Applications to the second writing workshop of the "How to write about platformization from Africa" series is now open. With M. Amir and Liza Rose Cirolia the workshop will be hosted at the African Centre for Cities in Feb 2025. Info here africancentreforcities.net/writing-about-…

If you want to read more about the first workshop, check out these brilliant reflections by Dennis Mbugua regionalfutures.org/all-blog/mutha…

The ‘Digital Geographies: Mapping the Field’ panel w/gillian rose, Professor Ayona Datta, Dorothea Kleine, Tabea Bork-Hüffer & James Ash celebrates the 5-year anniversary of DGRG gaining Research Group status. Join us tomorrow for this exciting session celebrating our milestone Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) #RGSIBG24

Look forward to mapping the field in this Digital RGS (DGRG) panel tomorrow (29th August) with other digital geography scholars Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual conference. Join us in the Ondaatje Theatre at 16.50 followed by a reception after.

Looking fwd to contributing to #DigitalTerritories #RGSIBG24 Conference tomorrow in #London regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/rg… #SiliconValley #DigitalGeographies #Preprint (Libertarian) Decentralized #Web3 Map: In Search of a #PostWestphalian Territory papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Such a great panel, thanks to organisers Dr Adam Michael Packer and Tess Osborne

‘Digital Geographies: Mapping the Field’ was a fantastic panel with wonderful insights on the future of digital geography. Thank you our excellent panellists Dorothea Kleine, James Ash, Professor Ayona Datta, Tabea Bork-Hüffer & gillian rose! #RGSIBG24 #DigitalGeographies

Book review forum alert: Rob Kitchin's Digital Timescapes sees 4 reviews from Ayona Datta, Benjamin Jacobsen, Samuel Kinsley, and Judy Wajcman, along with an author's response by Rob himself. Check it out!

Such a great pleasure to have listened to Professor Ayona Datta and gillian rose at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) ♥️⭐️♥️

'Losing control: REF 2029 and the downgrading of academic outputs' Matthew Gandy's new article argues that the UK's periodic REF exercise is headed in the wrong direction You can read it here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tr…

"It is impossible to be a top-line manager and administrator and mentor and researcher and writer and outreach officer and IT expert and online instructor and pedagogical innovator and recruiter and teacher and marker and..." voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its…

The state of British academia.

Many thanks to Professor Ayona Datta, Fenna Hoefsloot and Mariana Reyes for the digital territories panel Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) where I could present my initial (Phd) research findings, supported by ERC_Regional Futures. Lots to sit with, think through and follow on from here❣️

Great news! The book Informational pheripheries will start showing findings of a hard working research team.

Kicking off #AI4SI #SummerSchool #UIK in #Donostia with Prof Professor Ayona Datta Regional Futures European Research Council (ERC) UIK UPV/EHU Ikerbasque #online #offline

📢 Could Gen-Z protests mark a shift in power dynamics across Kenya? Kenya has recently witnessed a unique series of protests, reflecting a growing concern about the high cost of living, persistent governance issues, corruption, foreign debt and an increasing inflation rate.

“En las manos equivocadas, #AI puede hacer más daño q otras tecnologías previas” elsaltodiario.com/tecnologia/ayo… Entrevista a Professor Ayona Datta en El Salto capturando la esencia de #SummerSchool #AI4SI UIK #UIK hacia una agenda inclusiva/translocal/decolonial/desde las periferias

Yay! Excited to see apiece of my postdoctoral research from/funded by Faculté Géosciences et Environnement - UNIL on its way to publication! 🎉