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Possibilities of population thinking: Histories and futures of Population Geography through reflections on 50 years of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Population Geography Research Group

Nissa Finney Orcid Logo, Kate Botterill, Sophie Cranston Orcid Logo, Fran Darlington‐Pollock, David McCollum Orcid Logo, Sergei Shubin Orcid Logo

Population, Space and Place, Volume: 30, Issue: 7

Swansea University Author: Sergei Shubin Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/psp.2767

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Reflecting critically on 50 years of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) (RGS-IBG) Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG), and drawing on interviews with leading population geographers of the British Isles, this paper identifies defining features of Populatio...

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Published in: Population, Space and Place
ISSN: 1544-8444 1544-8452
Published: Wiley 2024
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65796
Abstract: Reflecting critically on 50 years of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) (RGS-IBG) Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG), and drawing on interviews with leading population geographers of the British Isles, this paper identifies defining features of Population Geography that attest to its longevity: personal connections and material production; fluidity and adaptability over time and through interdisciplinary contexts; and utility,vitality and relevance of the sub-discipline. We argue that continuation of care, material production and nimbleness can sustain the sub-discipline in the context of ongoing neoliberalisation across Higher Education. To remain vital, Population Geography must also decolonise and promote ‘population thinking’ to more boldly and critically attend to contemporary global challenges.
Keywords: Decolonising geography; interdisciplinarity; material production; Population Geography; population thinking
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: Royal Geographical Society
Issue: 7

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