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  1. 📝 CPC-CG member Francesca Fiori is a co-author of this editorial on #population #ageing and the new #social and #demographic #geographies it is generating.

    Available via the Bulletin of the #Italian #Geographical Society👇
    bsgi.it/index.php/bsgi/article

  2. 📑 CPC-CG Director Jane Falkingham is a contributor to the NEW UK Parliament POST research briefing on the 'Impacts of #birthrate decline'

    It also cites research from CPC-CG members Ann Berrington on #childlessness in the UK and David McCollum on #population sustainability and #geographical inequalities in the context of an #ageingpopulation

    Full story: cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?ac

    #demography #fertilitydecline #fallingbirthrates #socialsciences #migration #populationgeography #geography

  3. Is Africa Splitting in Two? Really? Here's the Scoop
    In the heart of East Africa, a #seismic #event is unfolding that could forever alter the #continent's #geographical #landscape. The notion of Africa splitting has the attention #scientists and #geologists worldwide, as the Great #Rift #Valley #stretches and tears at the #Earth's #crust.

    This dramatic #phenomenon is not the plot of a #science #fiction novel but a real and ongoing #process that may lead to the birth of a new #ocean reshaping Africa's boundaries over millions of years.

    English science.howstuffworks.com/envi

    French science-howstuffworks-com.tran

    @africaheritage #Afrika #afrique #africa #افريقيا

  4. ➡️Come work with the Connecting Generations team at the University of #StAndrews.

    We're looking for a #Postdoctoral #ResearchFellow to investigate the #geographical distance between adult children and their parents, and project family networks using #simulation #methods.

    Apply: vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vac

  5. I will present my fieldwork in Azores on Wednesday 27.07.2023 in #Horta at the #Okeanos department of the University of the Azores:
    “Capelo mon amour” -
    Fajã Grande, #Flores, #Capelo, #Faial 1999 – 2023
    24 ans de recherches écologiques et géographiques aux #Açores
    24 anos de investigação ecológica e geográfica nos Açores
    24 years of #ecological and #geographical research in the #Azores #FajãGrande #geography #geographie #Macaronesia #ecology #fieldecology #Capelinhos @geography

  6. MapAmore promotes open geographical data including OpenStreetMap, and posts OSM hints and tips. You can follow at:

    ➡️ @MapAmore

    The account is based in the Philippines and promotes OSM contribution there.

    #MapAmore #Maps #Mapping #Map #OpenStreetMap #OSM #OpenData #Technology #Geography #Geographical #Cartography #Activism #Travel #Philippines