There goes another example of "my body, my choice" that doesn't seem to raise nearly as many eyebrows as others 🤔. Oh! And with a healthcare system ready to step in without a doubt. If only that was consistent across the board...
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Welcome to our research and higher education Bluesky! 👋
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Many congratulations to Sam Halvorsen from Geography (GES), Liesbeth Corens from History & Karl Pike from SPIR, who have all received funding awards from the Leverhulme Trust. In a double win, Sam has also received a grant from the British Academy. Read more:
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Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health
The latest Adding It Up study for 128 LMICs includes a global report with estimates for 2024, accompanied by fact sheets that summarize regional analyses.
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🗃️From the archive: The ideal PhD researcher has no baggage
#PhDchat
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Leyenda en letras rosas que dice “No discuto con negacionistas”. Debajo, un osito cariñosito con panza de arcoíris sonriente mientras tiene sus brazos en alto.
Siempre, pero sobre todo en fechas como hoy. Ni olvido ni perdón. #24M
Acá va mi pequeña contribución al especial de @cenital.com por los 50 años del golpe de Estado de 1976
We're recruiting a new cohort of postdocs focusing on health disparities research for our NIH-funded T32.
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Interested candidates should feel free to reach out!
Felicitaciones @FonziDolores Merecido premio y merecido presagio👇💪❤️🤗
We are official now we have a must-have tote @leverhulmecal.bsky.social & don’t forget that our PhD studentships close on 26 February. Spread the word to those talented people studying aspects of algorithmic life PhDs leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk #AI #ML
REMINDER about this exciting NEW funding opportunity!
The recently created SLAS Research Development Award offers up to £10,000 to support groundbreaking Latin American Studies research.
📆 DEADLINE: 20 Mar 2026
More information about the scheme and the application below.
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Send submissions to: W.Songpetchmongkol2@student.gsa.ac.uk, s.tam@fashion.arts.ac.uk & Zeinab.Hashem@mail.bcu.ac.uk
Session: Epistemic Injustice: Geographical Data and the Urban Pedagogy
Organisers: Wattana Songpetchmongkol (Glasgow School of Art), Sing Hang Tam (London College of Fashion) & Zeinab Hashem (Birmingham City University).
Deadline for 250 word abstract: Feb. 18th, 2026.
Session: Re-thinking (critical) digital geopolitics
Organisers: Sean Carter, Daisy Curtis & Sam Kinsley (Exeter)
Deadline for 250 word abstracts: Feb. 23rd, 2026.
Send submissions to: d.curtis2@exeter.ac.uk, s.kinsley@exeter.ac.uk & s.carter@exeter.ac.uk
Session: Just Transitions in and beyond China
Organisers: Shizhi Zhang & Yuting Yao (Sheffield)
Deadline for 250 word abstract: Feb. 23rd, 2026.
Send submissions to: shizhi.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk & yuting.yao@sheffield.ac.uk
Session: Geographies of Care and Violence
Organiser: Carl Bonner-Thompson (Utrecht University)
Deadline for 250 word abstract: Feb. 20th, 2026.
Send submissions to: c.a.bonner-thompson@uu.nl
Session: Emerging voices in political geography
Organisers: @polgrg.bsky.social
Deadline for 250-300 word abstract: Feb. 24th, 2026.
Send submissions to: i.mousamputri2@ncl.ac.uk & daniel.walsh@northumbria.ac.uk
Send submissions to: jch31@st-andrews.ac.uk & t.acevedoguerrero@uu.nl
Session: Citizen science and co-production as routes to plurality and justice
Organisers: Jessica Hope (St. Andrews) & @rioconpiedras.bsky.social (Utrecht University).
Deadline for 250 word abstract & bio: Feb. 27th, 2026.
Session: 'Fire and Ice': Unequal encounters in glacial and volcanic adventure
Organisers: Edward Loveman & Katie Reeves (Warwick University)
Deadline for 250 word abstract: Feb. 27th, 2026.
Send submissions to: edward.loveman@warwick.ac.uk
Session: Centering intersectional feminist approaches in mobility planning.
Organisers: Anna Nikolaeva & Irene Gómez Varo.
Deadline for 200 word abstract, 100 word bio & 5 keywords: Feb. 20th, 2026.
Send submissions to: a.nikolaeva@uva.nl & i.gomezvaro@uva.nl
Send submissions to g.champion@soton.ac.uk
Session: Doing diplomacy beyond national jurisdiction: the politics of unequal access in global decision-making spaces.
Organisers: @giuliachampion.bsky.social, @ameliahine.bsky.social & Kimberley Peters.
Deadline for 250 word abstracts & 150 word bios: Feb. 20th, 2026.
Ok, there are a lot more CFP that have been sent for #RGS2026 through @lag-uk.bsky.social @polgrg.bsky.social and @gfgrg.bsky.social mailing lists, so here they go... (cc @rgsibg.bsky.social)
The World Health Organisation have released a call for submissions of grey literature relating to comprehensive sexual education materials that include abortion care, to map and complete a review. Deadline to submit it Feb 16th 👉 www.who.int/news-room/ar...
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
No puedo creer que me haya perdido este momentazo bluskero crossover con el mejor meme de lo que viene del año
