Jonathan Davies
@profjsdavies.bsky.social
University professor of urban studies and public policy. Hanging on by the skin of my teeth.
Socialist.
Twitter exile.
Living with CLL thanks to NHS.
Socialist.
Twitter exile.
Living with CLL thanks to NHS.
Pinned
Jonathan Davies
@profjsdavies.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Towards a crisis of resilience? Eight takes on a troubling concept
Framed by the contradictory tonalities of United Nations (UN) discourse, the paper argues that the global governance concept of resilience is being drawn into the very crises it seeks to mitigate, ...
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Now published in City: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory and Action. Towards a Crisis of Resilience? Eight takes on a Troubling Concept. This one was two years in review, so delighted to see it out there. @city-journal.bsky.social
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'Once again, the lack of regulation in the university sector has thrown up the risk of creating disciplinary “cold spots”; if the proposals are adopted, students in the East Midlands will no longer have a local opportunity to develop an integrated knowledge of languages and cultures.' 3/3
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'Once again, the lack of regulation in the university sector has thrown up the risk of creating disciplinary “cold spots”; if the proposals are adopted, students in the East Midlands will no longer have a local opportunity to develop an integrated knowledge of languages and cultures.' 3/3
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'After vigorous and partially successful attempts to save modern languages degrees at Cardiff...and the University of Aberdeen in the past two years, linguists are now called upon to point out the equally obvious folly of cutting modern languages at the universities of Nottingham and Leicester.' 1/3
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'After vigorous and partially successful attempts to save modern languages degrees at Cardiff...and the University of Aberdeen in the past two years, linguists are now called upon to point out the equally obvious folly of cutting modern languages at the universities of Nottingham and Leicester.' 1/3
You get a pass. You’re wealthy, we get the money back, plus a lot more, by taxing the arse off you. Simples! #universalism
TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has become embroiled in a row with children’s author Michael Rosen after accusing some users of a free public transport travel pass for pensioners of “bankrupting our country”.
Kirstie Allsopp says free bus pass users like Michael Rosen 'bankrupting us'
www.mirror.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
You get a pass. You’re wealthy, we get the money back, plus a lot more, by taxing the arse off you. Simples! #universalism
We are under a severe weather warning for rain from 12:00, and advised to make preparations and take action. Can anyone advise me of what these preparations and actions should consist? So far, I've pulled the curtains and retreated to bed. Anything else?
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We are under a severe weather warning for rain from 12:00, and advised to make preparations and take action. Can anyone advise me of what these preparations and actions should consist? So far, I've pulled the curtains and retreated to bed. Anything else?
Professor Turi King, who led the research, said: “If he was to look at his own genetic results, he’d almost certainly have sent himself to the gas chambers.”
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/adol...
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/adol...
Adolf Hitler may have had micro-penis due to genetic disorder, researchers say
Documentary investigating the Nazi dictator’s DNA reveals Adolf Hitler had Kallmann syndrome, a disorder which delays puberty and hinders sexual development
www.standard.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Professor Turi King, who led the research, said: “If he was to look at his own genetic results, he’d almost certainly have sent himself to the gas chambers.”
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/adol...
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/adol...
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I wrote for the Big Issue about Sudan and how the UK's foreign policy choices cause forced displacement while the UK then denies responsibility for refugees and refuses safe routes to seek asylum.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/suda...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/suda...
Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers
Ben Whitham, senior policy and research officer at Refugee Action, writes that the Sudan war exposes 'racial injustice' in the asylum system.
www.bigissue.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I wrote for the Big Issue about Sudan and how the UK's foreign policy choices cause forced displacement while the UK then denies responsibility for refugees and refuses safe routes to seek asylum.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/suda...
www.bigissue.com/opinion/suda...
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In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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Thanks to all who have already signed the petition about the closure of Geography at the Uni. If you haven’t, please do so to help stop this ill-thought out action that threatens the future of staff, students & the discipline at Leicester
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
Sign the Petition
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thanks to all who have already signed the petition about the closure of Geography at the Uni. If you haven’t, please do so to help stop this ill-thought out action that threatens the future of staff, students & the discipline at Leicester
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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“The essential services we need to survive used to be owned by us: the UK public. Our public services have been sold off to private corporations over whom we have no control.”
@kmilb.bsky.social, author of Radical Abundance, interviewed on @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
@kmilb.bsky.social, author of Radical Abundance, interviewed on @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
Radical abundance: how to build an alternative to capitalism
Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Keir Milburn and Frances Northrop
neweconomics.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The essential services we need to survive used to be owned by us: the UK public. Our public services have been sold off to private corporations over whom we have no control.”
@kmilb.bsky.social, author of Radical Abundance, interviewed on @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
@kmilb.bsky.social, author of Radical Abundance, interviewed on @neweconomics.bsky.social
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
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As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I still don’t understand why they ruled out tax rises. It would’ve made no electoral difference. Reviving the fortunes of a faded imperial hegemon is far beyond a government such as this one, but so much of the political damage is self-inflicted.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Reeves refuses to say she will stick to manifesto pledge on tax rises and insists she must face world ‘as it is’ – UK politics live
Chancellor says she is focused on priorities for British people in pre-budget speech laying ground for expected tax rises
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I still don’t understand why they ruled out tax rises. It would’ve made no electoral difference. Reviving the fortunes of a faded imperial hegemon is far beyond a government such as this one, but so much of the political damage is self-inflicted.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Event alert! 📣
Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & 🏴
Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)
🗓️ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
📍 Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow
Come & join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-exp...
Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & 🏴
Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)
🗓️ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
📍 Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow
Come & join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-exp...
Mayors - exploring the promises and pitfalls
On Wednesday 26th November, we will be joined for a guest lecture by Prof John Tomaney from UCL.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Event alert! 📣
Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & 🏴
Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)
🗓️ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
📍 Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow
Come & join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-exp...
Guest lecture: Prof John Tomaney (UCL) on Mayors & 🏴
Discussants: Dr Caroline Brown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social (RTPI) & Prof Iain Docherty (Stirling University)
🗓️ Wed, 26 Nov, 4-6pm
📍 Clarice Pears Bld, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow
Come & join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/mayors-exp...
A quite extraordinary cloudburst filled those bunkers up. Around 15 minutes of rain.
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A quite extraordinary cloudburst filled those bunkers up. Around 15 minutes of rain.
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My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
Hackney synagogue calls on Zack Polanski to suspend Green councillors who ‘rallied against Israel’ - The Jewish Chronicle
An extraordinary meeting of the council, called to discuss a motion to cut all ties with ‘Israel’s genocide’, led to an ‘inflamed’ debate
www.thejc.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
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I do hope you all watch Gogglebox. Here’s a clip that works for anyone who works in British higher education. And indeed everybody else.
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I do hope you all watch Gogglebox. Here’s a clip that works for anyone who works in British higher education. And indeed everybody else.
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the Al-Sedra area of the occupied West Bank, setting homes and property on fire.
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in the Al-Sedra area of the occupied West Bank, setting homes and property on fire.
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I have spent the last month using Kagi instead of Google for search. You have to pay, but it is such a better search experience. I get webpage results instead of just AI goop and adverts! It's very nice to have a search provider where I am the customer, not the product.
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I have spent the last month using Kagi instead of Google for search. You have to pay, but it is such a better search experience. I get webpage results instead of just AI goop and adverts! It's very nice to have a search provider where I am the customer, not the product.
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More from me on #PoliticsLive:
🤔 Labour MP said she benefited from safe & secure as a kid, as did many, so why won’t govt extend that opportunity to others?
👀 see Manchester where ‘build baby build’ has been embraced yet there’s been +50% rent rises & mass displacement
🤔 Labour MP said she benefited from safe & secure as a kid, as did many, so why won’t govt extend that opportunity to others?
👀 see Manchester where ‘build baby build’ has been embraced yet there’s been +50% rent rises & mass displacement
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
More from me on #PoliticsLive:
🤔 Labour MP said she benefited from safe & secure as a kid, as did many, so why won’t govt extend that opportunity to others?
👀 see Manchester where ‘build baby build’ has been embraced yet there’s been +50% rent rises & mass displacement
🤔 Labour MP said she benefited from safe & secure as a kid, as did many, so why won’t govt extend that opportunity to others?
👀 see Manchester where ‘build baby build’ has been embraced yet there’s been +50% rent rises & mass displacement
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It's our 10th Birthday!!!
As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield.
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield.
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Ten Years of Urban Research – Happy Birthday to the Urban Institute
As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield...
sheffield.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It's our 10th Birthday!!!
As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield.
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
As we enter Urban October we are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield.
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
To be fair, the UK economy was in a state long before Brexit. Much of the EU economy is in a state. A hard restructuring and repositioning of British capitalism is one of the things the right hoped to achieve by Brexit. They failed. Equally, the EU would extract a very painful price for re-entry.
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
To be fair, the UK economy was in a state long before Brexit. Much of the EU economy is in a state. A hard restructuring and repositioning of British capitalism is one of the things the right hoped to achieve by Brexit. They failed. Equally, the EU would extract a very painful price for re-entry.
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Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
What's going on here? Are the Israeli police anti-semitic? Starmer and Miliband to the rescue!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting
Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What's going on here? Are the Israeli police anti-semitic? Starmer and Miliband to the rescue!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...