The banality of evil weathering - Sara Fregonese, 2025 This commentary builds on Mikko Joronen's concept of malevolent weathering – the deliberate production of atmospheric conditions that pollute to enable spa...

New commentary in @dialogueshg.bsky.social exploring the banal elemental forms of power underpinning geopolitical shifts and violences.
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Why public views of terrorism don’t match the evidence, and what the government needs to do to keep people safe The public needs clear, easy to remember, and updated information about current threats.

Article for The Conversation based on www.atmoct.org research.

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Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice publishes its final report Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice publishes its final report

Some of us at atmoct.org submitted evidence for a report, published today and calling for a overhaul of UK counterterrorism. Its recommendation to revise the UK definition of terrorism is partly based on our research on everyday understandings of terrorism.

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Very grateful for the invitation to deliver the closing plenary at the Congresso Geografico Italiano next week in Turin: www.geotune.it/cgi/

New publication from the UK team at www.atmoct.org

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Collective perceptions of security threats: an evidence-based political debate is needed - University of Birmingham One fifth of the UK public associates terrorism with the use of explosives and more than 70% thinks that explosions are a harbinger of a terrorist attack.

In light of Keir Starmer's remarks on #terrorism after #southport this morning, this piece written by myself and @psimpy.bsky.social encourages a new debate on what terrorism is and how it is perceived in the UK.

Data from www.atmoct.org

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📃🖋️ The www.atmoct.org team now have a book contract. Looking forward to more writing until 2027(!)

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...One book out, one new book contract in! 🎉

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I submitted the latest manuscript coming out of www.atmoct.org today with @psimpy.bsky.social . Very ready to slow down for Christmas now!

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"I Take That della tirannia", the Greek Colonels, make another incredible episode.

Tyranny Podcast · Will Media - Antonio Losito · Chi sono i tiranni? Sono capi di Stato che rapiscono registi di fama per realizzare i propri film, che smerciano droga per mantenere i loro eccessi e che si pre...

My current most listened podcast (up there with redhandedpodcast.com/) is Tyranny. Exposes the issue of authoritarianism with geopolitics dicussion, satire, and interesting (sometimes chilling) facts, one tyrant at a time. Episodes on US/CIA/tyrants links are 🔝
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Cities, Sustainability, and Wellbeing MA - University of Birmingham MA in Cities, Sustainability and Wellbeing provides a research-intensive educational approach to address local as well as global sustainability and wellbeing challenges affecting contemporary cities.

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Atmospheric geographies of (counter)terrorism - Sara Fregonese, Paul Simpson, Damien Masson, Simon Runkel, Carrie Ann Benjamin, Samuel Berlin, Katharina Ciax, Angeliki Drongiti, 2024 How are terror threats and counterterrorism measures experienced in everyday urban spaces? We argue that thinking atmospherically about the spaces of urban enco...

We have a new article out in Progress in Human Geography with the amazing team at www.atmoct.org
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