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Emeritus Professor John Allen has published a new book out entitled Power and Space: Essays on a shifting relationship with Routledge. Power and Space sets out the inherently spatial nature of power today and seeks to change the conversation around how power exercises us in the contemporary moment.

Join Professor Irene Hardill (Northumbria) and Professor Parvati Raghuram (OU), and a guest panel, for an Area classics revisited webinar on 26th February 2025 at 10am.

Professor Parvati Raghuram (OU) and Professor Mariangela Palladino (University of Keele) have recently published a new blog post on the UKRI website discussing the possibilities of forging transformative changes in equitable research partnerships through local engagement.

Professor Farhana Sultana (Syracuse University) delivered a keynote to launch the ‘Voices from the Global South’ project, a collaboration between the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (with the Institute of British Geographers), the International Geographical Union and The Open University. It was held at the RGS, London in June 2024. In her keynote Professor Sultana engages diverse perspectives on the climate crisis, emphasising the significance of incorporating insights from academic, policy, and indigenous advocacy groups in confronting ongoing climate coloniality.

As part of the ESRC IAA grant, Professor Parvati Raghuram (Open University), Dr. Melis Cin (Lancaster University), and Dr. Manu Lekunze (University of Aberdeen), in collaboration with Chris Winter (Geography Association) and Dan Whittall (Geography Association), have developed new teaching materials for Key Stage 3 (ages 11–14) to address the climate crisis through a decolonial lens, focusing on a case study from Cameroon.

Making Geography Matter: Opening up the Doreen Massey Archive

Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at The Open University, in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). This fully funded studentship is available from October 2025. Further details about the value of an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP award are available on the DTP’s studentships page. 

Closing date: 7th January 2025, midday UK time