! New publication by @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social & others on innovation & prototypes in housing policy & construction. They shed light on the role prototypes could have in translating between users and government actors, addressing more affordable housing futures. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

After a five minute welcome home assault of wriggly hugs and kisses, Minx has put me to work playing tug of war. No rest for the wicked…

The Digital Geography and Society editorial team will be at the AAG so come along and have a chat if you’re interested on submitting a paper or have any questions for us! Times below

A busy week but finishing strong with our paper on “Prototyping as a Means to Innovate Affordable Housing Policies and Provision” out in HTS. A fun piece to write with Robyn Dowling, Pauline McGuirk, Tom Baker and Laura Goh doi.org/10.1080/1403...

He kept us waiting but it’s bound to be a ripper! Looking forward to reading new work by @samkinsley.uk

Don’t even. Traffic sign getting a bit passive aggressive there.

Giving a talk soon on Silicon Valley Imperialism for friends in Ann Arbor today!

The theme of our CfP is - painfully - gaining in further relevance as the Trump-Thiel-Musk triad deepens its AI-inflected authoritarian tendencies. Deadline for abstract submission is this Friday.

I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing @erinmcel.bsky.social “Silicon Valley Imperialism” published by @dukepress.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: it’s excellent! You can read my review in Dialogues in Urban Research here: doi.org/10.1177/2754...

Are you thinking through questions about authoritarianism & AI? Do you like geographers? If so, please consider this session on ‘Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI’ by @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social & myself which we are hoping to get up at this year’s RGS-IBG.

@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs

Finishing the year on a high with our special issue on “Housing Disruptions” which brings together excellent papers that critically examine the digital transformation of housing & home. It was a pleasure co-editing with @timwhite100.bsky.social & Dallas Rogers. Full line up in Tim’s post below:

It’s digital geography Friday! And to celebrate, I am Shari g this excellent new article by Tim White (I’m not sure if he’s on here yet) on digital experiments in rent extraction focused on the co-living sector doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

With the world as it is, I felt it was time to revisit this paper I wrote with my PhD supervisor, Kurt Iveson, on data and discipline in the city journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Just big dog fussing in the kitchen 😬😂

Really excited to see this work on a critical history of the GeoJSON file format out by @marxist.af Jim Thatcher, Laura Beltz Imaka and David O’Sullivan. Perfect for you geo spatial tech nerds and all digital geographers! doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

I’m experimenting with AI to help with in class quizzes. I seem to be unable to communicate with it without being all, “thank you!” “That’s great”, “please”, “if it’s not too much bother could you…”. I hope the AI appreciates my politeness 😂

Back in Sydney.

I’ve been very quiet on here of late so I’m going to kick things off again with this newly published progress report on digital geographies. I hope it gives those new to the field a good grounding on the cool work that geographers do on the digital! doi.org/10.1177/0309...

An opportunity to indulge my love for Haraway &Hayles in my new paper, 'Home in cybersymbiosis: making home with digital oddkin.' I look at how we make home with our digital devices. Thanks to @kylzjarrett.bsky.social whose kitchen table I wrote the first draft on www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A new years treat, with this special issue on the Home published in Australian Feminist Studies. www.tandfonline.com/toc/cafs20/3... There is a great selection of articles, so please check it out if you are interested!

I’m quickly running out of steam at this time of year so I’m going to treat myself by finally reading this book I’ve been carrying around in my bay for a month. One page in and I’m gripped!

Last week of work before I’m signing off for the year. This means it’s also the time of the year when I start getting into Christmas spirit by subjecting the dogs to their reindeer photos. They were very patient despite the indignity…

We said stay tuned so what have DallasRogers, myself, Peta Wolifson and our tenants union partners (@TUNSW @tenantsqld, @TenantsVic) been cooking up with Jack Toohey....? www.tiktok.com/@jack_toohey...

Lots of data is collected on tenants. We (Dallas Rogers, myself, Peta Wolifson & Tenants Unions) created a hypothetical universe where tenants could "know" their landlord too. It's time for a conversation about how much info is necessary for both sides. Stay tuned... knowyourlandlord.app

The 1st of our "Innovating Urban Governance" episodes is out (ltd edn hosted by @CityRoadPod)! Ep1 feat @PaulineMcGuirk & @tom_a_baker on the work of innovation units can be found here: cityroadpod.org/2023/11/20/i... Keep an ear out for @RobynSydney & me for ep 2 on design thinking the city!

I am in denial about the marking to be done…

The highlight of my week was our travel system doing weird things and costing a five day trip at $150,723. For a brief moment I thought I could travel VIP style. I can’t believe my supervisor didn’t approve it! 😂

In case you missed it, Australian Feminist Studies has a new SI on Home! It was great collaborative editorial process with Jane Simon, Lilian Chee, &Cathy Smith. Reflections on, and from, Feminist Practice: Introduction to the ‘Home’ Special Issue www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

*The Urban Cartel* are playing & reading @drnatosborne.bsky.social 's essay *For still possible cities: a politics of failure for the politically depressed* Dallas Rogers, drums; Laurence Troy, double bass; Steve Burns, guitar; Kurt Iveson, guitar; Me, Vox Fri 3rd Nov Amplify exhibition, Tin Sheds

A great day working on what a tenant oriented property tech platform would look like with our tenants union partners as part of our ARC Linkage research on technology and the rental sector.

Great to chat with Dr Christina Ballico and Dallas Rogers about music and sound as part of the Amplify: Story, Resistance, Radio exhibition’s pirate radio! Soon to be on City Road podcast. Photo credit: Christina Ballico.

A quick trip to Brisbane for family things this weekend. I miss this place

Going to #AAG2024 and interested in the geographies of mobility transition? Send us your abstracts! #geosky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I love to run in every city I visit. It’s a good way to get to know new places. Scrolling through my phone today I came across this beautiful early morning sun on a run in Hyde Park. I’m always thrilled at there being such a large green space in the city. A favourite run of mine.