Digital Geographies Research Group

Nominations are open until Tuesday 22nd September for DGRG committee positions: Chair, Events Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator. We're an active and friendly committee so if you're interested in digital geographies & want to get involved be sure to nominate yourself - info below ⬇️

📣 Please join us for our annual AGM, online on 14th September 10AM BST. We'll celebrate our group's activities and achievements over the last year, and share information about the upcoming committee election. Sign up via the link below: www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-ge...

On our final day at RGS-IBG AC26, we have sessions on the geographies of dis/connection, geodatafication, platform economies and the digitalising state. Check ExOrdo for locations and timings. ECRs - final reminder for our interactive workshop on precarity in Higher Education: #RGSIBG26 @rgs.org

🎙️ We’re delighted to welcome Dr Julian Brigstocke as our second panellist for this year’s DGRG Annual Lecture at RGS-IBG AC26. See you in the Ondaajte Theatre on Thursday 3rd, 16:35–18:15 to hear more about @jbrigstocke.bsky.social's work. #RGSIBG26

👋 Welcome to RGS-IBG AC26! We have a day of exciting events today, including sessions on the geographies of data centres, digital inequalities, geopolitics and automation. Please check Ex Ordo for locations/timings. We hope to meet some of you there! #RGSIBG26

📣 Calling Early Career Researchers Join the DGRG on Fri 4th during RGS-IBG AC26 for a workshop exploring experiences of precarity in UK Higher Education. We'll discuss opportunities for building solidarity and hopes for progress. Cake provided! You don't need to be a digital geographer to join us!

🎙️ We’re delighted to welcome Professor Azadeh Akbari as one of our fantastic panellists for this year’s DGRG Annual Lecture at RGS-IBG AC26! See you in the Ondaajte Theatre on Thursday 3rd, 16:35–18:15 to hear more about @azadehakbari.bsky.social's work 🌍

🎊 Just 1 week to go until the @rgs.org RGS-IBG International Annual Conference 2026 in London! We’re excited for 19 co-sponsored sessions on topics from data centres to AI bias, plus the Digital Geographies Annual Lecture & Reception on Thursday. See Ex Ordo for session details. See you there! 🌍

🤝Are you interested in joining the DGRG's mentoring scheme? Come along to our online discussion on the 13th of August (1-2pm GMT) and help to inform and shape the pilot. Please sign up here if you're interested - we look forward to seeing you there!

🚨 Our Annual Symposium is tomorrow! Join us online from 9:45am for a day exploring the digital geographies of fragility, ending with Professor Margath Walker's keynote, The Fragility of AI. Programme & last-minute registration: digitalgeographiesrg.org/9-july-2026-... #DGRGAnnualSymposium2026

📅 Three days to go until our free online symposium! Sign up to attend an exciting day of talks exploring how fragility, precarity and uncertainty differently manifest in and through digital technologies. #DGRGAnnualSymposium2026

🚀 Not long to go until our free online DGRG Annual Symposium on 9 July 2026! Don't forget to register via the link. Join us for three exciting sessions exploring Digital Geographies in Fragile Times. For more info: digitalgeographiesrg.org/9-july-2026-... See you there! #DGRGAnnualSymposium2026

⏰ Don't forget to submit your nominations for the 2026 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize in Digital Geographies by 22 July! The winner will receive £100 and have the opportunity to showcase their work through DGRG channels. #DigitalGeography #DissertationPrize #UndergraduateResearch #DGRG

🏆 The DGRG is pleased to offer a prize to the best undergraduate dissertation in any area of digital geography. The winner will receive £100 and have the opportunity to showcase their work through DGRG channels. Submit your nominations by 22 July 2026. Full submission information below 🔗

Our special feature of People and Nature on the Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery is coming into being! The special feature emerges from our 2024 conference at the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, Jesus College, Oxford besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social

BIG NEWS in the Open Visualization Academy: openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/data-femin... We're launching 'Data Feminism for Data Visualization' by @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @kanarinka.bsky.social #dataViz #infographics #dataVisualization #dataJournalism

🚨📣 We’re launching the first Early Career Editorial Board for Digital Geography & Society. If you’re a #PhD student, postdoc, or #ERC working on #digitalgeographies, we’d love to hear from you. We offer mentoring & hands-on experience in #academicpublishing & editorial work. Please share widely 🙏

very excited to have a date for the publication of my new book: 8 December!! 'Animated Urbanism' interrogates the visualisation of the mandate that urban life should be 'smart.' @uminnpress.bsky.social www.upress.umn.edu/978151792206...

⏰ Just three days left to submit your abstract for the DGRG Annual Symposium, 'Digital Geographies in Fragile Times'. Find more info on the CfP and submit your abstract before Friday 15th May via the link below! #DigitalGeography #CallForPapers #AcademicConference #Geography #DGRG

📢 There are just over two weeks left to submit your paper for the Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Symposium, held online 8th/9th July! We invite contributions on this year’s theme: 'Digital Geographies in Fragile Times'. 🔗 Full call details below. Submit by 15th May!

📢Call for Papers open for DGRG Annual Symposium 2026! This year's theme is 'Digital Geographies in Fragile Times'. The symposium will be held online on 8th/9th July, and we welcome a range of contribution formats. Submit your abstract by 15th May via the link below! #DigitalGeography #CfP

🌐 New paper in Progress in Environmental Geography 🌐 'Geography and Environmental Governance I: Governing with Environmental Data' by Marc Tadaki journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

How do platforms like Uber and DoorDash change protections for immigrant workers? New paper by María Esther Cervantes Macías shows how they both enable and constrain transnational mobility, deepening global inequalities through flexible digital labour. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SAVE THE DATE! Book talk with a special focus on mentoring on deck for late spring with the @gfgrg.bsky.social of @rgs.org Join us on June 11th as I discuss my new book "All Geographers should be Feminist Geographers!" out with @ugapress.bsky.social now! Register today!!

📢 Expressions of Interest are now open for guest passes for the RGS 2026 Annual Conference. Passes cover the conference registration fee and are intended to support colleagues who may otherwise be unable to attend. 👉 Find details and the EoI form here: digitalgeographiesrg.org/apply-for-a-...

Join the Society's Urban Geography Research Group later this month for their next webinar, featuring contributions from Lauren Andres (UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment). ⏰ 25 March, 1.00pm 👉 Register: https://ow.ly/tsLJ50XTxp9

Image, screen, projection: Conceptualising the urban (imaginary) in digital visual culture By Gillian Rose, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ahead of publication of our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, the editorial sets out the approach we have taken to the topic and describes the 48 diverse and rich papers in the volume- most of which are already available to read. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📣 The deadline is fast approaching for expressions of interest for sponsored sessions at the RGS Annual Conference 2026. Get in touch with your session details by 16 February! Follow the link below for more details:

Planning to attend the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference? Join our free webinar to learn how to make the most of the event, including networking tips, presenting guidance, and practical advice. 📅 Tuesday 27 January 🕐 1.00–2.00pm Register 👇 https://bit.ly/3LlMFD3

New in TIBG: 'Geographies of Responsibility, Care and Repair in Digital Worlds of AI' guest edited by Jess McLean et al. This collection features four short pieces reflecting on questions of governance of and accountability for AI. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Got to present the book in full for the first time yesterday at the 'Technological Life Research Cluster' (@oxfordgeography.bsky.social). Big thank you to @atmosphericthings.bsky.social and attendees for the wonderful questions and comments.

New article for @tibg.bsky.social. Through the case of digital snake rescue, I merge @digicologies.bsky.social and disease ecology work to develop the lens of 'digital disease ecologies' - a way to analyse how digital encounter and datafication configure disease emergence and multispecies health.

I wrote an enthusiastic review of 'The Smartness Mandate' and 'The Ordinal Society', with added geographies. @ohalpern.bsky.social @marionf.bsky.social @dgrgrgs.bsky.social

Reminder that tomorrow (14 Jan) the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social Report Launch and Discussion will be held online, 1:00-2:30PM GMT. Guest speakers: @matildaf.bsky.social, @jaytoddgla.bsky.social, Lekan Adekola, @profgillian.bsky.social. Register here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

register now for the Visual Politics of Digital Ecologies conference, 2-3 Feb 2026 in Oxford! with keynotes @joannazylinska.bsky.social and Daisy Ginsberg www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-visual... 🌳 📹 🦫 🛰️