Roger Keil

@rkeil.bsky.social

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Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus |
Environmental and Urban Change | York University

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Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 5h

An overwhelming event! Very grateful.

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 8h

York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...

York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance - YFile

A new study led by York University urges governments to rethink how antimicrobial resistance is monitored and governed with a focus on inclusive global action.

www.yorku.ca

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 5d

nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

History Is Repeating Itself in the Congo as the World Scrambles for Minerals To ‘Go Green’

Op-ed: The minerals of Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's second-largest city, electrified the world, created atom bombs – and are key to greener energy.

nextcity.org

Reposted by Roger Keil

Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 5d

What would AMR surveillance look like if equity came first?
This new study in Social Science & Medicine uses an Urban Political Ecology (UPE) lens to explore how equity can be built into #AMR surveillance.
🔗 Read: bit.ly/4hMjkgS
🎧Tune in: bit.ly/44NNhrM

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 5d

Why should anyone listen to David Frum?

Reposted by Stuart Elden

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 10d

Happy birthday, David Harvey!

Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 11d

"David Harvey in Paris: A Tribute for his 90th Birthday" progressivegeographies.com/2025/10/31/d...
@davidharvey.org A short piece about Harvey's writings on Paris, posted to coincide with his birthday.

The covers of Harvey's books Consciousness and the Urban Experience and Paris, Capital of Modernity

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Joe R. Feagin, Roger Keil

Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 11d

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

US risks losing more ground to China in EV race as investment tumbles on.ft.com/4qsHm4j

US risks losing more ground to China in EV race as investment tumbles

White House backing for petrol-based cars poses dilemma for many automakers

on.ft.com

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 17d

“Die Innenstadt ist immer menschenleerer, und am Stadtrand werden im Prinzip alle Konflikte ausgetragen, dort stapeln sich die gesellschaftlichen Widersprüche. Wir werden das proaktiv aufnehmen und sagen, genau deswegen sind wir die Partei für den Stadtrand.” www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194...

»Die Berliner SPD ist in der Stadtentwicklung rechts«

Seit März ist Linke-Politikerin Katalin Gennburg Bundestagsabgeordnete. Sie erklärt, warum sie den Berliner Senat verklagt hat, was die Herausforderungen linker Baupolitik sind und ob die Linke in Ber...

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Reposted by Roger Keil, Urban Affairs

Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · 19d

Ross Beveridge of USSP has contributed to an @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social special collection celebrating the life and work of the late political theorist and scholar of cities, Warren Magnusson.
Wonderfully edited by @rkeil.bsky.social & Zack Taylor. Link below 👇

The image shows Warren Magnusson sitting in a chair in 1974 looking at a book and making notes.

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 25d

York-led study highlights heightened pandemic risk in city outskirts www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...

York-led study highlights heightened pandemic risk in city outskirts - YFile

York University researchers Harris Ali and Roger Keil are calling for better urban planning to protect vulnerable communities after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed major gaps in support for people livin...

www.yorku.ca

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 25d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 26d

How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community - thelocal.to/york-univers...

How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community | The Local

After program closures, questionable major capital projects, and increasingly fractious labour relations, what is the future of York University?

thelocal.to

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Oct 2

www.lapresse.ca/societe/2025...

Fragments de banlieue | « Je veux rester en banlieue ! »

Les couronnes de Montréal se métamorphosent sous nos yeux. Pour en témoigner, notre journaliste est allée à la rencontre des banlieusards. Ceux qui y sont nés et ceux qui les ont bâties. Ceux qui les ...

www.lapresse.ca

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Oct 2

www.lapresse.ca/societe/2025...

Fragments de banlieue | « Notre chemin, c’était d’arriver ici »

Les couronnes de Montréal se métamorphosent sous nos yeux. Pour en témoigner, notre journaliste est allée à la rencontre de banlieusards : ceux qui les ont bâties ou adoptées, qui veulent y rester ou ...

www.lapresse.ca

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Oct 2

www.lapresse.ca/societe/2025...

Fragments de banlieue | « C’est la meilleure place au monde »

Les banlieues telles qu’on les connaît sont apparues après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ceux qui les ont vues naître achèvent leurs vieux jours. Leurs enfants profitent de leur retraite. À Saint-Bruno-...

www.lapresse.ca

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Sep 24

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Sign the Petition

York University - We Demand An Open & Consultative Presidential Search

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Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Sep 21

www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...

The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review

Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.

www.bostonreview.net

Reposted by David Murakami Wood

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Sep 21

About time!

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Sep 21

Canada officially recognizes state of Palestine

Declaration marks a significant shift in the country’s foreign policy

www.theglobeandmail.com

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Sep 21

Genau!!

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Daniel Mullis @daenumullis.bsky.social · Sep 21

Sollten uns nicht darüber lustig machen, dass sie mit Antifa Organisation verbieten wollen, die es gar nicht gibt. Im Gegenteil, das wissen sie natürlich. Es geht genau darum, diffuses Feindbild und scheinbar gesetzlichen Rahmen zu schaffen, um alles zu verfolgen, was neuem Faschismus im Wege steht.

Reposted by Roger Keil

Folha de S.Paulo @folha.com · Sep 11

STF tem maioria contra anulação de julgamento de Bolsonaro

STF forma maioria para negar anulação de julgamento de Bolsonaro

Cármen Lúcia se juntou a Moraes e Dino e rejeitou argumentos de Fux para anular processo

www1.folha.uol.com.br

Reposted by Roger Keil, Mary Jane Curry

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

Reposted by Roger Keil

Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com · Aug 22

Here's @justinling.ca on how things in the U.S. have somehow gotten far worse, for more quickly, than even most pessimists imagined. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: Mark Carney was once ‘concerned’ about Trump. Now things have gotten worse than anyone could have guessed

Canada can no longer afford to take half measures when it comes to dealing with the the U.S.

www.thestar.com

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Aug 22

jacobin.de/artikel/gaza...

Glaubwürdigkeit verlangt Aufarbeitung

SPD, Grüne und Union vollziehen eine vorsichtige Kehrtwende in der Israel-Politik. Glaubwürdig ist das nur, wenn sie jetzt Verantwortung für ihre Repression der Palästina-Solidarität übernehmen.

jacobin.de

Reposted by Roger Keil, Zack Taylor

Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · Aug 21

From Guest Editors @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @rkeil.bsky.social, we’re delighted to announce the publication of this collection of essays celebrating the late great Warren Magnusson on our website!

www.urbanaffairsreview.com/warren-magnu...

Warren Magnusson Festschrift — Urban Affairs Review

www.urbanaffairsreview.com

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Aug 21

Warren, of course!:)

Reposted by Roger Keil

Reposted by Markus Heße, Roger Keil, Michele Acuto , and 3 more Markus Heße, Roger Keil, Michele Acuto, Colin McFarlane, Urban Affairs, Eugene McCann

Zack Taylor @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social · Aug 21

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the release of an @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social collection celebrating the life and work of the late political theorist and scholar of cities Warren Magnusson, who passed away earlier this year. www.urbanaffairsreview.com/walter-magnu...

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Aug 20

In which I review 2 superb books on suburbanization & suburbanisms: The suburban frontier: Middle-Class construction in Dar es Salaam by Claire Mercer & The right to suburbia: Combating gentrification on the urban edge by Willow Lung-Amam, Journal of Urban Affairs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The suburban frontier: Middle-Class construction in Dar es Salaam, by Claire Mercer, Oakland, California, University of California Press, 2024; The right to suburbia: Combating gentrification on the urban edge, by Willow Lung-Amam, Oakland, California, University of California Press, 2024

Published in Journal of Urban Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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