@urbangeography.bsky.social
Publishing original academic papers on urban issues by geographers and other social scientists since 1980 https://www.urbangeographyjournal.org/
📢 Call for Papers 📢 Urban Geography CfP:
Urban Geopolitics: Cities, States, and Infrastructures of Power think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Urban Geopolitics: Cities, States, and Infrastructures of Power think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📢 Call for Papers 📢 Urban Geography CfP:
Urban Geopolitics: Cities, States, and Infrastructures of Power think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Urban Geopolitics: Cities, States, and Infrastructures of Power think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Something new to read as Hurricane Melissa promises another 'unprecedented' and profoundly devastating storm season.
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Something new to read as Hurricane Melissa promises another 'unprecedented' and profoundly devastating storm season.
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
📣 New Special Issue 📣 'New Urban Frontiers' co-edited by Tom Gillespie and Claire Mercer collects four original research articles that can be found in Volume 46 issue 8 out now! www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/volu...
October 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
📣 New Special Issue 📣 'New Urban Frontiers' co-edited by Tom Gillespie and Claire Mercer collects four original research articles that can be found in Volume 46 issue 8 out now! www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/volu...
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@annajurkevics.bsky.social, Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds - Oxford University Press, April 2025
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Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds
Abstract. Contested Territory presents a critical, non-sovereign theory of territorial rights capable of responding to border-defying global crises such as
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May 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
@annajurkevics.bsky.social, Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds - Oxford University Press, April 2025
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Next week, AMCIS hosts profs. Susan Smith and Rebecca Bentley at the University of Amsterdam. They will talk about housing as a driver of inequality, focusing on economic and health inequalities respectively.
Join us, more info and registration here:
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Join us, more info and registration here:
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Housing as a driver of inequality - AMCIS
Join our seminar to explore how housing drives health and economic inequality, with insights from global experts Rebecca Bentley and Susan Smith.
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May 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Next week, AMCIS hosts profs. Susan Smith and Rebecca Bentley at the University of Amsterdam. They will talk about housing as a driver of inequality, focusing on economic and health inequalities respectively.
Join us, more info and registration here:
amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
Join us, more info and registration here:
amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
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New book on the history of peripheral centralities and suburban utopias/failures, ed. by Nick Phelps, @rkeil.bsky.social & @planographer.bsky.social.
Our chapter uses Lefebvre's notion of centrality to examine Madrid's informal settlements and their impact on urban policy under a Fascist regime.
Our chapter uses Lefebvre's notion of centrality to examine Madrid's informal settlements and their impact on urban policy under a Fascist regime.
May 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
New book on the history of peripheral centralities and suburban utopias/failures, ed. by Nick Phelps, @rkeil.bsky.social & @planographer.bsky.social.
Our chapter uses Lefebvre's notion of centrality to examine Madrid's informal settlements and their impact on urban policy under a Fascist regime.
Our chapter uses Lefebvre's notion of centrality to examine Madrid's informal settlements and their impact on urban policy under a Fascist regime.
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⏳ Just one week left!
Don't miss the Hustle Urbanism launch by Dr Tatiana Thieme – stories of hope, resilience, and hustle in Nairobi.
🗓️ 4 June | 🕠 5:30pm | 📍 UCL Geography | tinyurl.com/ucl-hustle
#HustleUrbanism #UrbanInnovation
Don't miss the Hustle Urbanism launch by Dr Tatiana Thieme – stories of hope, resilience, and hustle in Nairobi.
🗓️ 4 June | 🕠 5:30pm | 📍 UCL Geography | tinyurl.com/ucl-hustle
#HustleUrbanism #UrbanInnovation
Hustle Urbanism: Making Life Work in Nairobi
Celebrate the launch of Hustle Urbanism by Tatiana Thieme - Stories of struggle, solidarity and soul
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May 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
⏳ Just one week left!
Don't miss the Hustle Urbanism launch by Dr Tatiana Thieme – stories of hope, resilience, and hustle in Nairobi.
🗓️ 4 June | 🕠 5:30pm | 📍 UCL Geography | tinyurl.com/ucl-hustle
#HustleUrbanism #UrbanInnovation
Don't miss the Hustle Urbanism launch by Dr Tatiana Thieme – stories of hope, resilience, and hustle in Nairobi.
🗓️ 4 June | 🕠 5:30pm | 📍 UCL Geography | tinyurl.com/ucl-hustle
#HustleUrbanism #UrbanInnovation
The new issue of Urban Geography is out! And it includes what is probably the only urban geography paper on snakes (probably) 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍https://www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/volume-46-4
Volume 46, 4 → Urban Geography
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May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The new issue of Urban Geography is out! And it includes what is probably the only urban geography paper on snakes (probably) 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍https://www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/volume-46-4
📣 New Issue 📣 Taking us from Montenegro to Ramallah via Barcelona and Cape Town www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/volu...
April 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📣 New Issue 📣 Taking us from Montenegro to Ramallah via Barcelona and Cape Town www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/volu...
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The lovely editors of the Urban Geography journal @urbangeography.bsky.social at the end of a long day conferencing in #AAG2025 @geographers.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The lovely editors of the Urban Geography journal @urbangeography.bsky.social at the end of a long day conferencing in #AAG2025 @geographers.bsky.social
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Wikithon against erasure – archiving Palestinian culture and thought
Thursday from 1pm at UCL
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Thursday from 1pm at UCL
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Wikithon against erasure – archiving Palestinian culture and thought
Amer Shomali, Director of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, will join online to talk about the importance of preserving and archiving Palestinian thought, culture and heritage.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wikithon against erasure – archiving Palestinian culture and thought
Thursday from 1pm at UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Thursday from 1pm at UCL
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How do bureaucratic actors and non-human elements mediate, shape, and influence the development and implementation of #UrbanClimate adaptation measures? New paper invites urban scholars to explore the bureaucratic life of urban #ClimateResilience buff.ly/ALMGhyb
April 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How do bureaucratic actors and non-human elements mediate, shape, and influence the development and implementation of #UrbanClimate adaptation measures? New paper invites urban scholars to explore the bureaucratic life of urban #ClimateResilience buff.ly/ALMGhyb
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"Masculinities in transit" a forum on Romit Chowdhury's book City of Men (@rutgersupress.bsky.social) with Sanjay Srivastava, Wangui Kimari, Manali Desai, Greg Noble, @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social, @plyushteva.bsky.social in @urbangeography.bsky.social: www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/book...
City of Men → Urban Geography
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March 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Masculinities in transit" a forum on Romit Chowdhury's book City of Men (@rutgersupress.bsky.social) with Sanjay Srivastava, Wangui Kimari, Manali Desai, Greg Noble, @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social, @plyushteva.bsky.social in @urbangeography.bsky.social: www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/book...
Every year we organise a prize to recognise Early Career Researchers who publish in the journal. This year we are excited to announce Melissa Heil and Thilo van der Haegen as the winners! www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/earl...
2024 Prize Winners → Urban Geography
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March 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Every year we organise a prize to recognise Early Career Researchers who publish in the journal. This year we are excited to announce Melissa Heil and Thilo van der Haegen as the winners! www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/earl...
'From speculative dreams to ghost housing realities: homelesshomeowners and failed future-making in urban development'. How viable is state entrepreneurialism as an approach to housing provisioning and urban development?
February 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
'From speculative dreams to ghost housing realities: homelesshomeowners and failed future-making in urban development'. How viable is state entrepreneurialism as an approach to housing provisioning and urban development?
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📣 CfP ALGORITHMIC REFUSAL: CREATIVITY AND CODEABILITY IN DIGITAL URBAN GOVERNANCE
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
'Algorithmic Refusal: Creativity and Codeability in Digital Urban Governance' CfP at the RGS-IBG, Birmingham 2025 — Regional Futures
Algorithmic Refusal: Creativity and Codeability in Digital Urban Governance RGS-IBG Annual Meeting, Birmingham 2025 Session Organisers: Prof Ayona Datta, Dr Fenna Hoefsloot, Dr Mariana Reyes ...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📣 CfP ALGORITHMIC REFUSAL: CREATIVITY AND CODEABILITY IN DIGITAL URBAN GOVERNANCE
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
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New paper by Vicky Habermehl & I on 'the density dialectic', open access in IJURR. Based on our research in London, we explore the value of a dialectical approach to density & densification
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THE DENSITY DIALECTIC: Between Hard and Gentle Densification in London
Density is critical to cities, but how might we conceive and research its role in urban development? We argue that a conceptualization of the ‘density dialectic’ offers a productive response. Drawing...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New paper by Vicky Habermehl & I on 'the density dialectic', open access in IJURR. Based on our research in London, we explore the value of a dialectical approach to density & densification
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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First post on bsky! Delighted to find my paper coauthored with @hyunshin.bsky.social was published online by @urbanstudiesonline.com on the first day of the year of snake! Hope it to be a good start.
February 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
First post on bsky! Delighted to find my paper coauthored with @hyunshin.bsky.social was published online by @urbanstudiesonline.com on the first day of the year of snake! Hope it to be a good start.
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Fantastic to have David Jackman here talking about his fantastic new book, ‘Syndicates & Societies: Criminal
Politics in #Dhaka’. Published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Politics in #Dhaka’. Published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
@nabmed.bsky.social @sperishefuni.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fantastic to have David Jackman here talking about his fantastic new book, ‘Syndicates & Societies: Criminal
Politics in #Dhaka’. Published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
@nabmed.bsky.social @sperishefuni.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
Politics in #Dhaka’. Published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
@nabmed.bsky.social @sperishefuni.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
What do sidewalk activities reveal about belonging in socially diverse territories? How is belonging claimed through insurgent citizenship in the face of displacement from private entities wielding state power? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What do sidewalk activities reveal about belonging in socially diverse territories? How is belonging claimed through insurgent citizenship in the face of displacement from private entities wielding state power? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🔍 Els béns comuns urbans, com a forma alternativa d’organització socioeconòmica, han estat poc estudiats a escala metropolitana.
La investigadora Laura Calvet-Mir, participa en aq article a @urbangeography.bsky.social on s'analitzen 1.100 iniciatives a l’#amb 👇
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La investigadora Laura Calvet-Mir, participa en aq article a @urbangeography.bsky.social on s'analitzen 1.100 iniciatives a l’#amb 👇
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Metropolitan geographies of urban commons: mapping socio-economic alternatives in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona - Institut Metròpoli
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February 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔍 Els béns comuns urbans, com a forma alternativa d’organització socioeconòmica, han estat poc estudiats a escala metropolitana.
La investigadora Laura Calvet-Mir, participa en aq article a @urbangeography.bsky.social on s'analitzen 1.100 iniciatives a l’#amb 👇
🔗 bit.ly/bens-comuns-...
La investigadora Laura Calvet-Mir, participa en aq article a @urbangeography.bsky.social on s'analitzen 1.100 iniciatives a l’#amb 👇
🔗 bit.ly/bens-comuns-...
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“Our mission in the union is to crush the lawyers.”
Stupendous episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social on tenant organizing, with a heap of nonprofit hate that warms my soul (during my 15 degree outdoor morning workout).
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Stupendous episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social on tenant organizing, with a heap of nonprofit hate that warms my soul (during my 15 degree outdoor morning workout).
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Abolish Rent w/ Leonardo Vilchis and Tracy Rosenthal
The Dig · Episode
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January 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Our mission in the union is to crush the lawyers.”
Stupendous episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social on tenant organizing, with a heap of nonprofit hate that warms my soul (during my 15 degree outdoor morning workout).
open.spotify.com/episode/6bMS...
Stupendous episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social on tenant organizing, with a heap of nonprofit hate that warms my soul (during my 15 degree outdoor morning workout).
open.spotify.com/episode/6bMS...
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A reminder that the second wave of squatting in West Berlin began on this day in 1979
03.02.79, Berlin: Erste Instand(be)setzung zweier Wohnungen in der Görlitzer Str.74 und Lübbener Str.3 durch die BI SO 36.
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A reminder that the second wave of squatting in West Berlin began on this day in 1979
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
Senior Lecturer/Professor in Social and Public Policy.
Lead cutting-edge research, deliver research-led teaching, and engage with external stakeholders.
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Lead cutting-edge research, deliver research-led teaching, and engage with external stakeholders.
📅 Apply by: 3rd March 2025
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February 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
Senior Lecturer/Professor in Social and Public Policy.
Lead cutting-edge research, deliver research-led teaching, and engage with external stakeholders.
📅 Apply by: 3rd March 2025
🔗 Apply here: tinyurl.com/4ew5xk2s
#AcademicJobs #SocialPolicy #HigherEdJobs
Senior Lecturer/Professor in Social and Public Policy.
Lead cutting-edge research, deliver research-led teaching, and engage with external stakeholders.
📅 Apply by: 3rd March 2025
🔗 Apply here: tinyurl.com/4ew5xk2s
#AcademicJobs #SocialPolicy #HigherEdJobs