Professor Loretta Lees
@lorettaclees.bsky.social
Director Boston University Initiative on Cities. Urbanist, Geographer, Public Scholar, Mum. Lives Boston USA and London UK.
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SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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Just started:
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Am hearing terrible news about closure of Leics Human Geography degree @ucu.org.uk a proud dept with strong research tradition! www.leicester.news/university-o...
University of Leicester moves forward with plans to cut 150 jobs
A 'large number of staff' across several schools could be impacted
www.leicester.news
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Am hearing terrible news about closure of Leics Human Geography degree @ucu.org.uk a proud dept with strong research tradition! www.leicester.news/university-o...
This is disgusting! When I started at Leicester it was a great institution - ‘elite but not elitist’. But problematic, inexperienced and frankly stupid, arrogant and uncaring senior management destroyed it. I feel sick for my lovely ex human geography colleagues. 😭
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is disgusting! When I started at Leicester it was a great institution - ‘elite but not elitist’. But problematic, inexperienced and frankly stupid, arrogant and uncaring senior management destroyed it. I feel sick for my lovely ex human geography colleagues. 😭
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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My post doc Josh Lown gave a great talk to QMUL geography field trip students last night in Boston. Great to catch up with Alison Blunt, Alastair and Miles too!
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My post doc Josh Lown gave a great talk to QMUL geography field trip students last night in Boston. Great to catch up with Alison Blunt, Alastair and Miles too!
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Solidarity to colleagues at Leicester Uni:
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
University of Leicester confirms formal redundancy consultation
The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Solidarity to colleagues at Leicester Uni:
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
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4 min walk from my house in London - is Archway safe anymore?
4 min walk from my house in London - is Archway safe anymore?
Ham&High on X: "‘The world’s gone mad and we don't feel safe after woman stabbed in Islington’ https://t.co/9JZEdMpBnX" / X
‘The world’s gone mad and we don't feel safe after woman stabbed in Islington’ https://t.co/9JZEdMpBnX
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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4 min walk from my house in London - is Archway safe anymore?
4 min walk from my house in London - is Archway safe anymore?
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Are you researching climate change, human mobility, and housing? If so, join us in Nola (January) for "Multiplied Displacements: The Climate-Housing Nexus" (free registration & some travel funding available) w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social & @buoncities.bsky.social architecture.tulane.edu/events/multi...
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Are you researching climate change, human mobility, and housing? If so, join us in Nola (January) for "Multiplied Displacements: The Climate-Housing Nexus" (free registration & some travel funding available) w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social & @buoncities.bsky.social architecture.tulane.edu/events/multi...
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Join the @buoncities.bsky.social and @busph.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of Urban Health in Africa, co-edited by BU Associate Professor Elaine Nsoesie! The event will feature a panel on case studies on Africa’s urbanization, health, and prosperity.
Register: www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/10/...
Register: www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/10/...
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Join the @buoncities.bsky.social and @busph.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of Urban Health in Africa, co-edited by BU Associate Professor Elaine Nsoesie! The event will feature a panel on case studies on Africa’s urbanization, health, and prosperity.
Register: www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/10/...
Register: www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/10/...
Halloween upon Boston last night 🎃 pop up horror movie South End
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Halloween upon Boston last night 🎃 pop up horror movie South End
How Democrats Became the Party of the Well-to-Do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | How Democrats Became the Party of the Well-to-Do
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October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
How Democrats Became the Party of the Well-to-Do www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
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New paper on housing data debates that traces arguments in news media between 2010 & 2025 about the number of #vacant dwellings & housing #completions in Ireland & examining the data politics of facts and counter-facts. In @journalurp.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6UCGN...
Data debates in urban development: the data politics of facts and counter-facts
Data relating to urban development are often accepted and used at face value, treated as impartial, objective, incontrovertible facts. However, the validity and veracity of official datasets can be...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
New paper on housing data debates that traces arguments in news media between 2010 & 2025 about the number of #vacant dwellings & housing #completions in Ireland & examining the data politics of facts and counter-facts. In @journalurp.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6UCGN...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Does the UK government want to see the end of UK Higher Ed long internationally leading?
The Guardian view on campus discontent: listen to those on the frontline | Editorial
Editorial: The government’s funding plans, announced in this week’s white paper, won’t do much to alleviate a deepening crisis of morale among university staff
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Does the UK government want to see the end of UK Higher Ed long internationally leading?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I’ve heard folk in Zurich saying we should look at these:
Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis? | Peter Apps
One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block, says Inside Housing’s Peter Apps
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I’ve heard folk in Zurich saying we should look at these:
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A Globe analysis of data shows rodent reports climbing steadily over the past four years, with 2025 on pace to be the rattiest year yet.
Here are Boston’s rodent hot spots - The Boston Globe
Complaints about rats have been on the rise in recent years.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A Globe analysis of data shows rodent reports climbing steadily over the past four years, with 2025 on pace to be the rattiest year yet.
Great talk @buoncities.bsky.social last night by Danny Abrahamson on the architecture of rebuilt city halls
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great talk @buoncities.bsky.social last night by Danny Abrahamson on the architecture of rebuilt city halls
Very interesting Civic AI conference
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Very interesting Civic AI conference
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#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #unranked
8 The Police | Every Breath You Take
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8 The Police | Every Breath You Take
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October 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #unranked
8 The Police | Every Breath You Take
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8 The Police | Every Breath You Take
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I won this last year, nominations open for 2026:
October 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I won this last year, nominations open for 2026:
A pleasure to be on @madalinamez.bsky.social supervisory team, an excellent PhD 🤩🥳
👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"
👩🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu
🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
👩🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu
🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A pleasure to be on @madalinamez.bsky.social supervisory team, an excellent PhD 🤩🥳
80 degrees Boston today 😎
October 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
80 degrees Boston today 😎