I went to James Fishkin’s book launch on #DeliberativeDemocracy this week @kingscollege.bsky.social
It got me thinking about the importance for policymakers & planners to rethink their public engagement tools to fight misinformation and the erosion of trust in higher education #thoughtprovoquing

Spot the academic on the beach lido!
PS given I’m in Italy I have decided to blend in by reading #Galbraith in Italian (rare finding from my dad’s library pre-Kindle) #HappyAcademicSummer

Let’s get this @regstud.bsky.social annual conference started in Porto! On my way to the board meeting but before I continue the tradition of good coffee tasting around Europe ☕️☕️☕️

Yesterday evening we welcomed @neillee.bsky.social to our Cambridge Political Economy Seminar series at @stcatherines.bsky.social @cjres.bsky.social we had a very fruitful discussion on inclusive innovation and ways to diffuse its benefits more widely. A timely topic we should keep reflecting on!

After running a module on #UrbanRegeneration with the Grafton Centre area in #Cambridge as a case study, it is a great pleasure to participate today on a community-led discussion on place identities and heritage. The Kite Festival #townandgown #togetherCulture
www.togetherculture.com/events

A small piece of personal news: I am now officially “Italish” or “Britalian” aka a dual nationality individual 🇬🇧🇮🇹

I guess now I should make something like Pizza with Marmite to prove it! #britishcitizenship #London #IslingtonTownHall

Great Cover of @economist.com this week!

Kickstarting the @regstud.bsky.social RSA students and early career conference in Cambridge co-hosted by me and Franziska Sohns at ARU. Two days ahead of stimulating discussions on producing research impacts, engaging with policy makers and developing careers in academia. #cambridge #RSAEC

Looking at #coastaltowns in England we explain the decoupling of spatial imaginaries from #localeconomies that perpetrates stagnation in #left-behind places. We call for a more effective #governance, social and environmental policies.
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

Sharing from Twitter, but the meme seemed quite accurate… did we not have any other candidates for the foreign secretary??? #UKgov

Today’s lecture room… not bad! 😊👌🏼

Public-led shared workspaces can work as a social infrastructure. They confirm the need to address the #intangible factors of #urbanregeneration in #leftbehind places, like some of our #coastaltowns in UK
New article here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hello Monday! Getting ready for the new Academic Year as a resident fellow at Downing College here in Cambridge ☀️