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Elia Apostolopoulou
@eliapos.bsky.social
Human geographer & political ecologist
Imperial College London @ic-cep.bsky.social
Editor Dialogues in Human Geography @dialogueshg.bsky.social
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New open access article by Caroline Birkner and Elia Apostolopoulou (@eliapos.bsky.social) out now! This paper investigates how collective housing systems create multicultural urban spaces in European cities.

Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1753...

#HousingCrisis #CollaborativeHousing
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
June 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Freedom Flotilla Refuses Silence After Attack: ‘Madleen’ Will Sail for #Gaza.
freedomflotilla.org/2025/05/15/f...
Help us challenge & end the #GazaBlockade, part of the ongoing #Nakba against #Palestinians. #AllEyesOnDeck.
Freedom Flotilla Refuses Silence After Attack: ‘Madleen’ Will Sail for Gaza - Freedom Flotilla
MALTA | May 15, 2025 – In the face of state terrorism, media silence, and mounting global complicity, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) today announces that its mission to break the illegal Israeli...
freedomflotilla.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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We propose a collective dialogue that explores and reorients conceptual and methodological possibilities to capture the complex interplay of geoeconomic and geopolitical forces within what we term ‘global infrastructure-led urbanization’
May 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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We have a New Paper!

"A dialogue on global infrastructure-led urbanization: Concepts and reorientations" in Dialogues in Human Geography

With Simone Vegliò, @andretwp.bsky.social , Francesca Governa and @eliapos.bsky.social

Open Access here >> journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
May 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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The workers united will never be defeated!

Our strike action finishes at Sheffield after membership of our UCU branch @sheffielducu.bsky.social accept offer from management for no compulsory redundancies as a result of organisational restructures this year (and no pay deductions to be taken!)
May 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Looks like we have a new paper out journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with some collective reflections on global infrastructure and cities / w brilliant @eliapos.bsky.social Jon Silver, Francesca Governa, and Simone Vegliò
A dialogue on global infrastructure-led urbanization: Concepts and reorientations - Simone Vegliò, Jonathan Silver, Andrea Pollio, Francesca Governa, Elia Apostolopoulou, 2025
The territorial and technological geographies of the planet are being rapidly and profoundly transformed and restructured in the 21st century. A massive surge o...
journals.sagepub.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Deadline this Monday! Great PhD opportunity based at
@ic-cep.bsky.social under the supervision of Adriana Ford and me
Just a few days to go to apply for this exciting PhD opportunity at the Centre on environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

NB International fees are covered, so it's open worldwide!
We have an exciting new PhD opportunity, exploring #environmentaljustice in #firegovernance through arts-based approaches.
Based at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, supervised by Adriana Ford and @eliapos.bsky.social
Apply by 3rd March
#politicalecology
centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...
March 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Walter Rodney's ambitious masterwork of political economy, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is part of our Black History Month sale.

Rodney makes the unflinching case that African maldevelopment is not a natural feature, but a direct product of imperial extraction.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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🚨 Summer School 2025 alert 🚨

Justice in an Interlinked World: Revisiting Rural-Urban & South-North Relationships in Sustainability Transformations 🌍⚖️

📅 09-11 Sept 2025
📍 Location: Dresden, Germany
🎯 For mid-career scholars (www.ioer.de/en/press/new...)
📝 Apply by: 15 March 2025
Just sustainability in an interlinked world? – Apply now for Summer School for mid-career scholars
Under the heading "Justice in an interlinked world: revisiting rural-urban and South-North relationships in sustainability transformations", a Summer School in autumn 2025 will be dedicated to questio...
www.ioer.de
February 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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We have paused all journal-related communications on X, and Bluesky will now be the primary outlet for updates related to Dialogues in Human Geography. Give us a follow here on Bluesky!
February 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is a great PhD opportunity—consider applying if you are interested in environmental justice, the political ecology of fires & art-based approaches. Supervised by me & Adriana Ford! @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @centrewildfires.bsky.social @ic-cep.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My paper on Piraeus port is now open access in Urban Geography. It tackles conceptual questions that have been driving my research the last 5 years, while trying to bridge academic work with political engagement—rooted in a place I've known since childhood: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The dragon’s head or Athens’ sacrifice zone? Spatiotemporal disjuncture, logistical disruptions, and urban infrastructural justice in Piraeus port, Greece
Piraeus Port is the biggest port in Greece and ranks among the world’s largest passenger ports. By drawing on four years of in-depth ethnographic research and a deep familiarity with the area, I ai...
www.tandfonline.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:42 AM