Raktim Ray (PhD)
@raktimplan.bsky.social
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Urbanist, Lecturer and Director of Education @UCL. Joint Programme Leader. Interests include Postcolonial Studies, Urban Theory, Radical Politics, Anarchist Geography
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raktimplan.bsky.social
Folks heading to @rgsibg.bsky.social Conference in Birmingham, please consider attending our session on "Rethinking Racial Geographies of Health" on the 27th at Arts Building: LR1 11:10-12:50. The session is sponsored by RACE Research group. See some of you there.
raktimplan.bsky.social
Dear Folks, happy to announce that our latest publication along with Srilata and Ufaque on Careful obstruction is out now. It is part of the special issue on "Decolonising urban knowledge(s): an ordinary imperative in extraordinary times" in City is out now. doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Careful obstruction: rethinking urban knowledge formations from a protest site in India
Recent scholarship in critical urban studies has engaged with the idea of obstructions, blockades, and occupations as generative sites for political action and counter-hegemonic knowledge productio...
doi.org
raktimplan.bsky.social
Kickstarting the Overseas Practice Engagement at São Paulo, Brazil for two MSc programmes DAP and BUDD @dpu_ucl. Always good to be back at @FESPSP and strengthening our long standing collaboration.
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danaelkurd.bsky.social
Answer emails and clean your house and remember to grade those remaining midterms and be present with your kid and think about fascism and 400 people dead in Gaza. But keep going because what do you even do
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nawalabu72.bsky.social
The president’s address at @isanet.bsky.social was peacefully disrupted to draw institutional attention to the issue of democratisation in ISA governance and the acknowledgement of scholasticide in how we conduct research ‘as normal’ #isa2025
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vindi-b.bsky.social
🙃 Lobbying led UK universities to adopt US-style security during Gaza protests, emails reveal: UK students faced excessive disciplinary measures as a result of heavy-handed strategy, reports claim www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Lobbying led UK universities to adopt US-style security during Gaza protests, emails reveal
UK students faced excessive disciplinary measures as a result of heavy-handed strategy, reports claim
www.theguardian.com
raktimplan.bsky.social
Dear folks, if you are planning to attend @rgsibg.bsky.social RGS-IBG conference 2025 in Birmingham please consider submitting an abstract/ creative submission to our panel on “ Rethinking racial geographies of health: epistemes, practices and ontologies” by 3rd March.
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polgrg.bsky.social
And the form to submit your conference session for potential sponsorship: docs.google.com/forms/d/1MYX...

The deadline is 7th Feb - a month ahead of the RGS' deadline for sessions.

More info about the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference and how to organise a session here: www.rgs.org/research/ann...
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polgrg.bsky.social
Are you thinking of organising a Political Geography-themed session at the 2025 RGS-IBG Annual Conference? If so, get in touch - we're pleased to extend an invitation for PolGRG session sponsorship:

More info here: polgrg.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/p...

#RGSIBG2025 #RGSIBG25
PolGRG sponsorship at the 2025 RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the next RGS-IBG Annual International Conference.  …
polgrg.wordpress.com
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polgrg.bsky.social
Please join us *tomorrow* - Weds 4th Dec, 3-4pm GMT - for our mentoring seminar on "Pathways to Academic Careers"!

More info and sign-up here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
screenshot of RGS website
raktimplan.bsky.social
Hi folks, as part of the Political Geography Research group of RGS IBG, we are organising a mentorship session for ECRs on 4th December. Please register and join us if you are interested www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
@ingridagnete.bsky.social @oliviamason.bsky.social
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jamiepeck.bsky.social
pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
Ideational geographies workshop
blogs.ubc.ca
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raktimplan.bsky.social
In response to UKRI’s letter, many people are resigning from various positions they have within UKRI. A list has been created by Gaja Maestri! Hope the number grows.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
raktimplan.bsky.social
Please share widely and sign if you work in a UK university. Academic freedom and independence of research bodies are at stake.

docs.google.com/document/d/e...
UKRI open letter (public)
docs.google.com
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tomwestern.bsky.social
A group of Palestinians from Gaza have circulated these demands, calling people everywhere to take action. Please share if you can 🇵🇸
Call from Palestinians in Gaza for an immediate ceasefire, restoration of food, water and medical supplies, protection of medical facilities, safe passage for casualties and those in need of medical treatment, and a rejection of forced displacement
raktimplan.bsky.social
In the darkest moment, still this city makes me believe hope still exists.#FreePalestine
raktimplan.bsky.social
“Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?”
raktimplan.bsky.social
When we enjoy the sun from our privilege corners in London, the settler colonialists deny indigenous rights, bring violence over occupied people. There will be a day when the sun will rise elsewhere, from the land to the sea, a collective struggle by the oppressed against settler colonialists.