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Ayona Datta
@ayonadatta.bsky.social
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Prof of Human Geography, FAcSS, University College London, UK
PI: ERC Adv Grant https://www.regionalfutures.org
Researching #digitalisation #urbanisation #futures #globalsouth
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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · Apr 1
Very honoured to be elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ap...
Seven UCL academics elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Seven academics from across UCL have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of their excellence in fields including economics, education and gender inequality, with w...
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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 5d
The second talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @ayonadatta.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social)

Tuesday 10th February, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · 15d
So very kind of you to say that. Logging into Bsky after ages to see kindness and generosity. Thank you.

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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · 15d
Delighted to be part of this amazing lineup.
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urbanmulti.bsky.social Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 25d
Announcing the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series, featuring six brilliant speakers
@rikjaz.bsky.social
@ayonadatta.bsky.social
Charlotte Lemanski
@princeguma.bsky.social
@maanbarua.bsky.social
@profgillian.bsky.social

Location: Small Lecture Theatre @camunigeography.bsky.social

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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 25d
Announcing the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series, featuring six brilliant speakers
@rikjaz.bsky.social
@ayonadatta.bsky.social
Charlotte Lemanski
@princeguma.bsky.social
@maanbarua.bsky.social
@profgillian.bsky.social

Location: Small Lecture Theatre @camunigeography.bsky.social

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Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social · Jan 9
📢 CfP 'Researching the Digitalising State' RGSIBG 2026, London 2026.

We will explore methods for researching the digitalising state and its challenges: restricted access, confidentiality barriers, outsourced governance, and rapidly changing technologies.

www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...

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Ookwee @ookwee.bsky.social · Jan 1
1er Janvier 2026, 08h15, je viens de faire la connaissance d’Ayona Datta (en pensant à @mhoussayh.cpesr.fr ).
Merci à la prof de géographie de l’aînée pour cette découverte et merci/pas merci de demander à des enfants de 15 ans de comprendre tous les concepts présentés dans ce type d’articles.
Ayona Datta — Wikipédia
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Anwesha Aditi @anweshaaditi.bsky.social · Sep 3
Grateful to present my work at Regional Futures conference at UCL @uclgeography.bsky.social 🌍✨
So much to learn, share & take back, from thought-provoking panels to inspiring conversations in between.
Huge thanks to @ayonadatta.bsky.social & the team for making this space so rich & welcoming!

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · Aug 7
Congratulations to @ayonadatta.bsky.social and Fenna Imara Hoefsloot! Their #OpenAccess book Informational Peripheries published earlier this week. Read & download free at: bit.ly/4l76QR4 #UrbanTheory #Digitalisation #DataPolitics
Informational Peripheries
Urbanisation and urban life in a digital age needs to be examined through a lens of information – encompassing both its politics and its geographies. The periphery in an information age is located sim...
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Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social · Aug 5
Informational Peripheries is out now with @uclpress.bsky.social! It brings together critical perspectives on how information flows (or doesn’t) across the edges of systems: archives, infrastructures, digital divides, and more.

Edited with @ayonadatta.bsky.social 🙌

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Informational Peripheries
Urbanisation and urban life in a digital age needs to be examined through a lens of information – encompassing both its politics and its geographies. The periphery in an information age is located sim...
uclpress.co.uk

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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · Aug 5
Our 'Informational Peripheries' book is now published and out for the world to read in paperback and online free #openaccess.
Edited with @fennaimara.bsky.social
It has been a pleasure working with @uclpress.bsky.social Read & download free at: bit.ly/4l76QR4
@uclgeography.bsky.social
Informational Peripheries
Urbanisation and urban life in a digital age needs to be examined through a lens of information – encompassing both its politics and its geographies. The periphery in an information age is located sim...
bit.ly

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · Jul 31
🌍 Fieldwork in the Global South: @ayonadatta.bsky.social maps how digital tech reshapes urban peripheries, from Nairobi to Mumbai.

🛰️ Read the full story: tinyurl.com/ucl-digimap

#UCLGeography #Fieldwork #UrbanGeography #DigitalUrbanisation @ucl.ac.uk @erc.europa.eu
A deindustrialising powerloom town which is now a burgeoning global logistics centre in the peripheries of Mumbai. Photo: Ayona Datta A deindustrialising powerloom town which is now a burgeoning global logistics centre in the peripheries of Mumbai. Photo: Ayona Datta A deindustrialising powerloom town which is now a burgeoning global logistics centre in the peripheries of Mumbai. Photo: Ayona Datta

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Feb 19
Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds
Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds
Exclusive: Lack of understanding by ‘progressive activists’ of other voting blocs has led to rise of far right, authors argue * UK politics live – latest updates Leftwing activists in Britain are less likely to work with their political opponents…
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Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social · Feb 19
🙌 Our research led by Mariana Reyes and in collaboration with Neha Gupta, Dennis Muthama, and Jesus Flores is out in @ijurresearch.bsky.social! We hope it serves others working in international and intercultural research projects. doi.org/10.1111/1468...
NAVIGATING STATE SPACES: Methodological Insights and Reflections from Research in India, Mexico and Kenya
This collaborative essay provides a methodological reflection and a list of recommendations on the opportunities, uncertainties and limitations faced when researching state spaces in India, Mexico an...
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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · Jan 15
Thrilled to announce our triple session on 'Urban AI Spectrums' in the @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 meeting in Detroit. Co-organised with Federico Cugurullo and Caprotti.

Join us on 26 March 2025, Room 330A, Level 3, Huntington Place.

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'Urban AI Spectrums' triple session at the AAG 2025, Detroit — Regional Futures
Urban AI spectrums Sponsored by the Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (CISG) and the Digital Geographies Specialty Group (DGSG) in AAG Organisers: Federico Cugurullo (Trinity College Dubli...
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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · Apr 17
These are followed by the first article by @ayonadatta.bsky.social and @fennaimara.bsky.social advocating for consideration of time and timing for understanding statecraft in Kenya's Silicon Savannah journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 3/7
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Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Jun 19
Our first keynote of #DGRGSymposium2025 was given by the amazing @ayonadatta.bsky.social of UCL:
Fantasies of territorial calculability: Automated Ignorance (AI) in digitalising land in the global south

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 6
'Last month...something else happened in academia: Yale-NUS College, a liberal arts college founded by the National University of Singapore and Yale University in 2012, quietly ceased to exist. And with it, thousands of books and DVDs disappeared.'
Yale-NUS’ book dumping was a tiny crime against culture
A library is not a fast-fashion store. You don’t discard last season’s items because nobody wanted them, says Andrew Hui
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Michèle Champagne @michelechampagne.com · Jun 5
Why the Corderie felt dated: it was rife with the same kind of mandatory solutionism that has gotten us nowhere for decades.

“Ratti’s sprawling [Venice] biennale is awash in the optimism of design solutions. Even the path to population collapse is paved in innovation.”

— @novakovicto.bsky.social
Carlo Ratti’s Abundance Agenda
At the Venice Corderie, a staggering quantity of installations fosters a messy synthesis of (human and artificial) intelligence and folly.
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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · May 16
Congratulations @profgillian.bsky.social
Cannot think of anyone more deserving of the Victoria medal than yourself.

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Dialogues on Digital Society @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social · May 15
Submission to our special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age close tomorrow. Get your proposal in! More details here: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · May 12
🖋️ Are you a @ucl.ac.uk Geography PhD Student or Early Career Researcher?

Join the Linescapes: The Role of Sketches and Illustrations in Geographical Research workshop on 29 May: bit.ly/Linescapes

#UCLGeography #GeographyPhD #EarlyCareerResearcher #ResearchWorkshop #SketchingInGeography #Linescapes
"Linescapes: The Role of Sketches and Illustrations in Geographical Research"
We invite UCL PhD Students and Early Career Researchers -both physical and human geography—to sign up for our interactive workshop: “ Linescapes: The Role of Sketches and Illustration in Geographical ...
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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · May 1
I woke up to this news and it made me so happy Ans. 👏🏼

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Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social · Apr 28
Cover reveal! ✨

Our new book, 'Informational Peripheries: Rethinking the Urban in a Digital Age,' will be available this August! Get a first look here: uclpress.co.uk/book/informa...

There will also be a digital open access version 🙌
@uclpress.bsky.social @ayonadatta.bsky.social
Informational Peripheries
Urbanisation and urban life in a digital age needs to be examined through a lens of information – encompassing both its politics and its geographies. The periphery in an information age is located sim...
uclpress.co.uk