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Great write-up by John 👇
CASA postdoc Mateo Seré co-authored this paper. We are stoked it’s out in AER!
CASA postdoc Mateo Seré co-authored this paper. We are stoked it’s out in AER!
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Great write-up by John 👇
CASA postdoc Mateo Seré co-authored this paper. We are stoked it’s out in AER!
CASA postdoc Mateo Seré co-authored this paper. We are stoked it’s out in AER!
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🚨🎓📚 I am super-excited to be joining the Economic Geography editorial board. Many thanks to the editors for having me!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rec...
Follow EG here: @econgeog-journal.bsky.social
Please send us your papers :)
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rec...
Follow EG here: @econgeog-journal.bsky.social
Please send us your papers :)
Economic Geography
Economic Geography publishes research that deepens the understanding of geographical drivers and implications of economic processes on the economy and society.
www.tandfonline.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
🚨🎓📚 I am super-excited to be joining the Economic Geography editorial board. Many thanks to the editors for having me!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rec...
Follow EG here: @econgeog-journal.bsky.social
Please send us your papers :)
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rec...
Follow EG here: @econgeog-journal.bsky.social
Please send us your papers :)
CASA Profs Max Nathan and Neave O'Clery, PhD student Bohao Su and Research Fellow Laura Mazzarino were at the recent Geography of Innovation conference in Budapest.
The team presented work on migration, global supply chains, innovation networks and models for industrial diversification.
The team presented work on migration, global supply chains, innovation networks and models for industrial diversification.
February 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
CASA Profs Max Nathan and Neave O'Clery, PhD student Bohao Su and Research Fellow Laura Mazzarino were at the recent Geography of Innovation conference in Budapest.
The team presented work on migration, global supply chains, innovation networks and models for industrial diversification.
The team presented work on migration, global supply chains, innovation networks and models for industrial diversification.
CASA's Ruth Neville has been announced as one of ten 2026 UCL Policy Fellows, co‑delivering projects for local needs. Ruth is among six Local Authority Policy Fellows, supporting policy development at Newham Council through population trend analysis.
Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/cj7aenwa
Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/cj7aenwa
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
CASA's Ruth Neville has been announced as one of ten 2026 UCL Policy Fellows, co‑delivering projects for local needs. Ruth is among six Local Authority Policy Fellows, supporting policy development at Newham Council through population trend analysis.
Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/cj7aenwa
Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/cj7aenwa
Today in the CASA Seminar Series: Sophie Flinders and Chris Hayes (Common Wealth) analyse privatisation of essential services and ask: Who Owns Britain?
🗓️ 16:00, Wed 28 Jan
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
🗓️ 16:00, Wed 28 Jan
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
January 28, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Today in the CASA Seminar Series: Sophie Flinders and Chris Hayes (Common Wealth) analyse privatisation of essential services and ask: Who Owns Britain?
🗓️ 16:00, Wed 28 Jan
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
🗓️ 16:00, Wed 28 Jan
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
Congratulations to Professor Neave O'Clery on being awarded a grant from the ReCIPE programme, a CEPR initiative funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for her project, 'Does economic entanglement reduce the risk of escalation from economic to military interstate conflict?'.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Congratulations to Professor Neave O'Clery on being awarded a grant from the ReCIPE programme, a CEPR initiative funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for her project, 'Does economic entanglement reduce the risk of escalation from economic to military interstate conflict?'.
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🎭 Are creative industries quietly remodeling cities?
🌃 In England and Wales, the association between creative activity and neighborhood gentrification is modest yet highly context-dependent—though evidently strong in large cities like London.
🔗 Read more at
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
#EconGeography
🌃 In England and Wales, the association between creative activity and neighborhood gentrification is modest yet highly context-dependent—though evidently strong in large cities like London.
🔗 Read more at
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
#EconGeography
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
🎭 Are creative industries quietly remodeling cities?
🌃 In England and Wales, the association between creative activity and neighborhood gentrification is modest yet highly context-dependent—though evidently strong in large cities like London.
🔗 Read more at
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
#EconGeography
🌃 In England and Wales, the association between creative activity and neighborhood gentrification is modest yet highly context-dependent—though evidently strong in large cities like London.
🔗 Read more at
doi.org/10.1080/0013...
#EconGeography
Professor Max Nathan/the UCL Economic Geography Group have been awarded the UCL Grassroots Research Culture Seed Fund 2025/26, which funds locally led projects to improve UCL's research culture.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/news/2025/dec/ucl-grassroots-research-culture-seed-fund-202526-recipients
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/news/2025/dec/ucl-grassroots-research-culture-seed-fund-202526-recipients
January 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Professor Max Nathan/the UCL Economic Geography Group have been awarded the UCL Grassroots Research Culture Seed Fund 2025/26, which funds locally led projects to improve UCL's research culture.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/news/2025/dec/ucl-grassroots-research-culture-seed-fund-202526-recipients
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/news/2025/dec/ucl-grassroots-research-culture-seed-fund-202526-recipients
The CASA Connected Environments Lab, led by Prof Duncan Wilson & Prof Steven Gray, has built an IoT Bus Tracker for the shuttle service between Stratford Station & UCL East, designed and operated by students.
https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/ucl-east-shuttle-bus-your-journey-just-got-easier
https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/ucl-east-shuttle-bus-your-journey-just-got-easier
January 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The CASA Connected Environments Lab, led by Prof Duncan Wilson & Prof Steven Gray, has built an IoT Bus Tracker for the shuttle service between Stratford Station & UCL East, designed and operated by students.
https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/ucl-east-shuttle-bus-your-journey-just-got-easier
https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/ucl-east-shuttle-bus-your-journey-just-got-easier
The CASA Seminar Series is back!
Jonathan Bourne, THE 3TC AI
A Decade of OCOD: Analysing ten years offshore owned residential property in England & Wales
🗓️ 16:00-17:00, 14 January
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
Jonathan Bourne, THE 3TC AI
A Decade of OCOD: Analysing ten years offshore owned residential property in England & Wales
🗓️ 16:00-17:00, 14 January
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The CASA Seminar Series is back!
Jonathan Bourne, THE 3TC AI
A Decade of OCOD: Analysing ten years offshore owned residential property in England & Wales
🗓️ 16:00-17:00, 14 January
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
Jonathan Bourne, THE 3TC AI
A Decade of OCOD: Analysing ten years offshore owned residential property in England & Wales
🗓️ 16:00-17:00, 14 January
📍 CASA Seminar Room, 90 Tottenham Court Road
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/casa-seminar-series-2025-26
And a lot of our researchers publish their research and teaching code to GitHub too! (Think we need a dedicated page to point to all the resources!)
Want to discover more research from UCL this year?
We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌
We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌
Browse - University College London research repository - Figshare
rdr.ucl.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
And a lot of our researchers publish their research and teaching code to GitHub too! (Think we need a dedicated page to point to all the resources!)
CASA is now closed for the festive break, reopening for 2026 on Monday 05 January.
We'd like to thank all of our students and staff for all your hard work and commitment in 2025.
Wishing a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all our students, staff, friends and alumni!
We'd like to thank all of our students and staff for all your hard work and commitment in 2025.
Wishing a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all our students, staff, friends and alumni!
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
CASA is now closed for the festive break, reopening for 2026 on Monday 05 January.
We'd like to thank all of our students and staff for all your hard work and commitment in 2025.
Wishing a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all our students, staff, friends and alumni!
We'd like to thank all of our students and staff for all your hard work and commitment in 2025.
Wishing a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all our students, staff, friends and alumni!
CASA recently held a virtual open day for prospective master's students, providing an insight into our innovative programmes and committed staff.
Check out the video to recap: https://bit.ly/3Y2xTDW
Find out more about our master's programmes: https://bit.ly/3KT2Ya8
#UCL #Bartlett #CASA #MSc
Check out the video to recap: https://bit.ly/3Y2xTDW
Find out more about our master's programmes: https://bit.ly/3KT2Ya8
#UCL #Bartlett #CASA #MSc
The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Postgraduate Virtual Open Day October 2025
The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis virtual open day presentation. Recorded October 2025.
mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CASA recently held a virtual open day for prospective master's students, providing an insight into our innovative programmes and committed staff.
Check out the video to recap: https://bit.ly/3Y2xTDW
Find out more about our master's programmes: https://bit.ly/3KT2Ya8
#UCL #Bartlett #CASA #MSc
Check out the video to recap: https://bit.ly/3Y2xTDW
Find out more about our master's programmes: https://bit.ly/3KT2Ya8
#UCL #Bartlett #CASA #MSc
The CUPUM 2025 book is now published 📚
'Digital-Era Urban Transformations' examines how AI, big data and urban sensing are reshaping cities. Co-edited by three CASA researchers, with two chapters from the department.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3Y2z0DG
'Digital-Era Urban Transformations' examines how AI, big data and urban sensing are reshaping cities. Co-edited by three CASA researchers, with two chapters from the department.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3Y2z0DG
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The CUPUM 2025 book is now published 📚
'Digital-Era Urban Transformations' examines how AI, big data and urban sensing are reshaping cities. Co-edited by three CASA researchers, with two chapters from the department.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3Y2z0DG
'Digital-Era Urban Transformations' examines how AI, big data and urban sensing are reshaping cities. Co-edited by three CASA researchers, with two chapters from the department.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3Y2z0DG
CASA kicked off our famous annual Christmas party earlier this week with a trip to V&A East Storehouse. 😍
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
CASA kicked off our famous annual Christmas party earlier this week with a trip to V&A East Storehouse. 😍
Funded by @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social and Historic England, CASA Assoc Prof @huanfa.bsky.social has been working with @warmwelcomeuk.bsky.social to improve access to Warm Welcome Spaces. A new dashboard maps 5,500+ UK spaces, showing proximity boosts awareness for vulnerable groups.
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Funded by @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social and Historic England, CASA Assoc Prof @huanfa.bsky.social has been working with @warmwelcomeuk.bsky.social to improve access to Warm Welcome Spaces. A new dashboard maps 5,500+ UK spaces, showing proximity boosts awareness for vulnerable groups.
Just published in Nature Cities, a study led by recent CASA PhD graduate Andrew Renninger advances our understanding of urban inequality by focusing on experienced socioeconomic segregation, or daily encounters between individuals of differing socio-economic groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just published in Nature Cities, a study led by recent CASA PhD graduate Andrew Renninger advances our understanding of urban inequality by focusing on experienced socioeconomic segregation, or daily encounters between individuals of differing socio-economic groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
CASA staff Philyoung Jeong and Dr Duncan Smith have published a new working paper on accessibility to cycle routes in London, examining new cycling indicators for tracking cycle network development, gaps in the network and challenges faced by vulnerable cyclists.
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
CASA staff Philyoung Jeong and Dr Duncan Smith have published a new working paper on accessibility to cycle routes in London, examining new cycling indicators for tracking cycle network development, gaps in the network and challenges faced by vulnerable cyclists.
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
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Most US cities have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets of near the urban core, shaped by race, wealth, and proximity to downtown, finds a new study of 383 American cities, led by Andrew Renninger @casaucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social
Hidden patterns of isolation and segregation found in all American cities
A comprehensive analysis of 383 U.S. cities reveals a striking pattern: most have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets of near the urban core, that are shaped by race, wealth, and proximity to downtown, finds a new study by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Most US cities have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets of near the urban core, shaped by race, wealth, and proximity to downtown, finds a new study of 383 American cities, led by Andrew Renninger @casaucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social
Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Professor of Cities & Regions, gave a plenary talk this week at ISOCARP61, the World Planning Congress in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
His talk, ‘Urban Futures: Visioning the Planning of Places through Innovation’, examined the potential role of planning to make a difference in places.
His talk, ‘Urban Futures: Visioning the Planning of Places through Innovation’, examined the potential role of planning to make a difference in places.
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Professor of Cities & Regions, gave a plenary talk this week at ISOCARP61, the World Planning Congress in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
His talk, ‘Urban Futures: Visioning the Planning of Places through Innovation’, examined the potential role of planning to make a difference in places.
His talk, ‘Urban Futures: Visioning the Planning of Places through Innovation’, examined the potential role of planning to make a difference in places.
Can live data streams from sensors - ‘digital twins’ - cut energy use & carbon emissions in university buildings?
A new study by CASA doctoral student William Markiewicz & Prof Duncan Wilson focuses on UCL & Yale buildings, finding major efficiency issues at both sites.
doi.org/10.3389/fene...
A new study by CASA doctoral student William Markiewicz & Prof Duncan Wilson focuses on UCL & Yale buildings, finding major efficiency issues at both sites.
doi.org/10.3389/fene...
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Can live data streams from sensors - ‘digital twins’ - cut energy use & carbon emissions in university buildings?
A new study by CASA doctoral student William Markiewicz & Prof Duncan Wilson focuses on UCL & Yale buildings, finding major efficiency issues at both sites.
doi.org/10.3389/fene...
A new study by CASA doctoral student William Markiewicz & Prof Duncan Wilson focuses on UCL & Yale buildings, finding major efficiency issues at both sites.
doi.org/10.3389/fene...
Dr Ollie Ballinger has contributed to the British Library’s latest exhibition, 'Secret Maps'. It includes his work with investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat on “dark ships", which disable their public tracking systems to hide their identity and activity.
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Dr Ollie Ballinger has contributed to the British Library’s latest exhibition, 'Secret Maps'. It includes his work with investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat on “dark ships", which disable their public tracking systems to hide their identity and activity.
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...
CASA research in @nytimes.com: Ollie Ballinger built software to track naval vessels via open-source satellite data, revealing patterns in Caribbean maritime activity.
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Satellite Data Reveals How the U.S. Navy Is Deployed Near Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
CASA research in @nytimes.com: Ollie Ballinger built software to track naval vessels via open-source satellite data, revealing patterns in Caribbean maritime activity.
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Read the full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
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The Album: Place and Space - Music directly inspired by the themes explored in the book Cities in the Metaverse. Mark your calendars: 📅 December 1st: Available on all streaming platforms. Read the academic book. Stream the album via @casaucl.bsky.social #metaverse #music #digital
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Album: Place and Space - Music directly inspired by the themes explored in the book Cities in the Metaverse. Mark your calendars: 📅 December 1st: Available on all streaming platforms. Read the academic book. Stream the album via @casaucl.bsky.social #metaverse #music #digital
CASA's new ESRC-funded project asks how 15-minute city principles can be adapted for sustainable travel in regional European towns and areas.
ENHANCE employs accessibility indicators, travel behaviour analysis and scenario modelling to support better regional planning.
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...
ENHANCE employs accessibility indicators, travel behaviour analysis and scenario modelling to support better regional planning.
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
CASA's new ESRC-funded project asks how 15-minute city principles can be adapted for sustainable travel in regional European towns and areas.
ENHANCE employs accessibility indicators, travel behaviour analysis and scenario modelling to support better regional planning.
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...
ENHANCE employs accessibility indicators, travel behaviour analysis and scenario modelling to support better regional planning.
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...