UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

26 Feb

Company Spotlight: Impact Observatory

“A young company with a desire for BIG impact.” By Nicole Oveisi American Geographical Society (AGS) had the opportunity to sit down with Impact Observatory (IO) to learn about the innovative ways the new company is helping in the...
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25 Feb

Map of the Week: World Coffee Economy

Map and article by: Nicholas Schmidt Coffee is produced, exported, imported, and consumed across the entire globe. This map shows the world’s top 25 consuming countries (shown in shades of brown) alongside the top 25 producing countries (shown in shades...
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23 Feb

Geographical Review Preview: Scalar Politics and Network Relations in the Governance of Highly Skilled Migration

By: Micheline van Riemsdijk What is the main purpose of your study? The study examines how private and voluntary actors try to influence policymaking for highly skilled migrants, using a case study of the recruitment of foreign-born engineers to the petroleum industry...
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19 Feb

The Texas Power Failure of February 2021

By Jerome E. “Jerry” Dobson The February 2021 disaster in Texas was predictable, and in fact has been anticipated for decades. The cause lies at the geographical intersection of politics, economics, and engineering. Once while working at Oak Ridge National...
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17 Feb

Map of the Week: World Happiness Map

By: Kelly Young Happiness is something that isn’t often associated with geography. However, geography plays a larger role in our daily happiness than we likely assume, influencing political tensions, diets and lifestyles. A map published by Visual Capitalist uses data...
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16 Feb

Geographical Review Preview: Homemaking and Places of Restoration: Belonging Within and Beyond Places assigned to Syrian refugees in the Netherlands

By: I. van Liempt & R. Staring What is the main purpose of your study? The purpose of the study is to issue how refugees’ homemaking processes evolve against the background of Dutch dispersal policy and more in general share...
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11 Feb

Map of the Week: Top Valentine’s Day Candy by State

By Christina Lin Valentine’s Day is an eventful holiday that usually involves a lot of spending. 58 million pounds of chocolate are bought during Valentine’s Day week. Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, Valentine’s Day spendings on candy still managed to...
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9 Feb

Geographical Review Preview: Croatian Rural Futures in 2030: Four Alternative Scenarios for Post-socialist Countryside in the Newest EU Member State

By: Aleksandar Lukić, Petra Radeljak Kaufmann, Luka Valožić, Ivan Zupanc, Marin Cvitanović, Dane Pejnović, Ivan Žilić What is the main purpose of your study? Let’s start with what is certainly not the main purpose of our study: the creation of...
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4 Feb

Map of the Week: The Province of Pennsylvania

by: Nicholas Schmidt Over 250 years ago, in colonial Philadelphia, James Nevil published William Scull’s 1770 map depicting the extensive frontier of the Province of Pennsylvania. Scull was an American cartographer and officer during the Revolutionary War. The Penn brothers...
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2 Feb

Geographical Review Preview: Geography, Heritage, and Things: Analyzing an Agricultural Landscape in Southern Idaho

By: Bryan D. Orthel What is the main purpose of your study? The study links everyday stories about an agricultural landscape with the experience of living in that place. The combination of history, geography, and everyday experience is valuable for...
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