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Laura Sheppard @laurahsheppard.bsky.social · Apr 30

And I also had the pleasure in helping to award the @casaucl.bsky.social prize for spatial analysis, in memory of Sinesio Alves Junior, with @adamdennett.bsky.social and other CASA researchers, to the well deserving @chris-larkin.bsky.social for his PhD work on cycling and low traffic neighbourhoods

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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · Mar 10

the cost of SUVs, but it's "The Chonk Chart" (🔊 volume ON)
ft. @mariawood.bsky.social

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Jan 16

Thanks Alex! Oh, if only it were just a lottery for over subscription. It's way more crazy! We've got a visual explainer on our webpage here (half way down - also in the video) - www.parentsupport.group - essentially a policy to deliberately displace hundereds kids from their local schools.

Parent Support Group

www.parentsupport.group

Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Jan 16

A massive storm is brewing in Brighton over the council's barmy plans for secondary schools. I've been looking at the evidence, latest stuff here - adamdennett.github.io/BH_Schools_C... - I know @fionamillar.bsky.social has written about previous experiments - intriguing political dimension too!

Let’s Talk About Absence – Brighton and Hove Secondary Schools Consultation Evidence

adamdennett.github.io

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Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social · Dec 18

The @casaucl.bsky.social Christmas bash last night in Bloomsbury and the last professors standing, following the live set played by the CASA Band, with @djdunc.bsky.social @adamdennett.bsky.social @vsigno.bsky.social @sjg.dev

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Duncan Wilson @djdunc.bsky.social · Dec 18

Still smiling from the @casaucl.bsky.social Xmas social last night - the CASA band absolutely smashed it. Nice one @sjg.dev @adamdennett.bsky.social @claudelynch.bsky.social Thomas, Adam’s friend and a special nod to Aila who is one of this years USS students! cc @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

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Duncan Wilson @djdunc.bsky.social · Dec 13

Term 1 complete, now to focus on preparing a submission to CUPUM 2025 being organised by the excellent @adamdennett.bsky.social and @casaucl.bsky.social team www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/cas...

CUPUM 2025

Join us in London on 23–27 June 2025 as CASA hosts the 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Alex Singleton @alexsingleton.bsky.social · Dec 10

🚀 Job Alert!!! 🚀 The first in a series of long term posts within the SDRUK Geographic Data Service which will launch next year -this one is based in UCL- https://buff.ly/4fSyChU - and builds on the work that we have done over the past ten years as part of the CDRC. Deadline 12th Dec!!!

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Dec 5

In the old days (i.e. 2001 Census when I was working on that) they applied a 'small-cell-perturbation' methodology which randomly swapped all flows of 1&2 with 0&3. Let to lots of very dodgy flows at small area. Looks like it could be an evolution of that. @oliverdw.bsky.social will know the answer!

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thanks to @frogo.bsky.social for this! go.bsky.app/Bue7EXj

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Claude Lynch @claudelynch.bsky.social · Nov 19

#30DayMapChallenge, Day 19: Typography. Let me show you a lil project I've been simmering for a while, looking at the quantity of roads named for aristocrats, from kings and queens to the lowliest earl. Turns out there's loads of them in London (though Bar-king is skewing the data a _touch_)

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Nov 19

If you're interested in the analysis underpinning it, it's probably all I'll be talking about at conferences next year! However, to preview, the analysis is in 3 parts: 1) adamdennett.github.io/BH_Secondary..., 2) adamdennett.github.io/BH_Schools_2... & 3) adamdennett.github.io/BH_Schools_2...

Brighton and Hove Secondary Schools Admission Consultation - Brighton and Hove Secondary School Admissions Proposal Analysis

All analysis code and data in this report are available via the github links on this site

adamdennett.github.io

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Nov 19

Apparently my mug made the front page of the Argus - but it wasn't me at the restaurant, guv! Nope, some real-life urban analytics in the wild and a policy dust-up with the council. Made a deputation with the incredible support of the most amazing group of parents, which is what the article covers.

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UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social · Nov 14

As it seems to be getting busy here, we've created a starter pack for UCL People. Check out our brilliant colleagues.

Do reply, and we'll add you to the list 👏

go.bsky.app/CXM2zSJ

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Levi John Wolf @levijohnwolf.bsky.social · Oct 8

The GIS Research UK (GISRUK) 2025 Call for Abstracts is live!

This year's theme is **Process in Geographic Information Science,** re-thinking the link between the patterns we see and what we represent on our computer screens.

See you in Bristol April 23-25!

gisruk.org/gisruk-2025

GIS Research UK 2025 Call for Papers - Yet Another Geographer

gisruk.org

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Nov 13

Currently on the train trying to continue the switch from xitter to bsky - feel like I've made a bit of progress on the follow front so here's a nice pic of the new #AI4CI cities team + our esteemed leader @sethbullock.bsky.social in Glasgow

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Oct 1

On to the regular old academic posts: Nice little paper this which came out of Bonnie's PhD - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... - on the rise of Build-to-Rent in London, with @jreades.bsky.social and a few others. Open Access too!

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Sep 27

Yeah, not seen it yet either - looks ace! And by track 3, I was back at Warning in the Cambridge Junction in about 2002, walking into the main room, preparing to dance my brains out until reality intervened again at some point the next day!

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Sep 26

Going to shift my socials on to here now, finally, after holding off the inevitable! So to get people going before any boring work stuff, let's have a bit of Stevie Hyper D! What an album if you've ever been to a proper drum and bass night, this will do it for you! open.spotify.com/album/00Jh3e...

Logan D X Stevie Hyper-D

Album · Logan D · 2024 · 10 songs

open.spotify.com

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Sep 25

How much?! Ffs! If we charged that for CUPUM we'd be able to retire to a tropical island! Well, assuming more than 1 very rich person turned up, which is the more likely scenario!

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Dec 5

Ah, sorry, yes here it is - link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... - pre-print available here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Dec 5

Favourite thing I've written in my academic career to date, out today - a brief history of UK beer taxation & its impact on the London beer scene. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... - in the new #GeographiesOfBeer book. Expert analysis by Kuba Wyszomierski and data harvesting by @frogo.bsky.social

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Nov 6

Fascinating chart - thanks! So the dampening effect of increased supply far outstripped by demand fuelled by income and availability of credit. Really interesting that - and I guess tenure shift towards ownership really supercharging the effect further

Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Nov 6

Even though we're lagging behind, dwellings per person still on an upward trend since the 1960s - which begs the question why affordability is so much worse? Some mix of unequal distribution, tenure issues and a poor dwelling / household match (old retirees in massive family homes, etc.)?

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Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social · Oct 25

Ooh, this is like old twitter - that's more like it! :)

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