Emails from predatory journals used to annoy me, now I take a moment to appreciate their words of praise, before swiftly hitting the delete and junk button #academicchatter #takewhatyoucan #research

I will never understand a reviewer who is condescending, or belittling… the review process is indeed meant to be a form of assessment, but also, academic debate…. What is there to be gained by degrading authors who might have worked months if not years on a piece of work? #academicchatter #academia

A preview to my new job loading ! Watch this space to hear more… SAIL Amsterdam happens every 5 years in Amsterdam and is the largest sailing parade in the world. It boasts hundreds of ships, boats and submarines originating from all over the world!! #sail #amsterdam #newjobloading #heelgezellig

this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility

Hot off the press! Available in both Dutch and English www.tudelft.nl/innovatie-im...

Beautiful Bristol - Bristol is famous for its colourful, charming row houses #bristol #travels #uk

Another fantastic GISRUK conference complete ! I have really enjoyed my time in Bristol and want to thank all the wonderful people I connected with and especially the organising committee for an amazing conference [email protected] #inspired #bristol #gisruk2025

Got this today! Some backstory: the first journal I applied to with this article desk rejected it - it's now one of the most viewed articles in @geog-analysis.bsky.social published in 2023! Key to the academic publishing process is grit, this is your sign to just keep going... #academia #publishing

The Data + Feminism Lab is proud to support this brilliant and beautiful collaborative book! It’s available in Spanish and the title in English translates to “Feminist Security Studies from Latin America and the Caribbean’

What an awesome initiative! when the development of urban infrastructure involves the local community - the local community takes ownership! great case study #cyclinglanes #cycling #artists

If you—or someone you know—are eager to explore #SpaceSyntax in practice or research, consider the MSc in Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities at #UCL. Gain practical skills and insights into how spatial design shapes human behavior. Join the info event online on 20 February 2025 bit.ly/ssac_info

Are you interested in the intersection between #AI and #urbanism? Are you eager to learn how the field of urban planning, governance and design is evolving with AI? I am pleased to share the AI in Urban Planning Program: urbanai.academy. 1/3

The world is in shambles right now.. so I give you a picture of my sweet Kitty, she brings me joy everyday and is getting me through the last months of my PhD #acknowledgements #catsofbluesky #cat

Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.

Stanford Economist Raj Chetty: "If one wants to revive the “American Dream” of high rates of absolute mobility, one must have an interest in growth that is shared more broadly across the income distribution." Read more: evonomics.com/the-end-of-u... #inequality

Neue Namensidee

The colonial powers never stopped their colonial extraction.

I had the privilege of attending a #data #feminism workshop - the speakers were diverse and thought provoking! Some notes I took, which offer just a glimpse into some of the incredibly important #insights shared: 1/5

Something that has become very clear to me from working on housing and urban policy more generally is that a lot of people — including a lot of professional advocates — think that there's a way to do policymaking without any tradeoffs, and the existence of tradeoffs means you did something wrong.

From my trifle to yours: wishing you a very Merry Christmas 💛

Wishing all an amazing and blessed Christmas break - here’s a sneak peak of mine! Officially signing off for the year :) #break #holiday #vacationtime

Bluesky feels like a breath of fresh air, whilst my Twitter feed feels like the earth is burning 🔥 don’t know which one is real, but I sure feel far more optimistic about the world seeing all this wonderful work/ideas from amazing people 🚀

Happy Spooky Season 🎃 #autumn #halloween

This documentary showcases some amazing, place based innovations in three cities across Africa: Cape Town, Nairobi and Lagos. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFYW... 1/3

As Bluesky is growing 🥳, I have updated this starter pack with more people who post about cities, science, and policy. go.bsky.app/Gf7viP1

I created a podcast based on one of our papers using Google's AI LM Notebook 🤯This is far beyond the Turing test.. If you would like to hear this 12 minute conversation based on our paper unpacking urban inequalities have a listen below! #urbaninequalities #ai notebooklm.google.com/notebook/628...

I have to agree with this, a mean review reflects far more on the reviewer than the people being reviewed… Quite bluntly I may ask, why reproduce toxicity?

Public query: anyone in my network going to AAG next year, any panels or sessions being organised worth noting ? Contemplating it!! Many thanks :)