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Congratulations to all our 2025 award recipients!
We loved connecting with you at #APSA2025
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📣 We are accepting nominations for the Urban Affairs Review - Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics Award! 🏆
Papers must have been presented at APSA 2025.
Deadline is October 31st.
Please follow this link to learn more about the award and how to submit! connect.apsanet.org/s13/best-pap...
Papers must have been presented at APSA 2025.
Deadline is October 31st.
Please follow this link to learn more about the award and how to submit! connect.apsanet.org/s13/best-pap...
Best Paper Award
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October 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📣 We are accepting nominations for the Urban Affairs Review - Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics Award! 🏆
Papers must have been presented at APSA 2025.
Deadline is October 31st.
Please follow this link to learn more about the award and how to submit! connect.apsanet.org/s13/best-pap...
Papers must have been presented at APSA 2025.
Deadline is October 31st.
Please follow this link to learn more about the award and how to submit! connect.apsanet.org/s13/best-pap...
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📢 Urban & Local Politics scholars: Do you have news to share? We’re collecting updates for the upcoming newsletter!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📢 Urban & Local Politics scholars: Do you have news to share? We’re collecting updates for the upcoming newsletter!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
📢 Urban & Local Politics scholars: Do you have news to share? We’re collecting updates for the upcoming newsletter!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📢 Urban & Local Politics scholars: Do you have news to share? We’re collecting updates for the upcoming newsletter!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
Send us your announcements (new pubs, jobs, events, awards & more) for the November newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by October 17.
If you have any Qs, please reach out!
🎉 That’s a wrap on #APSA2025
A huge thank you to everyone who helped organize, presented, attended panels, joined our business meeting, and shared their work in Urban & Local Politics.
🏆 On Friday, we honored this year’s award winners - check them out below👇
Safe travels & see you next year! ✈️
A huge thank you to everyone who helped organize, presented, attended panels, joined our business meeting, and shared their work in Urban & Local Politics.
🏆 On Friday, we honored this year’s award winners - check them out below👇
Safe travels & see you next year! ✈️
September 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
🎉 That’s a wrap on #APSA2025
A huge thank you to everyone who helped organize, presented, attended panels, joined our business meeting, and shared their work in Urban & Local Politics.
🏆 On Friday, we honored this year’s award winners - check them out below👇
Safe travels & see you next year! ✈️
A huge thank you to everyone who helped organize, presented, attended panels, joined our business meeting, and shared their work in Urban & Local Politics.
🏆 On Friday, we honored this year’s award winners - check them out below👇
Safe travels & see you next year! ✈️
🌞 Good morning & happy last day of #APSA2025!
We’re closing things out with our Sustainability, Inclusion, and Urban Governance panel:
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC), West Level 2, Room West 215
Hope you’ve had a great APSA — thanks for hanging out with us this week!
We’re closing things out with our Sustainability, Inclusion, and Urban Governance panel:
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC), West Level 2, Room West 215
Hope you’ve had a great APSA — thanks for hanging out with us this week!
September 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌞 Good morning & happy last day of #APSA2025!
We’re closing things out with our Sustainability, Inclusion, and Urban Governance panel:
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC), West Level 2, Room West 215
Hope you’ve had a great APSA — thanks for hanging out with us this week!
We’re closing things out with our Sustainability, Inclusion, and Urban Governance panel:
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC), West Level 2, Room West 215
Hope you’ve had a great APSA — thanks for hanging out with us this week!
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Calling all graduate students! Come mingle, grab a bite, and network at the #APSA2025 Graduate Student Happy Hour, located at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Ballroom II, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
September 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Calling all graduate students! Come mingle, grab a bite, and network at the #APSA2025 Graduate Student Happy Hour, located at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Ballroom II, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
☀️ Hope you’re enjoying Day 3 at #APSA2025!
Our final Urban & Local Politics panel for today kicks off at 🕒 3:00 PM in the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8.
💡 Share the exciting work you see — and don’t be shy about promoting your own panel or paper! Tag us so we can amplify 📢
Our final Urban & Local Politics panel for today kicks off at 🕒 3:00 PM in the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8.
💡 Share the exciting work you see — and don’t be shy about promoting your own panel or paper! Tag us so we can amplify 📢
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
☀️ Hope you’re enjoying Day 3 at #APSA2025!
Our final Urban & Local Politics panel for today kicks off at 🕒 3:00 PM in the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8.
💡 Share the exciting work you see — and don’t be shy about promoting your own panel or paper! Tag us so we can amplify 📢
Our final Urban & Local Politics panel for today kicks off at 🕒 3:00 PM in the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8.
💡 Share the exciting work you see — and don’t be shy about promoting your own panel or paper! Tag us so we can amplify 📢
🌟 Welcome back to Day 3 of #APSA2025!
We’re starting the morning off with another exciting Author Meets Critics event:
📖 Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City by Timothy Weaver
Starting soon: 8:00AM in Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 7
We’re starting the morning off with another exciting Author Meets Critics event:
📖 Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City by Timothy Weaver
Starting soon: 8:00AM in Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 7
September 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🌟 Welcome back to Day 3 of #APSA2025!
We’re starting the morning off with another exciting Author Meets Critics event:
📖 Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City by Timothy Weaver
Starting soon: 8:00AM in Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 7
We’re starting the morning off with another exciting Author Meets Critics event:
📖 Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City by Timothy Weaver
Starting soon: 8:00AM in Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 7
The Urban and Local Politics Section meeting will start at 6:30 in VCC East Meeting Level, East 20
At 7:30 we head to the reception- a joint event with the Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations section.
The reception takes place in Crystal Pavilion C in the Pan Pacific. Join us!
At 7:30 we head to the reception- a joint event with the Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations section.
The reception takes place in Crystal Pavilion C in the Pan Pacific. Join us!
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The Urban and Local Politics Section meeting will start at 6:30 in VCC East Meeting Level, East 20
At 7:30 we head to the reception- a joint event with the Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations section.
The reception takes place in Crystal Pavilion C in the Pan Pacific. Join us!
At 7:30 we head to the reception- a joint event with the Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations section.
The reception takes place in Crystal Pavilion C in the Pan Pacific. Join us!
👋 Taking a lunch break? Swing by the Urban & Local Politics Poster Session — East Exhibit Level, Hall A.
Great research + good conversations starting soon!
🕡 Happening 12:00 – 12:30
#APSA2025
Great research + good conversations starting soon!
🕡 Happening 12:00 – 12:30
#APSA2025
September 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
👋 Taking a lunch break? Swing by the Urban & Local Politics Poster Session — East Exhibit Level, Hall A.
Great research + good conversations starting soon!
🕡 Happening 12:00 – 12:30
#APSA2025
Great research + good conversations starting soon!
🕡 Happening 12:00 – 12:30
#APSA2025
🌟 Day 2 of #APSA2025 is here!
We loved seeing so much great work on urban & local politics on day 1— and we’re be back today with more panels, posters, and events. Stay tuned, and check our pinned post for the daily schedule!
Lots happening for the Urban & Local Politics Section today: ⤵️
We loved seeing so much great work on urban & local politics on day 1— and we’re be back today with more panels, posters, and events. Stay tuned, and check our pinned post for the daily schedule!
Lots happening for the Urban & Local Politics Section today: ⤵️
September 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🌟 Day 2 of #APSA2025 is here!
We loved seeing so much great work on urban & local politics on day 1— and we’re be back today with more panels, posters, and events. Stay tuned, and check our pinned post for the daily schedule!
Lots happening for the Urban & Local Politics Section today: ⤵️
We loved seeing so much great work on urban & local politics on day 1— and we’re be back today with more panels, posters, and events. Stay tuned, and check our pinned post for the daily schedule!
Lots happening for the Urban & Local Politics Section today: ⤵️
Day 1 is in full swing #APSA2025
🚨 Don’t miss this next event, starting at 2PM!
Author Meets Critics: Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis by Kim Johnson
Location: Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8
🚨 Don’t miss this next event, starting at 2PM!
Author Meets Critics: Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis by Kim Johnson
Location: Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Day 1 is in full swing #APSA2025
🚨 Don’t miss this next event, starting at 2PM!
Author Meets Critics: Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis by Kim Johnson
Location: Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8
🚨 Don’t miss this next event, starting at 2PM!
Author Meets Critics: Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis by Kim Johnson
Location: Pan Pacific Vancouver, Oceanview 8
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When cities exclude the homeless, it is wrongful discrimination!
In @bjpols.bsky.social Knight and I argue that hostile design (anti-sleep benches, spikes on window ledges) should be understood as discriminatory, and wrong for the same reasons as more familiar forms of discrimination.
Very proud🥳
In @bjpols.bsky.social Knight and I argue that hostile design (anti-sleep benches, spikes on window ledges) should be understood as discriminatory, and wrong for the same reasons as more familiar forms of discrimination.
Very proud🥳
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When cities exclude the homeless, it is wrongful discrimination!
In @bjpols.bsky.social Knight and I argue that hostile design (anti-sleep benches, spikes on window ledges) should be understood as discriminatory, and wrong for the same reasons as more familiar forms of discrimination.
Very proud🥳
In @bjpols.bsky.social Knight and I argue that hostile design (anti-sleep benches, spikes on window ledges) should be understood as discriminatory, and wrong for the same reasons as more familiar forms of discrimination.
Very proud🥳
✨ Welcome to #APSA2025 in Vancouver! We’re kicking things off today 🎉
What are your plans for Day 1? If you’re interested in urban & local politics, we’ve got some great panels lined up. Check out our suggestions below 👇
What are your plans for Day 1? If you’re interested in urban & local politics, we’ve got some great panels lined up. Check out our suggestions below 👇
September 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
✨ Welcome to #APSA2025 in Vancouver! We’re kicking things off today 🎉
What are your plans for Day 1? If you’re interested in urban & local politics, we’ve got some great panels lined up. Check out our suggestions below 👇
What are your plans for Day 1? If you’re interested in urban & local politics, we’ve got some great panels lined up. Check out our suggestions below 👇
📢 📢 Only one week to go!
We look forward to APSA 2025 in Vancouver, Sept. 11-15. 🇨🇦
Check out the events in the Urban and Local Politics section and join us for these exciting presentations!
For locations (tbd) and more details, use the online program: convention2.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...
We look forward to APSA 2025 in Vancouver, Sept. 11-15. 🇨🇦
Check out the events in the Urban and Local Politics section and join us for these exciting presentations!
For locations (tbd) and more details, use the online program: convention2.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...
September 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢 📢 Only one week to go!
We look forward to APSA 2025 in Vancouver, Sept. 11-15. 🇨🇦
Check out the events in the Urban and Local Politics section and join us for these exciting presentations!
For locations (tbd) and more details, use the online program: convention2.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...
We look forward to APSA 2025 in Vancouver, Sept. 11-15. 🇨🇦
Check out the events in the Urban and Local Politics section and join us for these exciting presentations!
For locations (tbd) and more details, use the online program: convention2.allacademic.com/one/apsa/aps...
📢Job Opportunity!
The Dept. of Political science at DePaul University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the assistant professor level in American Politics (emphasis on state and local politics)
Find info at the link and please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/170188
The Dept. of Political science at DePaul University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the assistant professor level in American Politics (emphasis on state and local politics)
Find info at the link and please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/170188
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August 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
📢Job Opportunity!
The Dept. of Political science at DePaul University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the assistant professor level in American Politics (emphasis on state and local politics)
Find info at the link and please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/170188
The Dept. of Political science at DePaul University invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the assistant professor level in American Politics (emphasis on state and local politics)
Find info at the link and please share widely!
apply.interfolio.com/170188
📣 Reminder:
Please share this exciting opportunity with any junior scholars who might be interested! To ensure full consideration, all materials should be sent by September 5, 2025, though the position will remain open until filled or the search is closed.
Please share this exciting opportunity with any junior scholars who might be interested! To ensure full consideration, all materials should be sent by September 5, 2025, though the position will remain open until filled or the search is closed.
🚨Exciting Opportunity for junior scholars interested in local politics!
The Local Politics and Policy Lab at Emory University is recruiting a pre/post doctoral fellow.
Applicants with strong quantitative skills are encouraged to apply:
apply.interfolio.com/168743
The Local Politics and Policy Lab at Emory University is recruiting a pre/post doctoral fellow.
Applicants with strong quantitative skills are encouraged to apply:
apply.interfolio.com/168743
Apply - Interfolio
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August 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
📣 Reminder:
Please share this exciting opportunity with any junior scholars who might be interested! To ensure full consideration, all materials should be sent by September 5, 2025, though the position will remain open until filled or the search is closed.
Please share this exciting opportunity with any junior scholars who might be interested! To ensure full consideration, all materials should be sent by September 5, 2025, though the position will remain open until filled or the search is closed.
📢 Call for Papers!
Urban Politics in the Global South Conference
November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!)
This conference showcases research on urban politics in low- and middle-income countries in different world regions.
Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5
Link: www.globalsouthurbanpolitics.com
Urban Politics in the Global South Conference
November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!)
This conference showcases research on urban politics in low- and middle-income countries in different world regions.
Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5
Link: www.globalsouthurbanpolitics.com
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Urban Politics in the Global South is an annual virtual conference series that brings together the growing community of social scientists conducting research on urban politics in low- and middle-incom...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 Call for Papers!
Urban Politics in the Global South Conference
November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!)
This conference showcases research on urban politics in low- and middle-income countries in different world regions.
Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5
Link: www.globalsouthurbanpolitics.com
Urban Politics in the Global South Conference
November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!)
This conference showcases research on urban politics in low- and middle-income countries in different world regions.
Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5
Link: www.globalsouthurbanpolitics.com
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"Determinants of Neighborhood Change: A Multilevel Analysis" by Hee-Jung Jun, UAR 49(3), 2013.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Determinants of Neighborhood Change: A Multilevel Analysis" by Hee-Jung Jun, UAR 49(3), 2013.
journals.sagepub.com/share/EFFBWF...
journals.sagepub.com/share/EFFBWF...
🚨Exciting Opportunity for junior scholars interested in local politics!
The Local Politics and Policy Lab at Emory University is recruiting a pre/post doctoral fellow.
Applicants with strong quantitative skills are encouraged to apply:
apply.interfolio.com/168743
The Local Politics and Policy Lab at Emory University is recruiting a pre/post doctoral fellow.
Applicants with strong quantitative skills are encouraged to apply:
apply.interfolio.com/168743
Apply - Interfolio
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July 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨Exciting Opportunity for junior scholars interested in local politics!
The Local Politics and Policy Lab at Emory University is recruiting a pre/post doctoral fellow.
Applicants with strong quantitative skills are encouraged to apply:
apply.interfolio.com/168743
The Local Politics and Policy Lab at Emory University is recruiting a pre/post doctoral fellow.
Applicants with strong quantitative skills are encouraged to apply:
apply.interfolio.com/168743
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📣New publication! Out in Perspectives on Politics
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing
Coauthored w/ @mvinaes.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We study the effect of a municipal reform in DK:
🏘️ What happens to housing supply? ⤵️ (1/2)
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing
Coauthored w/ @mvinaes.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We study the effect of a municipal reform in DK:
🏘️ What happens to housing supply? ⤵️ (1/2)
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing
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June 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📣New publication! Out in Perspectives on Politics
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing
Coauthored w/ @mvinaes.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We study the effect of a municipal reform in DK:
🏘️ What happens to housing supply? ⤵️ (1/2)
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing
Coauthored w/ @mvinaes.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We study the effect of a municipal reform in DK:
🏘️ What happens to housing supply? ⤵️ (1/2)
📢 Calling all Urban & Local Politics scholars! Have news to share? Send your updates—new pubs, job openings, events & more—for the July newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by Friday, June 6. Help highlight the great work happening in our field!🏙️📰 #UrbanPolitics #APSA2025
May 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Calling all Urban & Local Politics scholars! Have news to share? Send your updates—new pubs, job openings, events & more—for the July newsletter via DM or via apsaurban@gmail.com by Friday, June 6. Help highlight the great work happening in our field!🏙️📰 #UrbanPolitics #APSA2025
Deadline approaching! ⌛️The APSA Urban & Local Politics section awards are waiting for your (self-)nomination! ✨
📢 It’s time to nominate for the 2025 Urban & Local Politics Section Awards!
We’re recognizing outstanding work in urban politics across multiple categories, including best dissertation, book, and career contributions.
🏆 Deadline: March 15, 2025
We’re recognizing outstanding work in urban politics across multiple categories, including best dissertation, book, and career contributions.
🏆 Deadline: March 15, 2025
March 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Deadline approaching! ⌛️The APSA Urban & Local Politics section awards are waiting for your (self-)nomination! ✨