.sagepub.com/home/epc #Geosky

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Happy to be part of the Politics and Space editorial team! Looking forward to working with some brilliant colleagues, authors, and reviewers :)

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Thom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

i don't know if i can face using (yet) another social media platform, but here we are...

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