Collaboration and continuous learning

Two of the most rewarding elements being a journal editor are collaborations and continuous learning opportunities. This year, journal’s 60th, in series monthly webinars we celebrating geographical research, knowledge, ethical frameworks, methodological approaches, empirical insights, policy contributions, debates. The format allows us to instigate crucial debates about, for example, regenerative futures (24 February) or decolonising university (31 March) scrutinise major events such as eastern Australia’s floods responses them (28 April). More planned months this year hope continue into future. Webinars have been well attended animated, feedback provided on our anonymous evaluation form has supportive encouraging. We welcome suggestions topics invite readers let others know innovation offerings. Another which collaboration grace lives is Institute Australian Geographers conference. meeting will be held Armidale at University New England, and—as past years—the conference hosts, team, IAG Council co-organise Fay Gale Memorial Lecture Wiley Lecture. immensely grateful support two events. It important celebrate these connections achievements. In addition, it helps remember that they enable gather meeting, listen, reflect, learn or—if cannot attend person—to read papers come from lectures. They do take little time appear journal, but 2020 by Chloe Lucas now Early View. also provide three prizes articles published each volume, those 2021 volume 59 announced editorial team looks all original articles—not including editorials, commentaries, book reviews—and considers referee reports, early impact citations, resonance reach. spirit revisiting colleagues’ works anew, last year’s prize recipients were Ilisapeci Lyons “Protecting what left after colonisation: embedding climate adaptation planning traditional owner narratives” (58–1); Connor Jolley Lauren Rickards “Contesting coal change using scale: emergent topologies Adani mine controversy” Corrinne Sullivan “Who holds key? Negotiating gatekeepers, community politics, “right” research Indigenous spaces” (58–4). look forward revealing sometime mid-year. And second issue 2022. bumper release includes special commentaries COVID-19. first, Adolfo Maza María Hierro confronting evidence geographies transmission an article entitled “Modelling changing patterns COVID-19 distribution: Madrid’s case.” Equally work Charalampos Tsavdaroglou Maria Kaika “Refugees’ caring commoning practices against marginalisation under Greece.” Finally, Leah Gibbs’ contribution, “COVID-19 animals,” reminds more-than-human dimensions pandemic. pleasing several World Health Organization’s website, more included time. Watch space; virtual thus far development, ideas train. pandemic followed section disruption, transformation, peripheries. An Kirsten Martinus Phillip O’Neill six commentary. Martinus, herself, writes about “Informal groups, disruptive innovations, industry low-tech peripheries,” with focus beekeepers. Sirat Mahmuda, Thomas Sigler, Jonathan Corcoran, Eric Knight then analyse tricky spatial dynamics “Airbnb micro-entrepreneurship regional economies: Lessons Australia.” Their Tom Barratt’s fascinating “Hyper-peripheral evolution: “long histories” Pilbara Buryatia,” shows how comparative can be. Sophie Webber Alexander Vaughan consider “Transitioning renewable energy Sydney: Relational co-evolving geographies” demonstrate complex testing sector is. Phil O’Neill’s piece “Privatising financialising roads: peculiar case Transurban” ground-breaking, forensic work. Janelle Knox-Hayes’ commentary “Combating change: Dismantling temporal assumptions core periphery,” reminder economic other must always inflected deep concern climate. Robert Gale, posthumously. Rob was Treasurer wrote final weeks his life. Steve Turton I finished him, commend you. whole rounded off comprehensive very thoughtful reviews. One PhD candidate, Charlotte Jones, reflects Blanche Verlie’s publication Learning Live Climate Change: From Anxiety Transformation. other, Cecily Maller, focuses fifth edition Qualitative methods human geography, edited Iain Hay Megan Cope. am sure find both genuine interest. ever, huge thanks production teams, reviewers, manager, board, Council. that, say, that! Stay safe well.