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Professor Beth Perry
@itsbethperry.bsky.social
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Prof Urban Epistemics (Sheffield Uni) - insatiably curious, firmly undisciplined, research-action.

@theurbaninstitute.bsky.social @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social

www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institute
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Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · 13d
Here we go! Series two underway. Launch of exciting new collaboration across the North of England!
sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 14d
SERIES TWO of Urban Radar now available on all usual streaming platforms

Check out latest offering from @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social with guest Erika Garcia Fermin

www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

#Greenland #Iran #Venezuela #neighbourhoods #disinformation #embassies

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 14d
SERIES TWO of Urban Radar now available on all usual streaming platforms

Check out latest offering from @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social with guest Erika Garcia Fermin

www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

#Greenland #Iran #Venezuela #neighbourhoods #disinformation #embassies

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Dec 22
Here's the wrap up of #urbanradar for 2025!

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- #Bogota's care blocks
- #Subtervising
- Scrapping trial by #jury
- #US #Security Strategy
- #Australia's #social #media ban
- #Syrian cities one year on

@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
Spotify – Web Player
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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Dec 8
Sneaky listen of Julia Moses talking with @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on #urbanradar

About child labour and urban and rural dimensions drawing on her project @glosoc.bsky.social

itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Nov 28
Learnt so much chatting with Julia and Dani on the latest #urbanradar podcast

open.spotify.com/episode/4JFq...

And quite a bit of lying on my part (though I do actually like elephants)

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Nov 28
Free book! Download now if you're interested in the material geographies of the belt and road initiative

@invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

And listen to Jon talking about some of the work on the #urbanradar podcast here

open.spotify.com/episode/4xGv...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · Nov 28
Global Corridor newsletter 6 is out now covering...

BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism...

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Global Corridor #6
BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism...
globalcorridor.substack.com

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Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Nov 14
Am going for run 2 tomorrow! Any sponsorship for @warchilduk.bsky.social much needed

www.justgiving.com/page/bethper...

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Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Nov 14
Listen here for latest pod featuring colleagues @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Linda Westman in discussion with @goodfellowtom.bsky.social about China, the Global Infrastructure Race and Its Urban Impacts

www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Nov 5
And he won! For some insight into how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got there, listen to the discussion from July with @katiepruszynski.bsky.social, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

Full episode here open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ...

Skip to 25:10 for more

Reposted by Beth Perry, Alisse Waterston, Tom Goodfellow

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Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social · Nov 4
Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register)

Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 31
@un-habitat.bsky.social World Cities Day! And another episode of #urbanradar

open.spotify.com/episode/3VgE...

Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen
Radar 10: GREEN RESURGENCE & GAZA RECONSTRUCTION (+Brexit, +rats, +Louvre heist, +AI Friend and more)
open.spotify.com

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 28
Another taster of the latest #UrbanRadar feature on Humanity's Urban Future with Ash Amin, @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social

@britishacademy.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 27
Listen to this clip of @xazaaradjame.bsky.social in conversation with @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social with Ash Amin, drawing on work for @britishacademy.bsky.social and CIFAR

@michelelancione.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social

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sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 24
A very special episode of #UrbanRadar #podcast to share this Urban October.
open.spotify.com/episode/20A1...

HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin

Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social
Feature 9: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin
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itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Oct 11
Running 12 half-marathons in 12 months for @warchilduk.bsky.social

First run completed today. 11 to go!

Please sponsor me if you can - www.justgiving.com/page/bethper...

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 6
And here's @simonrushton.bsky.social chatting to the very same @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on Nepal's uprising and local peace-building processes in Colombia

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 6
Sneak preview of @samburgum.bsky.social speaking to #urbanradar podcast hosts @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social on this month's radar

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Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Oct 6
Skibidi, and Oxford Road / Street madness. Listen here for the beginning of my public downfall as I lose all credibility...

open.spotify.com/episode/56j1...

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Oct 6
New episode of #UrbanRadar!

In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:

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Radar 9: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)
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itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Sep 24
New episode out now! A great listen for researchers, students, and advocates for knowledge coproduction

Featuring Diana Mitlin, Melanie Lombard, myself & @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

@coprofutures.bsky.social @africancities.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 24
New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ...

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin
open.spotify.com

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 24
New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ...

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin
open.spotify.com

itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Sep 21
I was fortunate enough to interview @andyburnham.bsky.social for #urbanradar podcast and hear first-hand about broken Britain & what is needed to rewire systems and rebalance power

I was convinced by much of it - listen here

open.spotify.com/episode/6qGi...

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Andy Burnham, the man who would be king
The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles
www.theguardian.com

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theurbaninstitute.bsky.social
Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 12
New Paper

“No More Proletariat, or Unhappy People, or Oppressed”: Living Besides and the Collective Sensibilities of “Urban Popular Territories” Open Access

AbdouMaliq Simone

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“No More Proletariat, or Unhappy People, or Oppressed”: Living Besides and the Collective Sensibilities of “Urban Popular Territories”
Abstract. If not resilience, rebellion, or redemption; if not the last will become first; if not the romance with the wretched, how to characterize the pla
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itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Sep 11
Looking forward to this workshop with @glynowilliams.bsky.social @tshafique.bsky.social and adam abdullah as part of our programme on urban #epistemics

Tues 7th October, online, all day

Reposted by Beth Perry

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 11
What kinds of epistemic violence or justice might we foster when we translate words, concepts and ideas in, out and between places?

Register now for the @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social's #urbanepistemics workshop on "Untranslatable?"

Tues 7th Oct, all day, online

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Untranslatable? The Linguistic Knowledge Politics of Southern Urban Theory
Registration is now open for the "Untranslatable" workshop, organised by the University of Sheffield, Karachi Urban Lab/IBA Karachi, and Lund University.REGISTER HEREThe workshop brings together contr...
sheffield.ac.uk

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 11
Not in Sheffield? This one is for you

Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST

Register below...

@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

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Book Launch - The Gated City
The Gated City: Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in MexicoThis book launch is  being organised by the Urban Riches theme group, at the Urban Institute.
sheffield.ac.uk

Reposted by Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow

sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 11
In Sheffield - in person event on 18th September - register below

@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Lecture: The contribution of academics to urban reform coalitions
In this lecture Professor Diana Mitlin of the Global Development Institute and African Cities Research Consortium, University of Manchester, explores how academics engage in politics through their inv...
sheffield.ac.uk

itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Sep 5
A rather lengthy episode, seems I needed to talk after the summer...never fear, we have put links to skip ahead to listen to our guests and you can always put it on double speed!

(Some people do I hear...I can't imagine how fast that goes)

open.spotify.com/episode/3lcH...

itsbethperry.bsky.social
Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · Sep 5
Just a snapshot of some of the brilliant #co-produced and #participatory research happening across UK Higher Education - and the barriers faced. More problems than solutions at present it seems...hopefully the @coprofutures.bsky.social can make a useful contribution in this space
theurbaninstitute.bsky.social Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 3
New evidence of barriers to co-produced research
The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
New evidence of barriers to co-produced research
The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.
sheffield.ac.uk