Mark Tewdwr‐Jones

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 5d

Delighted to be back at @cpcatapult.bsky.social as an advisor looking at the potential for strategic digital planning in the context of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill & the Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - integration, strategic thinking, strategic stakeholder engagement

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats Holly 👏 Looking forward to receiving my copy today.

Holly Smith @holsmith.bsky.social · 14d

My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!

Holly Smith @holsmith.bsky.social · 14d

My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 15d

New guidance issued for researchers engaging with the UK government. The Government Office for Science has updated its guidance on how academics can engage with government, outlining practical routes for impact & influence at every career stage @thebartlettucl.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p...

Routes for academic engagement with Government

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 20d

For prospective Masters students interested in cities and computing, mapping and visualisation, digital connectivity and data analysis, here’s your chance to learn more about our stellar programmes at UCL CASA in London

UCL CASA @casaucl.bsky.social · 20d

Ready for a change in direction, want to step up your #gis and #giscience 'game', or interested in #AI, #datascience, #IoT and the #urban? Sign up to hear more about our four Masters programmes at a virtual postgraduate open data on 30 October from 1-2pm: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Virtual Postgraduate Open Day

Join our virtual open day to discover how you can pivot your career into AI, data science and urban technology, using spatial data to shape the future of cities.

www.ucl.ac.uk

UCL CASA @casaucl.bsky.social · 20d

Ready for a change in direction, want to step up your #gis and #giscience 'game', or interested in #AI, #datascience, #IoT and the #urban? Sign up to hear more about our four Masters programmes at a virtual postgraduate open data on 30 October from 1-2pm: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Virtual Postgraduate Open Day

Join our virtual open day to discover how you can pivot your career into AI, data science and urban technology, using spatial data to shape the future of cities.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 26d

Great piece James. I’m afraid there is a danger that the Govt will not see the relationships between Yimbyism, reducing democratic opportunities within a reformed planning system, and their connection with place. That’s how people on the ground see their places and respond.

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · 28d

Interested in cities, places, connectivity, & planning? Applications are open for fully-funded UCL ESRC doctoral studentships through the UBEL partnership. The deadline is 10 November. See further details & eligibility criteria at ubel-dtp.ac.uk/postdoctoral... Contact bartlett.phd-ecidi@ucl.ac.uk

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Oct 10

Really looking forward to listening to it. His music just gets better and better

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Oct 10

That’s my weekend listening sorted. New album has arrived @warringtonruncorn.com

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 29

I’m so sorry to hear that Sir Terry Farrell has passed away. He was a giant of urbanism, the creator of some spectacular architecture especially in China & Hong Kong, a masterplanner of Newcastle, and the instigator of the Farrell Centre. This is from 2017 when Terry received the RTPI Gold Medal

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 28

The Government has announced the candidate locations of 12 new new towns. A good geographical spread and mix of greenfield and urban infilling sites that should be all well connected through public transport

Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · Sep 28

We warmly welcome all 12 of the locations recommend by the Taskforce with Tempsford, Crews Hill and Leeds South Bank looking particularly promising.

We are today commencing a SEA to support final decisions on precisely which sites will be taken forward.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Initial government response - September 2025

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · Sep 28

We warmly welcome all 12 of the locations recommend by the Taskforce with Tempsford, Crews Hill and Leeds South Bank looking particularly promising.

We are today commencing a SEA to support final decisions on precisely which sites will be taken forward.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Initial government response - September 2025

www.gov.uk

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 26

Communities are self-organising increasingly to run their own local services. But why do some so-called ‘DIY urbanism’ projects survive and others fail? New open access publication by Zulfikar D. W. Putra & Mark Tewdwr-Jones now published in Cities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 24

It looks like 90s baggy jeans and trousers are back in…

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 23

A fascinating day at @cpcatapult.bsky.social looking at integrated planning & the prospect of unlocking the potential of planning. Thanks to my panel members Terry De Sousa, David Mountain, & Annette Jezierska for their rich thoughts on spatial development strategies and digital planning

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 22

I was delighted to give the plenary talk at the UK Ireland Planning Research Conference at the University of Ulster last week on Planning Futures as the Right of Truth: Unsettling Planning in the Digital Age. Thanks to the organising committee 📸@drcatbutton.bsky.social

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 20

I flew over it on Sunday afternoon on my return to City Airport from Belfast. A different perspective!

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 18

I don’t fly very often these days if I can help it, but the aerial view of London on my return flight to London City from Belfast on Sunday was superb. Amazing to see the transformation of Elephant & Castle from this perspective

Aerial view of Elephant & Castle, London

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 11

Do you think the film library is still in the RTPI somewhere?

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Sep 2

A superb collection of archive railway films presented this evening BFI NFT with @mrtimdunn.bsky.social and Steve Foxon acting as comperes, covering 200 years of railway history but also showing the creative talent of filmmaking over 130 years. A packed audience of 400 too

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Aug 8

Brilliant Oli! And yes I’m watching it too

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to my student Yuna Lee on the successful defence of her PhD thesis on Strategic Foresight and Policy Making in the US and UK yesterday @casaucl.bsky.social. Thanks to examiners Louise Kempton & Rainer Kattel, and Mike Batty for being part of the supervisory team

Group photograph of Louise Kempton, Yuna Lee, Rainer Kattel, Mark Tewdwr-Jones

Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Aug 1

Announcing a forthcoming book, “Regions in Evolution - A History of Regional Planning”, a critical and deep analytical look at the ebbs & flows of regional planning globally over 100 years, with @drjwharrison.bsky.social & Daniel Galland, due to be published early in 2026

John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · Aug 8

‘In the policy design of the single settlement, it is hard to discern whether any previous lessons have been learned’ Trailblazer devolution deals: The next oxymoron? @janicemorphet @jydenham

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Trailblazer devolution deals: The next oxymoron in the policy litany of sub-national governance in England? - Janice Morphet, John Denham, 2024

Here, we examine the continuing UK centralising trend for local government in England and the effects of changing accountabilities through the pathway of devolu...

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Rob Krzyszowski @robzowski.bsky.social · Aug 31

I don't normally post things like this but sad to hear Nicky Gavron has passed. She was a genuinely inspirational person - a leader on all things London, sustainability, planning & Haringey! Found this when I attended her Planning Committee & she was very welcoming & insightful

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · Sep 15

The UK’s planning system is highly discretionary, with decisions nearly always made on a case-by-case basis by local planning authorities.

As a result, the number of planning approval rates vary widely across the country but also within the same region.

Read more :
https://buff.ly/47oMpts

Chart showing average annual major dwellings approval rate, bottom 10 and top 10 local planning authorities: England, 2004-05 to 2023-24

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 19

In Kent, Labour has a fight on its hands – and a make-or-break test for its housing revolution | Polly Toynbee

If it wants to build 1.5m homes, the government will sometimes need to be brave enough to reject local feeling – as it has done in Swale Watch what happens in Swale, as it’s a tale that will be repeated often in the next few years. Here in Kent is a test…

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Duncan Wilson @djdunc.bsky.social · Nov 21

Congrats to Yuhan for passing her PhD Viva on her thesis exploring the affordance of user interaction on media infrastructure (InLink kiosks) and thanks to Alessandro Aurigi and @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social for their support in the process! cc @casaucl.bsky.social , #Bartlett School of Architecture

Stian Westlake @stianwestlake.bsky.social · Nov 22

UKRI is recruiting a Director to lead work on R&D and Place.

A great opportunity for an action-oriented leader who wants to tackle the many well-documented issues of the geography of R&D in the UK!

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