Anna Plyushteva
@plyushteva.bsky.social
Migrant, geographer, public transport enthusiast. Research and teaching on urban mobilities, economies, and inequalities. Very sceptical of AI in HE. Titular Associate Professor at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social and @tsuoxford.bsky.social She/her
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Please sign @asthmaandlung.org.uk's petition calling for stronger #AirPollution limits in the UK.
The UK's legal levels for NO2 are four times higher than the safe level recommended by the World Health Organization. If the EU can come into line with interim @who.int levels, surely the UK can?
The UK's legal levels for NO2 are four times higher than the safe level recommended by the World Health Organization. If the EU can come into line with interim @who.int levels, surely the UK can?
Adopt Ambitious Air Quality Standards into UK Law
🫁 Support our call for urgent clean air action Toxic air isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health emergency. It contributes to lung cancer, worsens asthma and COPD, and harms children’s…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Please sign @asthmaandlung.org.uk's petition calling for stronger #AirPollution limits in the UK.
The UK's legal levels for NO2 are four times higher than the safe level recommended by the World Health Organization. If the EU can come into line with interim @who.int levels, surely the UK can?
The UK's legal levels for NO2 are four times higher than the safe level recommended by the World Health Organization. If the EU can come into line with interim @who.int levels, surely the UK can?
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The Orwell Society Prize for Dystopian Fiction 2026 is now open for submissions from people studying at a UK university: orwellsociety.com/charitable-a...
If you work in UK HE, please publicize widely!
I’ve been a judge since the prize’s inception; it’s such a privilege to read the submissions.
If you work in UK HE, please publicize widely!
I’ve been a judge since the prize’s inception; it’s such a privilege to read the submissions.
Dystopian Fiction Prize
The Orwell Society organises an annual short story competition for current students (both BA and MA) at British universities. We look for dystopian narratives of 3,000 words, following the dedicated t...
orwellsociety.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Orwell Society Prize for Dystopian Fiction 2026 is now open for submissions from people studying at a UK university: orwellsociety.com/charitable-a...
If you work in UK HE, please publicize widely!
I’ve been a judge since the prize’s inception; it’s such a privilege to read the submissions.
If you work in UK HE, please publicize widely!
I’ve been a judge since the prize’s inception; it’s such a privilege to read the submissions.
Who would you plan urban mobility for?
Historically, cities have prioritised white collar commuters
As part of a new DUT-backed project, we suggest that starting with young carers and their (im)mobilities can inform inclusive transport planning.
We set out the case here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Historically, cities have prioritised white collar commuters
As part of a new DUT-backed project, we suggest that starting with young carers and their (im)mobilities can inform inclusive transport planning.
We set out the case here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Who would you plan urban mobility for?
Historically, cities have prioritised white collar commuters
As part of a new DUT-backed project, we suggest that starting with young carers and their (im)mobilities can inform inclusive transport planning.
We set out the case here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
Historically, cities have prioritised white collar commuters
As part of a new DUT-backed project, we suggest that starting with young carers and their (im)mobilities can inform inclusive transport planning.
We set out the case here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Fantastic article on AI and why it will let you down. Passage below is my favourite.
Fantastic article on AI and why it will let you down. Passage below is my favourite.
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Fantastic article on AI and why it will let you down. Passage below is my favourite.
Fantastic article on AI and why it will let you down. Passage below is my favourite.
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Join us for our seminar series ‘Mobility and Urbanisation in Palestine.’ Starting Wed 29 Oct, 3pm online
Dr Zahraa Zawawi, An-Najah National University in Nablus, will discuss ‘Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Expansion/ Development in the West Bank, Palestine’
Register: tinyurl.com/3n8kxn6s
Dr Zahraa Zawawi, An-Najah National University in Nablus, will discuss ‘Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Expansion/ Development in the West Bank, Palestine’
Register: tinyurl.com/3n8kxn6s
Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Expansion/ Development in the West Bank, Palestine
3pm, 29 October 2025. Online only.Dr Zahraa Zawawi (An Najah National University).
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October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Join us for our seminar series ‘Mobility and Urbanisation in Palestine.’ Starting Wed 29 Oct, 3pm online
Dr Zahraa Zawawi, An-Najah National University in Nablus, will discuss ‘Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Expansion/ Development in the West Bank, Palestine’
Register: tinyurl.com/3n8kxn6s
Dr Zahraa Zawawi, An-Najah National University in Nablus, will discuss ‘Sustainable Urban Planning for Urban Expansion/ Development in the West Bank, Palestine’
Register: tinyurl.com/3n8kxn6s
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📢 Applications are now open for the Joint BME Small Grants scheme, supporting research, events & activities by BME historians or on BME histories.
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
Joint BME Small Grants
The Social History Society administers a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities undertaken by BME historians or focused on the histories of BME people The scheme was launched …
socialhistory.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📢 Applications are now open for the Joint BME Small Grants scheme, supporting research, events & activities by BME historians or on BME histories.
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
So we want more people to have the skills to engage critically with the ambiguous stuff circulating in a post-truth online world?
Turns out, those History of Art degrees were not such a bad idea after all.
en.ara.cat/culture/the-...
Turns out, those History of Art degrees were not such a bad idea after all.
en.ara.cat/culture/the-...
The viral statue attributed to Jaume Plensa and located in Barcelona that doesn't actually exist
A fake AI-generated image sparks thousands of reactions: How to stop the lie?
en.ara.cat
September 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So we want more people to have the skills to engage critically with the ambiguous stuff circulating in a post-truth online world?
Turns out, those History of Art degrees were not such a bad idea after all.
en.ara.cat/culture/the-...
Turns out, those History of Art degrees were not such a bad idea after all.
en.ara.cat/culture/the-...
This has been my favourite episode of the Antisocial Economics podcast so far - but they are all excellent.
Episode three of Antisocial Economics is out now!
@wealtherty.bsky.social talks to Professor Gurminder Bhambra about the colonial history of wealth and its implications in the contemporary racial wealth divide. Who actually paid for the things we think of as ‘ours’ like the NHS?
@wealtherty.bsky.social talks to Professor Gurminder Bhambra about the colonial history of wealth and its implications in the contemporary racial wealth divide. Who actually paid for the things we think of as ‘ours’ like the NHS?
Antisocial Economics
What is wealth? How come so many of us haven’t got any? How does wealth inequality make poverty worse? In the UK and other rich economies, wealth inequality and poverty are at incredibly high…
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This has been my favourite episode of the Antisocial Economics podcast so far - but they are all excellent.
Looking forward to the annual conference of the @rgsibg.bsky.social and rediscovering Birmingham after too many years of only being there long enough to transfer between trains.
August 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Looking forward to the annual conference of the @rgsibg.bsky.social and rediscovering Birmingham after too many years of only being there long enough to transfer between trains.
Using DuckDuckGo for web searches is great - not missing the ads, not missing the (frequently inaccurate) AI summaries.
August 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Using DuckDuckGo for web searches is great - not missing the ads, not missing the (frequently inaccurate) AI summaries.
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The consultants who worked on Warwick have done a few others it seems (but not "Beyonder"!): mammoth.tv/education/
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July 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The consultants who worked on Warwick have done a few others it seems (but not "Beyonder"!): mammoth.tv/education/
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🚨 Today we publish State of the North 2025 🚨
The North gets just half as much arts and culture funding per person as London. We reveal the impact this & other regional divides have on young people, and what must change 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
The North gets just half as much arts and culture funding per person as London. We reveal the impact this & other regional divides have on young people, and what must change 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
July 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 Today we publish State of the North 2025 🚨
The North gets just half as much arts and culture funding per person as London. We reveal the impact this & other regional divides have on young people, and what must change 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
The North gets just half as much arts and culture funding per person as London. We reveal the impact this & other regional divides have on young people, and what must change 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
Ash Sarkar's book 'Minority Rule' is brilliant - incisive, funny, depressing, but also strangely empowering account of the last few years in UK politics
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/minority-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/minority-...
Minority Rule
**A Guardian Book of the Summer 2025**** The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar **'One of the boldest and most exciting…
www.bloomsbury.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ash Sarkar's book 'Minority Rule' is brilliant - incisive, funny, depressing, but also strangely empowering account of the last few years in UK politics
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/minority-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/minority-...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Great to see outputs from the NİHR LTNs in London project starting to be published.
Huge public health benefits of LTNs.
'Across the LTNs as a whole, the authors said, an estimated 613 injuries were prevented, including 100 deaths or serious injuries'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Huge public health benefits of LTNs.
'Across the LTNs as a whole, the authors said, an estimated 613 injuries were prevented, including 100 deaths or serious injuries'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Great to see outputs from the NİHR LTNs in London project starting to be published.
Huge public health benefits of LTNs.
'Across the LTNs as a whole, the authors said, an estimated 613 injuries were prevented, including 100 deaths or serious injuries'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Huge public health benefits of LTNs.
'Across the LTNs as a whole, the authors said, an estimated 613 injuries were prevented, including 100 deaths or serious injuries'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Are we leaving parts of the country behind in the EV transition?
Labib Azzouz & Hannah Budnitz @tsuoxford.bsky.social explore the uneven rollout of electric vehicle charging points across the UK.
Labib Azzouz & Hannah Budnitz @tsuoxford.bsky.social explore the uneven rollout of electric vehicle charging points across the UK.
Government investment in neighbourhood EV chargers cannot replace investment at motorway services.
Where does the UK most need more public EV chargers?
Government investment in neighbourhood EV chargers cannot replace investment at motorway services.
tcnv.link
July 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Are we leaving parts of the country behind in the EV transition?
Labib Azzouz & Hannah Budnitz @tsuoxford.bsky.social explore the uneven rollout of electric vehicle charging points across the UK.
Labib Azzouz & Hannah Budnitz @tsuoxford.bsky.social explore the uneven rollout of electric vehicle charging points across the UK.
Where I am with AI
June 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Where I am with AI
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Devastated to learn that EVERY SINGLE ONE of my former #DisabilityStudies colleagues at Liverpool Hope are at risk of redundancy. Lovely people and a brilliant team that has transformed the lives of so many students. If you know them please do reach out - things are very tough right now.
Union vows to fight cuts at Liverpool Hope
Liverpool Hope University intends to axe 39 staff before the end of the year, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today
www.ucu.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Devastated to learn that EVERY SINGLE ONE of my former #DisabilityStudies colleagues at Liverpool Hope are at risk of redundancy. Lovely people and a brilliant team that has transformed the lives of so many students. If you know them please do reach out - things are very tough right now.
Job vacancy: Research Associate in Road Safety Inequalities (24 months; full-time; based @tsuoxford.bsky.social )
Come and work with Xiao Li @xiaoli-transport.bsky.social (PI) and myself on a new project on road safety and children with SEND
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Come and work with Xiao Li @xiaoli-transport.bsky.social (PI) and myself on a new project on road safety and children with SEND
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
my.corehr.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Job vacancy: Research Associate in Road Safety Inequalities (24 months; full-time; based @tsuoxford.bsky.social )
Come and work with Xiao Li @xiaoli-transport.bsky.social (PI) and myself on a new project on road safety and children with SEND
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Come and work with Xiao Li @xiaoli-transport.bsky.social (PI) and myself on a new project on road safety and children with SEND
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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On Walk to Work Day, @valenmontoya.bsky.social highlights an example of commuting that isn't so straightforward. #walktoworkday @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/good-on...
www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/good-on...
"The good ones cross over the bridge, and the bad ones go underneath."
On Walk to Work Day, Valentina Montoya Robledo highlights the story of women who cross the Colombia-Venezuela border every day to work.
www.tsu.ox.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
On Walk to Work Day, @valenmontoya.bsky.social highlights an example of commuting that isn't so straightforward. #walktoworkday @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/good-on...
www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/good-on...
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Interested in making government more effective? Applications for our 2025–26 research internship programme, starting in September 2025, are now open.
Closing date: Tuesday 29 April, 11:00 ⏰
Find out more:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
Closing date: Tuesday 29 April, 11:00 ⏰
Find out more:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
April 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Interested in making government more effective? Applications for our 2025–26 research internship programme, starting in September 2025, are now open.
Closing date: Tuesday 29 April, 11:00 ⏰
Find out more:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
Closing date: Tuesday 29 April, 11:00 ⏰
Find out more:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
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Walk down a footpath on residential street, and it’s always the slabs on nearest the kerb that are more cracked and broken…
March 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Walk down a footpath on residential street, and it’s always the slabs on nearest the kerb that are more cracked and broken…
I loved contributing to this book review forum on Romit Chowdhury's wonderful 'City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality on Public Transport'
You can read my review alongside those of some outstanding scholars in the latest issue of Urban Geography - www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurb20/4...
You can read my review alongside those of some outstanding scholars in the latest issue of Urban Geography - www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurb20/4...
March 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I loved contributing to this book review forum on Romit Chowdhury's wonderful 'City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality on Public Transport'
You can read my review alongside those of some outstanding scholars in the latest issue of Urban Geography - www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurb20/4...
You can read my review alongside those of some outstanding scholars in the latest issue of Urban Geography - www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurb20/4...
Agreed; wonderful paper!
Honestly felt emotional reading these comments from parents on their role once the kids are aged 18-25 (mine are some way off that).
Recommend reading this if you work in/around transport policy and your work addresses car dependence.
Car attachment is rarely described with such care and empathy.
Recommend reading this if you work in/around transport policy and your work addresses car dependence.
Car attachment is rarely described with such care and empathy.
Car ownership through the parenting journey and beyond
Attachments to private cars are as complex as they are problematic. They reflect legacies of urban form, and culturally inculcated appreciations of au…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Agreed; wonderful paper!
I was curious: How do people judge if they make financially literate decisions in daily life? I found that financial literacy (a very fuzzy & problematic concept) is something we try to make sense of as part of our relationships with significant others. More here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Worrying the right amount: Intimate relationships and the emotional work of pursuing financial literacy together
This paper explores how expectations of financial literacy are negotiated within intimate relationships. Institutional normative discourses of managing money and finance well urge individuals to cu...
www.tandfonline.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I was curious: How do people judge if they make financially literate decisions in daily life? I found that financial literacy (a very fuzzy & problematic concept) is something we try to make sense of as part of our relationships with significant others. More here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....