Really happy to have a break from London life with pretty scenic view in coastal area like Lisbon, but definitely ecstatic to share the struggles of doing a doctoral study with my fellows here. Can't wait to attend the next conference in two years!

I also convened a hybrid session titled “Unveiling Hidden Geographies: Creative Representations of Urban Geopolitics” with Houwei Fu and Nurul Atikah Ramli. Our session was sponsored by Political Geography Research Group—to which we’re so grateful 🥳

I got a very interesting question directed to all presenters in my session: “What is the genealogy of your study so that you’re now studying political geography?”

Well, considering my background in urban planning and urban analytics, the question means a lot.

Nonetheless, the question remains: How can human rights cities move beyond branding to ensure sustainable, inclusive practices for all?

Link for article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

(4/4)

This study contributes to widening the conversation on human rights city by bringing Global South and small city perspectives into view. It also highlights the need to ensure that persons with disabilities are not only included symbolically but empowered as co-creators of the right to the city (3/n)

Using the concept of "overlooked-ness", not only did human rights city become an overlooked concept in Indonesian urban planning literature, but also how the rights of person with disabilities became overlooked within Wonosobo human rights city framework (2/n)

Many thanks to ASEAS UK for sponsoring my accommodation and Srinakharinwirot University for hosting us!

I really appreciate the Committee as the conference’s vibes was great, with so many peers having great topics on a wide array of geography. Quite a lesson to be more selective on choosing conferences in the future.

Have to mention my very supportive supervisors @citygeographics.bsky.social and @sjg.dev for their guidance and encouraging spirit!

- Age data is unreliable! But the report content remains important anyway
- Pre-determined agenda of government manifest in the design of citizen reporting systems.
- Further investigations needed to see the economic, political, and sociolinguistic dimensions of citizen reporting platforms.

Initial findings:
- Citizen reporting systems are among emerging means of digital public participation
- Different areas have higher values of socio-economic and demographic variables of digital participation
- Only 4 variables of reporting behaviour can explain 89.2% of report counts [cont.]

Of course, as it’s paywalled, hit me up for the article!

We argue for integrated spatial planning to support the emergence of these cities, which are also underrepresented in planning literature.

The link for the article is here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We employed quantitative & spatial analysis and found three dominating patterns of megaregionalisation process in Java Island: small cities supporting metropolitan areas, small cities showing a strong pattern of desakota formation process, and small cities slowly emerging as sub-centres.