
Geography Directions
@geogdirections
Geographical expertise applied to the issues that matter most.
An @RGS_IBG blog.
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'Geography as a discipline is concerned with power, place, and agency. Such concerns cannot just be the concern of research ‘in the field’ but must be brought to our ‘own places of work’' - Rachael Squire et al. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/13/res…

'By calling on our governments to produce adaptation and resilience strategies that recognise climate change as a long-term human and economic risk factor, we can be more prepared for these events' - Doug Specht. Reposted via @conversationuk. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/16/la-…

*New post* by Doug Specht (University of Westminster): 'The rise of firefighters-for-hire exposes the inequality of climate-driven disasters'. Reposted via The Conversation. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/28/the…

*New post* by Ewan Woodley (ExeterGeography): 'From plane to train: promoting low-carbon travel for geography field courses in UK higher education'. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/30/fro…

'It is crucial that we work towards solutions that prioritise the safety and wellbeing of all community members, not just those who can afford to pay for additional protection' - Doug Specht (University of Westminster). Reposted via The Conversation. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/28/the…

'We cannot expect students to move away from flying in favour of low-carbon travel options unless academics can demonstrate that meaningful efforts are being made to minimise flying for work, primarily for research' - Ewan Woodley (ExeterGeography). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/30/fro…

*New post* by David McCollum (St Andrews Geography & SD): 'Post-pandemic geographies of working from home: more of the same for spatial inequalities?' blog.geographydirections.com/2025/03/26/pos…

*New post* by Sing Fei Teoh (University of Nottingham Malaysia): 'Kelantan’s airport policy: geographical lessons for local development'. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/04/02/kel…

'Changes in working practices brought about by the pandemic have most likely reflected and reinforced existing social and spatial inequalities rather than transformed them' - David McCollum (St Andrews Geography & SD). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/03/26/pos…

*New post* by Yu-Shan Tseng (Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton): 'Liquid democracy: rethinking democracy through its fluidity' blog.geographydirections.com/2025/04/09/liq…

'The real problem comes, nevertheless, when one strives for developmental and economic self-sufficiency without an adequate, holistic assessment of one’s own material conditions and geographical limitations ' - Sing Fei Teoh (University of Nottingham Malaysia). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/04/02/kel…

'With cities being increasingly mediated by digital platforms, decision–making processes about cities are becoming more and more fluid like liquid bodies – dynamic and changeable' - Yu-Shan Tseng (Geography & Environmental Science at Southampton). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/04/09/liq…

*New post* by Valerio Donfrancesco (Geography & Environment | University of Aberdeen) and Chris Sandbrook (Cambridge Geography): 'What does radical wildlife care look like?' blog.geographydirections.com/2025/04/28/wha…

'We argue that the success of projects for multispecies flourishing depends on the recognition and pursuit of affirmative biopolitics' - Valerio Donfrancesco (Geography & Environment | University of Aberdeen) and Chris Sandbrook (Cambridge Geography). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/04/28/wha…


*New post* by Annie Hughes (Kingston University): 'How to make field education in geography more anti-racist: seven key steps' blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/19/how…

*New post* by Christopher Schulz (St Andrews Geography & SD): 'What counts as evidence? Evidence from the World Commission on Dams' blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/21/wha…

'Adopting an anti-racist approach to field learning, which recognises the complex relationships between race, racial identities, and the field, will help provide culturally relevant, safe, and meaningful experiences for all' - Annie Hughes (Kingston University). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/19/how…

'While the World Commission on Dams did also collect numbers, it was most shaped by these emotional encounters with realities on the ground. And the recommendations it made reflected this evidence' - Christopher Schulz (St Andrews Geography & SD). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/21/wha…

*New post* by Saskia Papadakis (RHULGeography): 'The myth of the white working-class Northern man'. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/06/03/the…