Associate Professor in Human Geography @UniofReading. Feminist political geographer interested in robotic & digital tech in everyday & military life & space.
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Our new textbook, 'Political Geography: Approaches, Concepts, Futures' is out now in paperback & hardback! Thank you to the team at Sage for all of your support, and a special thank you to @SquireRachael for being a fab co-author & friend!
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UK drone factories may face attacks from 'unknown sources' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg59…
'An adviser to the Kremlin, says there might be a "semi-military" response against UK drone factories by "unknown sources" over the sharing of blueprints for British-made cruise missile components'
New piece in @ConversationUK . 'How drones are taken down - from nets and metal cages to jammers' theconversation.com/how-dron…
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💡 Today Paul Cureton and I launch two drone-focused practice advice notes with the Royal Town Planning Institute.
➡️Press release: rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtp…
Read the notes:
➡️ Read note 1: Planning and drones: Using drones to deliver planning services rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtp…
➡️ Read note 2: Planning and drones 2: Planning for scaled drone use and infrastructure rtpi.org.uk/new-from-the-rtp…
‘A drone alert blasted on my phone – we had to take shelter. This is the new reality on Nato’s eastern flank’ theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Zelenskyy, writing on social media, said the strike was the latest example of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions…I thank our warriors for their precision. Ukraine’s plan for long-range sanctions is being implemented exactly as needed to bring peace closer” theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
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Amazon drone deliveries have begun in Darlington; will there be a widespread rollout or will resident concerns about the divisive technology hamper the tech giant's plans? @ahjackman writes for @conversationuk 🔗 rdg.ac/3PfasGG
New from Paul Cureton @ImaginationLanc and I for the @ConversationUK. As Amazon's Prime Air launches in Darlington, the implications of scaled drone use for UK planning and the built environment require further investigation theconversation.com/amazon-i…
Pleasure to contribute to the Annals of the American Association of Geographers forum on Urban Place Annihilation. Kathleen Braden urged us to revisit Kenneth Hewitt's contribution to geographies of aerial bombardment in the context of contemporary warfare tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Interviewed on @BBCRadio4 World at One today about Amazon's delivery drone activities. Story starts at 24 minutes - thanks to @Sarah_Montague for keeping me on a while! Listen at: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vy…
Interviewed by the BBC for a story on Amazon's drone activities in Darlington - discussed the challenges of scaling commercial delivery drones in the UK: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21…
Pleasure to be invited to join yesterday's 'autonomous aviation' roundtable held at Parliament. Great to hear about cutting edge UK drone applications and to input on the outstanding challenges and barriers facing scaling. Thank you to Windracers for the invitation!
'New regulations are sharply tightening rules...As of end of 2025, China had 3 million+ registered drones, a 50% increase from 2024. The Ministry of Public Security said tighter regulations were necessary to protect public safety' nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world…
Pleasure to present at today's Westminster eForum's @wfpevents Next steps for the UK drone industry - policy, regulation, investment, innovation and growth event on a panel exploring priorities for drone sector policy and regulation.
➡️ Event info: westminsterforumprojects.co.…
📢 The Department of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Reading are looking to hire two Lecturers in Human Geography. Info on each post in thread. Please share!
⭐ You can read more about our Human Geography Research Cluster here: reading.ac.uk/ges/research/h…
➡️ Lecturer in Human Geography - Post 1: jobs.ac.uk/job/DRF676/lectur… (closing date 13 May 2026): We are looking to appoint a critical human geographer with experience teaching of quantitative and/or mixed-methods (i.e. quantitative and qualitative methods).
➡️ Lecturer in Human Geography - Post 2: jobs.ac.uk/job/DRF684/lectur… (closing date 24 May 2026): We are looking to appoint a critical human geographer for the post of Lecturer in Human Geography.
Dr. Anna Jackman retweeted
🔊 New paper published in Area as part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'.
'Doing Geography Amidst Precarity' by @olivia_r_mason (@NCL_Geography).
Read the full paper #OpenAccess 👇
doi.org/10.1111/area.70109
ALT Title and abstract for 'Doing Geography Amidst Precarity' by Olivia Mason in Area.
Dr. Anna Jackman retweeted
Fixed-term contracts, restructuring, and redundancies are reshaping academic careers.
The States of Precarity Report offers critical insights into both the immediate and long-term impacts on academic geographers.
Read the report 👉rgs.org/research/higher-educ…
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RAF responding to suspected drone strike at UK base in Cyprus, MoD says bbc.in/4u0xf8A