Paul Cureton
paulcureton.bsky.social
Paul Cureton
@paulcureton.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Design, Imagination Lancaster, Lancaster University. Ultra-runner in between.
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Elliot Hartley has been at it again. This fine book just came thru our office and I will show it off at the GeoDesign Summit tomorrow.
April 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Love tinkering with tech? Care about peeps and our planet? Check out our #sustainablefutures activities Fri 11th in Morecambe + Sat 12th in Lancaster for #LancasterUniversity's #CampusInTheCity event 🤖🎨🌿

#RePlay #ROBBEtheRobot #RepairLand #EnergyMaster

#TheMakingRooms @imaginationlanc.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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we are recruiting a physical geography full professor - do contact @geodiverse.bsky.social if you need a bit of background to Oxford-University-ness (the role of the colleges here is, err, unique...). #geosky @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
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March 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Applications to the @thebartlettucl.bsky.social Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarships 2025 for those from an under-represented background can now be made. Please check eligibility criteria
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/stu...
The Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship
The Bartlett Promise aims to enable UK-domiciled students from backgrounds underrepresented in The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment to pursue a PhD at The Bartlett.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Great to share project findings from @paulcureton.bsky.social and I's Urban life and design in the drone age project (exploring the implications of BVLOS drones for urban planning and design) at the Future Flight Social Insight workshop futureflightsocial.ac.uk
Home - Future Flight Social Insight
The future of flight is changing Reducing emissions Aviation technologies are undergoing a pivotal moment, with innovative developments taking place across many fields. The UKRI Future Flight Challeng...
futureflightsocial.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Latest paper 'Digital twins and deep maps' with @robkitchin.bsky.social and myself now published by the Royal Geographic Soeciety with IBG in the journal Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers: doi.org/10.1111/tran...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
We reflect on our work to produce a 3D city information model (CIM) for Dublin that acts as a basic digital twin, and our initial attempt to use the CIM to create a deep map. We consider the politics....
doi.org
July 25, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Lancaster University and surrounding region now playable in Cities Skylines 2. @imaginationlanc.bsky.social
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Lancaster UK - Paradox Mods
Lancaster UK
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February 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Announcing a new book on planning theory, Critical Planning Futures, by Phil Allmendinger, Mark Tewdwr-Jones & Matt Wargent, with contributions from academics across the Global South & North, all devoted to analysing the form & future of urban planning www.routledge.com/Critical-Pla...
February 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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“The Ox-Cam Arc is back. This time the focus is on R&D & infrastructure rather than just housing. What’s missing is the community voice. In 2021, TheFutureFox ran the government's digital consultation on the Arc, the first time ever in a major spatial plan…” www.linkedin.com/posts/annett...
January 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Our newest issue explores how AI is reshaping urban planning, offering tools for discovery, design, and analysis.

Through 9 cases, authors highlight emerging techniques and stress the need for ethical, inclusive, and just applications.

Issue: shortt.link/up388bsky
AI for and in Urban Planning
Thematic Issue, Vol 10 (2025)
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January 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New book 'Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins, and Futures' at all good bookshops.

#speculativedesign #designresearch #urbanplanning #digitaltwins #geodesign #GIS
January 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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To complement our Design Management course, we’re thrilled to announce our new MA in Design Futures! Now taking applications for 2025 to explore innovative futures-oriented methods to tackle emergent issues and design for a world of complex challenges tinyurl.com/59n3s52j
December 19, 2024 at 1:24 PM