Cities, global development, political economy, science & miscellanea. Currently writing a book on *How we became an urban species* Papers available on my site
Bristol, England
Joined March 2014
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🌍📢 Call for Papers!! Urban Studies seeks submissions for a special issue on Climate Urbanism, Resilience & Justice — exploring how cities confront the climate crisis, risk, & inequality. Submit your research today! @MicheleAcuto @USJ_online
urbanstudiesjournal.com/call…
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New working paper by @kivanc_karaman, @EcHistorian, & myself. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find that constrained government & state capacity were not systematically related. England stood out for combining both, which helps explain its modern econ. growth take-off. 1/15👇
Nice to see our paper on integrating social vulnerability into global flood risk mapping hit the top 25 Social & Human Behavior Articles of 2024!
@agyemangfelix @laurence_hawker @naturecomms nature.com/collections/bfgeb…
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A new @WaterAidUK report in partnership with academics @GeogBristol and @cardiffuni has revealed how the most populated cities globally are at increasing risk of flooding and drought.
Check out the @BBCNews report👇bit.ly/41M9K5Q
#ClimateChange
@_kmichaelides @DrSeanFox
ALT A view of Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan. Image credit: Water Aid/Khaula Jamil
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New Paper Alert 🔔 🔔
How has urbanisation in the Global South been modelled? @mehebubsahana and I have reviewed progress and outlined key issues for future research.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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There's been lots of great stuff written about African megacities such as Lagos and Kinshasa
But they miss something: the rise of small-town Africa
My piece this week is about how the growth of second cities and towns is transforming the continent
economist.com/middle-east-an…
🛎️Job Alert!!🛎️
We're hiring a permanent Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Development & Environment!
More information on the post and how to apply here:
jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL735/lectur…
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The December issue of Nature Cities is now live! nature.com/natcities/volumes…
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Don't miss out on this Nature article on how the global political economy of scientific research is evolving.
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The new top 200 rankings of science cities:
nature.com/nature-index/supp…
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Overcoming structural inequalities in cities through building empathy between marginalised groups and planners. It is possible and tackles major injustices. OA at npj Urban Sustainability. w Bangladeshi colleagues
@LucyLS9 @ricsdecampos @UniofExeterNews
nature.com/articles/s42949-0…
🛎️PhD opportunity!!🛎️
High-resolution modelling and geo-visualisation of socio-spatial inequalities in infrastructure access in England
working with the brilliant @agyemangfelix & Prof Ceclia Wong @OfficialUoM
findaphd.com/phds/project/hu…
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I'm extremely grateful that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@PrincetonUPress) had such a strong 1st week!
What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n
Your annual reminder that cartography shapes the way we understand our (in this case political) world
#maps #cartography #geography
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"Temples paved the way for farms and settlements, not the other way around"
- Great line from Michael Morris's new book, "TRIBAL"
🔔Cool Job Alert!!🔔
3-Year postdoc to work w/ my brilliant colleague @laurence_hawker on his exciting new FuturePop project in partnership w/ @WorldPopProject
#DataScience #demography #Geography
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN532/senior…
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New at Nature Human Behaviour w/ Esping-Andersen, Pintro-Schmitt & @PFallesen: The intergenerational persistence of poverty (the link between poverty in childhood vs. adulthood) is 4x stronger in the US than in Denmark and 2x stronger than in UK/AUS. Why? nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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Fab stuff on how #people make #urbanization in @NatCities by @BristolUni’s @DrSeanFox + @levijohnwolf calling for a clearer distinction between “urbanness” and development- absolute ⭐️five star read ⏩
(and I like what they’re doing up there at @Nature with the journal)
🔔New paper alert!🔔
*People make places urban*
in @NatCities w/ @levijohnwolf
#cities #urbanism #urbanization
We address that deceptively simple question: What makes a place urban? (TL;DR - the answer is in the title!). A short thread on key arguments
(1/10)
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VIP (Very Important Paper) on what fundamentally makes a place urban!
And none of the same stuff you have been hearing a lot of in recent years, this really is something new…
🔔New paper alert!🔔
*People make places urban*
in @NatCities w/ @levijohnwolf
#cities #urbanism #urbanization
We address that deceptively simple question: What makes a place urban? (TL;DR - the answer is in the title!). A short thread on key arguments
(1/10)
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It's interesting to reflect on the changing politics of devolution - with some geographies inconceivable 12 months ago now being proposed by authorities and vice-versa.
On the left-hand is the @LGCplus map from 2023 and on the right-hand is its map from a fortnight ago:
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We were told that this is now published, but I can't find it on the Annual Reviews website. Email me if you want a pdf. @ASUBeingHuman @asuteolab
