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Roger Keil
@rkeil.bsky.social

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

Cities | Football | Music

Political science 41%
Economics 19%
Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton https://theonion.com/home-depot-introduces-new-12-foot-tall-baby-jesus-skele-1851069460/

New article on the modalities and politics of crisis urbanism in @dialogueshg.bsky.social by Ross Beveridge, Maryam Lashkari and myself. We point towards a new reparative conjuncture. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The modalities and politics of crisis urbanism: A new reparative conjuncture? - Ross Beveridge, Roger Keil, Maryam Lashkari, 2025
This article argues that the current advance of global crises necessitates new thinking on how the urban intersects with crisis. We develop four overlapping mod...
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Gretzky is technically illiterate.

There is no fun left.

It is actually worse than i could have imagined.

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It's enough to make you sick, it really is, but it's a helpful moment to clarify our current moment of global moral collapse

Future generations will not forgive us for tolerating such travesty.

Reposted by Zack Taylor

One of a set of articles in @upejournal.bsky.social discussing my contributions to urban studies. Endlessly grateful!
You know that you did well as an academic if these things happen: Excellent open-access article in a special issue of Urban Political Ecology, celebrating the breadth and depth of @rkeil.bsky.social’s scholarship while charting new directions for urban praxis and research inspired by his work.
Governing a sub/urban planet - Jean-Paul D. Addie, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Sean Hertel, Murat Üçoğlu, 2025
This paper evaluates Roger Keil's influence on the fields of urban and regional governance and suburban studies, underscoring his foundational contribution...
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Thank you!

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You know that you did well as an academic if these things happen: Excellent open-access article in a special issue of Urban Political Ecology, celebrating the breadth and depth of @rkeil.bsky.social’s scholarship while charting new directions for urban praxis and research inspired by his work.
Governing a sub/urban planet - Jean-Paul D. Addie, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Sean Hertel, Murat Üçoğlu, 2025
This paper evaluates Roger Keil's influence on the fields of urban and regional governance and suburban studies, underscoring his foundational contribution...
journals.sagepub.com
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."

World Cup vibes tonight! #canmnt “Due to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Exhibition Grounds, there will be road closures and minimal parking available as well as animals moving around the area.”

A new suburban home.
Quartier neuf 🏗️ cité moderne HLM 🏙️ ... J'ai enfin eu l'appartement... 1969 en Slovaquie

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Quartier neuf 🏗️ cité moderne HLM 🏙️ ... J'ai enfin eu l'appartement... 1969 en Slovaquie

An overwhelming event! Very grateful.

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

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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

Why should anyone listen to David Frum?

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Happy birthday, David Harvey!
"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.
"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.

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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

“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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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 👇