#ThrowbackThursday : Why not listen again to our brilliant #AsktheAuthor recordings? In this one Joshua Kirshner discusses his paper, co-authored with Vanesa Castán Broto, on how energy access is needed to maintain health during pandemics.

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Department of Environment and Geography

We are sorry to learn of the death of Professor Tristan Platt, pioneering anthropologist of the Bolivian Andes. His synthesis of archival & ethnographic knowledge,& his treatment of history as the living current of contemporary life, continue to define the work of the department.

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NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER: From our forthcoming special issue Connecting decarbonization and social justice in cities (publishing April 2024), read 'Distributed energy technologies, decentralizing systems and the future of African cities'
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of four new members to the Transactions Editorial Board:

Dr Joe Gerlach, Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
Dr Jessa Loomis, Newcastle University Geography
Dr Nina Morris, School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh
Dr Junxi Qian, HKU Geography

Welcome to the #TIBG team! Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Breaking: 'Billionaire' can't find millions to pay fine.

New paper finds fuelwood use for cooking is an big #deforestation driver in Nigeria + policy on energy transitions focuses on households, neglecting commercial bakeries. Lindsay Stringer Aliyu Barau Julia Tomei Rob Marchant Eleanor Jew Joshua Kirshner
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🆕New Article: “The political ecology of oil and gas corporations: TotalEnergies and post-colonial exploitation to concentrate energy in industrial economies”

👏By Marcel LLavero Pasquina, Grettel Navas, Roberto Cantoni, and Joan Martínez-Alier

Read 👉envjustice.org/2024/03/the-po…

A story that does not get much attention in Western seats of power...

On 8 February IGDC hosted Ed Atkins , Aurora Ganz, Joshua Kirshner, and Dr Barnaby Joseph Dye in a webinar where they discussed new approaches to discourse analysis in infrastructure.

The talk is available to view in full on our YouTube channel youtube.com/watch?v=FNW4PB…

இலங்கையின் புதுப்பிக்க சக்தி பிராந்திய மேலாதிக்கத்துக்கான முக்கிய களமாக மாறியுள்ளது. இலங்கையின் சக்தி மூலங்களைக் கட்டுப்படுத்த இந்தியா, சீனா, அமெரிக்கா அனைவரும் முண்டியடிக்கின்றனர். இது ஒரு புதிய பூகோள அரசியல் நெருக்கடியை உருவாக்கியுள்ளது. இது இலங்கைக்கு மட்டுமே உரியதல்ல. 1/2

Bosnia’s Dysfunction Snarls Efforts to Curb Moscow’s Reach in the Balkans nytimes.com/2024/02/22/wor…

By all means publish single-authored stuff but also proactively mentor and co-author w/ students & ECRs who, in most cases, are helping as RAs anyway. At the end of the day, think of who you have inspired, encouraged & elevated beyond your individual accolades. #AcademicTwitter