Wojciech Kębłowski
@wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social
Researcher and photographer | Assistant Professor @ #HKU
Urban, transport & political #geography
#Critical #transport and #mobility, #politicaleconomy, #labour, #fares and #freepublictransport
Urban #alternatives
Local impact of #globalChina & #BRI
Urban, transport & political #geography
#Critical #transport and #mobility, #politicaleconomy, #labour, #fares and #freepublictransport
Urban #alternatives
Local impact of #globalChina & #BRI
I am really thrilled to see this published in Eurasian Geography and Economics — I feel this is one of the best text I've ever written.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CSDAE...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CSDAE...
Catching China-Europe trains: local agency and Global China in the Polish borderland
This article explores how Małaszewicze, a small locality in Eastern Poland, is deeply entangled with China’s global ambitions. Positioned at the European Union border, Małaszewicze is home to one o...
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August 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I am really thrilled to see this published in Eurasian Geography and Economics — I feel this is one of the best text I've ever written.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CSDAE...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CSDAE...
Trying to cope with the intensity of Hong Kong, my new home for almost a month now, I've started recording some (mostly visual) notes from the city. Feel free to check them out on my substack!
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You can even subscribe so that you don't miss the next post ;)
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You can even subscribe so that you don't miss the next post ;)
June 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Trying to cope with the intensity of Hong Kong, my new home for almost a month now, I've started recording some (mostly visual) notes from the city. Feel free to check them out on my substack!
wojoinhk.substack.com
You can even subscribe so that you don't miss the next post ;)
wojoinhk.substack.com
You can even subscribe so that you don't miss the next post ;)
Having moved to The University of Hong Kong's Department Urban Planning and Design, I am currently accepting applications for Postdocs, PhD students, and Research Assistants working along my research lines.
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June 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Having moved to The University of Hong Kong's Department Urban Planning and Design, I am currently accepting applications for Postdocs, PhD students, and Research Assistants working along my research lines.
I am truly delighted to announce that today I am starting a new job at The University of Hong Kong, joining the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Faculty of Architecture as Assistant Professor.
June 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I am truly delighted to announce that today I am starting a new job at The University of Hong Kong, joining the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Faculty of Architecture as Assistant Professor.
Delighted to have seen Merlin Gillard defend his thesis yesterday.
Do check his work about the production of public transport through the lens of labour, fares and surveillance, comparing Luxembourg and Santiago de Cuba!
Do check his work about the production of public transport through the lens of labour, fares and surveillance, comparing Luxembourg and Santiago de Cuba!
Today Merlin Gillard successfully defended his PhD on the links between fare (free) policy, governance and surveillance of public transport, employing discourse analysis and ethnographic methods in cases in Luxembourg and Cuba. Congratulations to the new doctor!
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Delighted to have seen Merlin Gillard defend his thesis yesterday.
Do check his work about the production of public transport through the lens of labour, fares and surveillance, comparing Luxembourg and Santiago de Cuba!
Do check his work about the production of public transport through the lens of labour, fares and surveillance, comparing Luxembourg and Santiago de Cuba!
Excited to take part of this panel at the upcoming Capitalist Transformations in Eastern and Central Europe’ conference, an academic event that takes place online between 19 - 22 May 2025.
May 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Excited to take part of this panel at the upcoming Capitalist Transformations in Eastern and Central Europe’ conference, an academic event that takes place online between 19 - 22 May 2025.
From a couple of walks across #Detroit's #CBD
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
From a couple of walks across #Detroit's #CBD
@evgenymorozov.bsky.social at his best: “The oligarch-intellectuals … are treading the Soviet path”
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www.theideasletter.org/essay/silico...
The New Legislators of Silicon Valley - The Ideas Letter
Morozov describes a newly emerged Silicon Valley class of “oligarch-intellectuals,” billionaire tech elites who combine vast wealth, ideological ambition, and the philosophical pretense to reshape pub...
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April 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@evgenymorozov.bsky.social at his best: “The oligarch-intellectuals … are treading the Soviet path”
www.theideasletter.org/essay/silico...
www.theideasletter.org/essay/silico...
New article!
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
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We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From the fringes to the mainstream and back? The geography of pandemic-driven evolution of fare-free public transport in the United States
The article examines the surprising uptake of the fare-free public transport (FFPT) policy in the United States during the first two years of the COVI…
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April 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New article!
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Quote of the #AAG thus far just now by @stefankip.bsky.social "Let’s thank the far-right for identifying the threat and hope — scientists, queer people, people of colour, … we are the threat, we are here”
March 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Quote of the #AAG thus far just now by @stefankip.bsky.social "Let’s thank the far-right for identifying the threat and hope — scientists, queer people, people of colour, … we are the threat, we are here”
So excited to be back to the US and #AAG after six years!
I had a really amazing walk last night around Detroit: it's such a privilege to be back here.
I had a really amazing walk last night around Detroit: it's such a privilege to be back here.
March 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So excited to be back to the US and #AAG after six years!
I had a really amazing walk last night around Detroit: it's such a privilege to be back here.
I had a really amazing walk last night around Detroit: it's such a privilege to be back here.
In Luxembourg today for the final seminar of LiFT, our research project on fare-free public transport (FFPT).
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
📣Kick-off of the Symposium "To pay or not to pay: The role of fares in #publictransport"
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In Luxembourg today for the final seminar of LiFT, our research project on fare-free public transport (FFPT).
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
“The interviews also show that high PT fares, before the introduction of the €58 “Deutschlandticket,” had been a major barrier, forcing individuals to choose between transport and other essential needs like food and housing. This financial constraint limits mobility […]”
Interesting-looking new study on transport poverty in Berlin and Hamburg doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
March 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“The interviews also show that high PT fares, before the introduction of the €58 “Deutschlandticket,” had been a major barrier, forcing individuals to choose between transport and other essential needs like food and housing. This financial constraint limits mobility […]”
Yet another town in Brazil has adopted fare-free public transport.
Brazil is where the exclusionary and toxic nature of fares is plain to be seen.
Fares are not an economic necessity, but a political choice.
Brazil is where the exclusionary and toxic nature of fares is plain to be seen.
Fares are not an economic necessity, but a political choice.
Com mais de 90 mil habitantes São João del Rei adota a Tarifa Zero nos ônibus.
Se torna a 13ª maior cidade do Brasil e a 3ª de Minas, depois de Ibirité e Ituiutaba, a adotar a TZ.
Muito bom ver cada vez mais cidades buscarem garantir transporte como um direito.
www.otempo.com.br/cidades/2025...
Se torna a 13ª maior cidade do Brasil e a 3ª de Minas, depois de Ibirité e Ituiutaba, a adotar a TZ.
Muito bom ver cada vez mais cidades buscarem garantir transporte como um direito.
www.otempo.com.br/cidades/2025...
Tarifa Zero: São João del-Rei anuncia ônibus gratuito para a população; veja quando inicia
O financiamento do Programa Tarifa Zero será garantido por múltiplas fontes, incluindo recursos orçamentários municipais, transferências governamentais...
www.otempo.com.br
March 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yet another town in Brazil has adopted fare-free public transport.
Brazil is where the exclusionary and toxic nature of fares is plain to be seen.
Fares are not an economic necessity, but a political choice.
Brazil is where the exclusionary and toxic nature of fares is plain to be seen.
Fares are not an economic necessity, but a political choice.
Reposted by Wojciech Kębłowski
We’ve had EVs for over 100 years
March 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We’ve had EVs for over 100 years
Reposted by Wojciech Kębłowski
Hey, everyone!
Here are some of my favorite online markets to use instead of Amazon:
etrailer.com - DIY products, RV focused
bhphotovideo.com - Tech products, Jewish owned
chewy.com - everything pets, including prescriptions
bookshop.org - buy books, support local bookstores
Share yours below!
Here are some of my favorite online markets to use instead of Amazon:
etrailer.com - DIY products, RV focused
bhphotovideo.com - Tech products, Jewish owned
chewy.com - everything pets, including prescriptions
bookshop.org - buy books, support local bookstores
Share yours below!
March 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Hey, everyone!
Here are some of my favorite online markets to use instead of Amazon:
etrailer.com - DIY products, RV focused
bhphotovideo.com - Tech products, Jewish owned
chewy.com - everything pets, including prescriptions
bookshop.org - buy books, support local bookstores
Share yours below!
Here are some of my favorite online markets to use instead of Amazon:
etrailer.com - DIY products, RV focused
bhphotovideo.com - Tech products, Jewish owned
chewy.com - everything pets, including prescriptions
bookshop.org - buy books, support local bookstores
Share yours below!
Join us on 20th March for the final event of the 5-year project on fare-free public transport, hosted by @liser.lu
www.liser.lu/news-to-pay-...
www.liser.lu/news-to-pay-...
To pay or not to pay
LISER's public research focuses on social and economic policies, including their spatial dimension. Its mission is to provide the scientific community and society with clear, relevant and solid answer...
www.liser.lu
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us on 20th March for the final event of the 5-year project on fare-free public transport, hosted by @liser.lu
www.liser.lu/news-to-pay-...
www.liser.lu/news-to-pay-...
More walks across #Brasilia! Exploring the beauty and contradictions of the the city presumably made for the cars...
Lots of love to @debrapolis.bsky.social for her guidance
Lots of love to @debrapolis.bsky.social for her guidance
February 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
More walks across #Brasilia! Exploring the beauty and contradictions of the the city presumably made for the cars...
Lots of love to @debrapolis.bsky.social for her guidance
Lots of love to @debrapolis.bsky.social for her guidance
humble beginning of a warm-up before pre-carnival...
February 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
humble beginning of a warm-up before pre-carnival...
uma leitura ótima: “em um mundo onde as teorias da conspiração e as curas mais absurdas são amplamente aceitas, logo desaparecem conceitos baseados em evidências, como culpa e criminalidade”
O Novo Obscurantismo espalha soluções mágicas, superstição e medo. Leia o artigo da historiadora Anne Applebaum na edição de fevereiro da piauí.
piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/mist...
piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/mist...
February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
uma leitura ótima: “em um mundo onde as teorias da conspiração e as curas mais absurdas são amplamente aceitas, logo desaparecem conceitos baseados em evidências, como culpa e criminalidade”