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Bio:<\/strong> Anna is an Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Anna is a feminist political geographer interested in the impacts of robotic and digital geographies as they touch down in, and (re)shape, everyday, urban and military space and life.<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong> \u00a0This is an online space for Dr Anna Jackman<\/a>\u2019s drone geographies research. You can read more about Anna’s recent research projects, including both her current British Academy ‘Future drone skies: Planning in volume’ project (with Dr Paul Cureton) and previous ‘Urban life and design in the drone age’ (with Dr Paul Cureton), and ‘Diversifying Drone Stories’ projects, here<\/a>. You can read about Anna’s wider research<\/a> (including States of Precarity<\/a>, exploring academic precarity in HEI Geography) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wider experience:<\/strong> Anna has policy related experience, including being interviewed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the commercial use of drones for their 2024 Tech Horizons report<\/a>, acting as the Specialist Adviser to the 2019 Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into ‘Commercial and recreational drone use in the UK<\/a>‘, and as an expert witness for the Defence Committee’s 2019 Inquiry into the ‘Domestic threat of drones<\/a>‘. She has shared her research in Westminster (on rogue drones), with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (on counter-drone technology), and at a NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) workshop (lightning keynote on domestic and urban drone threats).<\/p>\n

More info:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can find further information about Anna\u2019s research on her University of Reading staff page<\/a>, and find Anna on Bluesky @ahjackman.bsky.social<\/a>, LinkedIn here<\/a>, and on X @ahjackman.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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