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| Progress in Human Geography | |
|---|---|
| Title | Progress in Human Geography |
| Discipline | Human geography |
| Abbreviation | Prog. Hum. Geogr. |
| Editor | Nigel Thrift |
| Publisher | Sage Publications |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| History | 1977–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Issn | 0309-1325 |
Progress in Human Geography is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal and a focal node in contemporary debates within urban geography, cultural geography, political geography, economic geography, and social geography. It synthesizes theoretical innovations and empirical research arising from influential figures and institutions across continents, shaping discussions in venues such as the Royal Geographical Society, American Association of Geographers, European Geosciences Union, and university departments at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and University of California, Berkeley.
The journal functions at the intersection of contributions from scholars linked to University of Manchester, London School of Economics, University of Toronto, University of Sydney, and National University of Singapore, while engaging with policy debates involving United Nations, World Bank, European Union, African Union, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Articles frequently cite research programs funded by bodies including the Economic and Social Research Council, National Science Foundation (United States), Horizon 2020, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Australian Research Council. Editorial discussions draw on conceptual lineages tracing through figures associated with University of Chicago, Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Princeton University.
Foundational theorists whose work circulates in the journal include scholars influenced by writings from David Harvey via engagements at Johns Hopkins University and New Left Review, by the paradigms connected to Doreen Massey at Open University, and by debates rooted in Henri Lefebvre through discourses around Right to the City and research networks at École Normale Supérieure. Theoretical strands reference methodological Marxism debated alongside contributions from Feminist Theory scholars tied to Simone de Beauvoir and institutions like Barnard College, while poststructural engagements invoke scholars associated with Michel Foucault and archival projects at Bibliothèque nationale de France. Other intellectual lineages connect to work produced at Brown University and Yale University, and to comparative historiographies from Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press.
Methodological innovations reported include quantitative work drawing on datasets from United States Census Bureau, Eurostat, World Bank Group, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and Global Biodiversity Information Facility, alongside qualitative projects linked to archives at British Library and field programs coordinated with International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Techniques discussed encompass spatial analysis using tools developed at Esri and Google, geospatial platforms associated with NASA, European Space Agency, and computational methods influenced by research at Alan Turing Institute and Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Digital humanities collaborations cite initiatives at King's College London and Stanford University integrating machine learning from OpenAI and high-performance computing at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The journal covers subfields and themes including urbanization debates centered on case studies in New York City, Shanghai, Mumbai, Lagos, and São Paulo; migration studies referencing flows to United States, Germany, Canada, Australia, and France; and environmental justice analyses connected to events like the Chernobyl disaster and Hurricane Katrina. Political ecology pieces engage with crises in Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine, Sudan, and Amazon Rainforest interventions by Greenpeace. Cultural geography articles draw on museums such as the Smithsonian Institution and festivals like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe while economic geography engages with trade nodes including Port of Shanghai and Port of Rotterdam.
Empirical articles report on transformations documented in metropolitan projects like Crossrail and High Speed 2, housing studies focused on contexts such as Hong Kong and Berlin, and infrastructure research examining Panama Canal and Suez Canal disruptions. Public health geography pieces interpret patterns from pandemics including COVID-19 pandemic and historical outbreaks like 1918 influenza pandemic, using datasets produced by World Health Organization and case reporting by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fieldwork-based case studies originate from research sites including Gaza Strip, West Bank, Amazon Basin, Great Barrier Reef, and Himalayas.
The journal fosters connections with allied institutions and disciplines: collaborations with World Health Organization, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UN-Habitat, and Food and Agriculture Organization inform policy-relevant outputs; partnerships with engineering schools at Imperial College London and ETH Zurich enable urban systems modeling; and engagements with legal scholars from Harvard Law School and Yale Law School inform debates on territorial rights, drawing on litigation from International Court of Justice. Cross-disciplinary work integrates perspectives from Anthropology programs at London School of Economics, Economics departments at University of Chicago, and Environmental Science centers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Ongoing debates in the journal address questions tied to research ethics highlighted by controversies such as the Panama Papers and reproducibility discussions influenced by initiatives at Center for Open Science and Committee on Publication Ethics. Future directions emphasize open data mandates promoted by Creative Commons and funding conditions from Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, while methodological futures draw on advances from National Institutes of Health grant portfolios and computational frameworks developed at Google DeepMind. The field's trajectory will continue to intersect with policy arenas including COP26 and regional planning initiatives like Belt and Road Initiative.
Category:Human geography journals