In 2023 the HGRG celebrates 50 years, and we will be hosting our celebration in conjunction with this year ‘Practising Historical Geography’ event. PHG takes place at the University of Nottingham on the 8th-9th November 2023. Registration: eventbrite.com/e/practising-h…

UK science produces 10% of the world’s Arctic science but more can be done. We must prioritise and put more funding behind scientific and multidisciplinary research in the Arctic. ❄ Read our Arctic report, published today, at bit.ly/EACArctic ❄ #EACArctic #Arctic

What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. Arctic changes contribute to flooding and changing weather patterns in the UK. Ministers must meet more frequently to coordinate government policy on the Arctic. ❄ Read our report at bit.ly/EACArctic ❄ #EACArctic

After much work on the part of our editorial team and authors, Jordana Dym and I’s first issue as editors of Imago Mundi is in print! Don’t miss the new Forum section, on born-digital map collecting, and articles by matthew edney, Mirela Altic, and more! #maps #amediting

We feel targeted’: families from two faiths in UK fear for relatives in the Middle East – and their own safety As Islamophobia and antisemitic attacks grow, people wait anxiously for news of their loved ones theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…

Join us for free panel discussion - Atiqput (“our names”): Inuit #OralHistory and Project Naming, on Mon 30 Oct, 5pm. Scott Polar Research Institute The Heong Gallery Michael Bravo Book here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us for free panel discussion - Atiqput ('our names'): Inuit #OralHistory and Project Naming, on Mon 30 Oct, 5pm. The Heong Gallery Downing College Michael Bravo Cambridge Visual Culture

Worth remembering this telling 1969 quote from Moshe Dayan this week as leaks indicate that Netanyahu, Ben Gvir and their extreme far right wing government are drawing up plans to expel the shattered refugees of Gaza into Egypt

Obviously Emma Hayes is a huge loss to Chelsea and the WSL but, as a parent, I'm so so so delighted that it's looking like she has the opportunity of a job that will give her a much better work/life balance than club football can. In that respect, the demands of club... 1/

Today we started our Polar Pride celebrations at SPRI! Tea, cake, conversations and origami penguins! #DiveristyInPolarScience #pride #PolarPride @SPRI🐧🐻‍❄️🌈🇦🇶🏳️‍⚧️

Inuit Circumpolar Council will co-host the Indigenous Climate Leadership Day event at the Canada Pavilion at #Cop28 Monday December 4th. Here, ICC’s new Climate Short Film will premiere. #Inuit COP28 UAE #Arctic #ClimateChange #IndigenousPeoples

(2/2): "Even though the Mediterranean mountains are some of the most rapidly warming in the planet, they remain widely understudied. These pictures show me conducting fieldwork in the Pindus mountains, Greece." Pics from Konstantinos Sofikitis

And here's to another term of HTIR History and Theory of International Relations! From the #LongLandWar to Congo's decolonization, from Waltzian polarities to post-war Bosnian homebuilding - so much to look forward to! All are welcome to attend!

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France banned domestic short haul flights almost a year ago. Why hasn't the UK done this as well? It's not even on the political agenda.

Turnover is up from £6.8m to almost £11m (on 2022). But loss only up to £82,000 from £33,000. Huge part of that is that matchday revenue is up from £532,000 to £2.68m. That’s a more than 403% increase 🤯. Compared to an increase of 39.4% of broadcast revenue (up… 2/

Wishing a wonderful Ramadan to all our students, staff, alumni and friends around the world 🌙 We hope this special month brings peace and happiness to all – #RamadanMubarak! ❤️ 📷 Ibrahim Rahman 📍 Cambridge Central Mosque

These include pervasive issues of job insecurity including increasing use of Fixed Term Contracts.

Research staff reported pressures of pay not keeping up with costs of living and gave evidence of a systemic culture of overwork. Join us for the public launch of the report on 17 June- details of how to book up are on the website here ucu.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-rese…

Just found out that Taylor & Francis has sold access to all Routledge Books data to Microsoft to train their AI. This includes my publications. I get no payment for using my research labour, never mind the bigger problems of this energy-intensive extractivism...