And he won! For some insight into how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got there, listen to the discussion from July with @katiepruszynski.bsky.social, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social Full episode here open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ... Skip to 25:10 for more

Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register) Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

@un-habitat.bsky.social World Cities Day! And another episode of #urbanradar open.spotify.com/episode/3VgE... Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen

Another taster of the latest #UrbanRadar feature on Humanity's Urban Future with Ash Amin, @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Listen to this clip of @xazaaradjame.bsky.social in conversation with @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social with Ash Amin, drawing on work for @britishacademy.bsky.social and CIFAR @michelelancione.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social

A very special episode of #UrbanRadar #podcast to share this Urban October. open.spotify.com/episode/20A1... HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social

“That’s the biggest misunderstanding in this country of the housing crisis. That it’s a crisis reserved for the poorest people in insecure jobs…” @drabioconnor.bsky.social talks to BBC Panorama’s Anita Rani as part of their investigation into the UK housing crisis. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Check out this excellent interview given by @drabioconnor.bsky.social to #PoliticsLive on mass displacement and rent rises in Manchester

Catch up here with @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social as it celebrates 10 years of urban research @sheffielduni.bsky.social

My Global Corridor newsletter #5 is out now This issue features stories, data, opinion + academic work from Pakistani ports to Russia in Sudan to Middle Eastern railways to the longest film ever (on logistics).... globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

Looking forward to The World Transformed Festival of radical politics, art and culture kicking off tomorrow... I'm involved in two sessions, a panel looking at the power of Abu Dhabi in the UK/MCR + a walking tour of financialised MCR More info here theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

And here's @simonrushton.bsky.social chatting to the very same @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on Nepal's uprising and local peace-building processes in Colombia

Sneak preview of @samburgum.bsky.social speaking to #urbanradar podcast hosts @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social on this month's radar

It was a great pleasure and privilege to have this small book review forum on ‘Politics and the Urban Frontier’ in @urbanstudiesjournal.com. Thank you to all involved!

New episode of #UrbanRadar! In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/episode/56j1...

JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield - Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

New episode out now! A great listen for researchers, students, and advocates for knowledge coproduction Featuring Diana Mitlin, Melanie Lombard, myself & @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @coprofutures.bsky.social @africancities.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

This is phenomenal news! Congratulations to @vanesilla.bsky.social and @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social for this prestigious accolade.

Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

New #UrbanRadar! URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South. open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ... @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

I was fortunate enough to interview @andyburnham.bsky.social for #urbanradar podcast and hear first-hand about broken Britain & what is needed to rewire systems and rebalance power I was convinced by much of it - listen here open.spotify.com/episode/6qGi... www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu: FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 👇

Moving trailer for @invisiblemapper.bsky.social new GLOBALCORRIDOR film directed by Spyros Gerousis 👇🏽👇🏽

New book from Vanesa Castán Broto + collaborators Co-production of Knowledge in Action Emancipatory strategies for urban equality (OPEN ACCESS with UCL Press) uclpress.co.uk/book/co-prod...

"The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion" Jon Silver in the Conversation theconversation.com/the-gaza-riv...

📍 What really drives land value change in African cities? @goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇 www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...

"This article examines the doubleness of precarity as an atmosphere of both how life is made marginal and how life exceeds the margins imposed." @xazaaradjame.bsky.social Check out new article below

Upcoming launch event for a C40 Cities special issue that @zacjtaylor.bsky.social & I have edited on climate risk, finance, and adaptation! We’ll speak with some stellar panelists: @pmbigger.bsky.social, @lindashi.bsky.social, @kellyhereid.bsky.social & Kayin Venner. Register here: bit.ly/4m7kCDo

What kinds of epistemic violence or justice might we foster when we translate words, concepts and ideas in, out and between places? Register now for the @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social's #urbanepistemics workshop on "Untranslatable?" Tues 7th Oct, all day, online sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

Not in Sheffield? This one is for you Online book launch of "The Gated City" Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST Register below... @qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

In Sheffield - in person event on 18th September - register below @africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

'Global Corridor' offers a regular round up of some of the most interesting news, stories, data, opinion + academic work on global infrastructure. Subscribe to Jon Silver's new Substack newsletter here ⏬ globalcorridor.substack.com

If you missed #urbanradar over the summer, here is a bumper episode - Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities - Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan open.spotify.com/episode/3lcH...

We missed this over the summer! To hear @qurbanist.bsky.social talk about his work on wealth elites, tune into last month's #urbanradar here open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ...

"China's African port expansion, the end of the Line? Trump's self-named corridor, CPEC, Not Just Roads and Pakistani gateways." My second Global Corridor newsletter is now on Substack providing news + views on global infrastructure. globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

New evidence of barriers to co-produced research The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

😎 I was very chuffed to be interviewed by @lauriewinkless.bsky.social for her @forbes.com feature ‘How Can We Make Our Cities More Child-Friendly?’ #HelenWoolley and I reflect on our respective research on planning & designing cities that take children’s rights seriously @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Latest Urban Radar feature now out... With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab) "Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen... @itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7i6v...

Critical work from @anomiegeog.bsky.social on eviction, property and Cape Town

URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH - New Urban Radar podcast available now... 🙊 💰 In this month's episode Tom and Beth are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Rowland Atkinson to examine the impacts of political and wealth elites on urban life. open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ...

Great substack from @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social - check it out for news and opinion on global infrastructure @itsbethperry.bsky.social

"Gardeners have been urged to work with their neighbours to support moths and hover flies after research found them to be particularly sensitive to urban landscapes." Check out this article featuring work from researchers in biosciences @sheffielduni.bsky.social Thanks to @malcolmtait.bsky.social

More summer listening with latest episode of Urban Radar - @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social dive into urban political and wealth elites with @katiepruszynski.bsky.social and @qurbanist.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ...

How safe are our homes today? In Urban Radar, Jenny Preece looks at housing safety after Grenfell, plus trans rights, urban festivals, AI propaganda and more. Listen here: bit.ly/45kKKWc

New episode of #urbanradar podcast here #CYBORG RIGHTS AND THE CITY Its a corker... With Simon Marvin and Allan McCay in conversation with @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social Which hole is @urban-technology.bsky.social looking down now? open.spotify.com/episode/3I5P...

Our final panel, had a brief discussion about how schools and universities are becoming key social infrastructure fostering urban intelligence. We also had discussions on urban exclusion, youth rights, informality and epistemological research methods, and how do we accommodate these frameworks.

I am fully topped up with a cornucopia of amazing international research on justices, injustices and pressing questions after the @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social Showcase

On panel 5, we discussed mobility, place and the life course, and how we’re actively exploring ways to better include young people in shaping their environments, recognising the importance of supporting their rights and their ability to participate, with brief ideas on play, migration and music.

On panel 4, we discussed citizenship, identities & solidarities in times of crisis. We had conversations around building digital & global solidarities bringing opportunity and, challenging notions of “host” & reshaping community, care, & collective struggle by refuelling the international networks.

On panel 3, we discussed about climate, water & energy justice in space addressing inequality at regional & global levels requires integrated, context sensitive approaches. Questioning current transition narratives asking who they serve & what futures they enable calling for better development model