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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 29d

Great to see recent research from @sgyucel.bsky.social & @timschwanen.bsky.social highlighted in Nature Climate Change. bsky.app/profile/sgyu...

Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · 29d

⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.

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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · Jul 23

We have officially published our list of sponsored sessions for
@rgsibg.bsky.social AC2025! 🎉🎉 Repost if you're presenting with us, or if you're just dead excited to attend... We'll see you all there 👋 full list on our website below!

transportgeography.org.uk/2025/07/23/t...

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 We’re hiring for the Just Transitions on Indian Streets project!

🔹 2 Postdoc positions (Deadline: 11 Aug)
🔹 2 Research Associate positions (Deadline: 4 Aug)

📍 Hosted at NLSIU, Bengaluru with Dr Anwesha Ghosh.

Apply & share!

www.nls.ac.in/news-and-eve...

Work With Us - National Law School of India University

www.nls.ac.in

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨 New project!

Just Transitions on Indian Streets (JusTIS) explores how Indian cities can centre street-based workers in climate action.

Led by @timschwanen.bsky.social of @tsuoxford.bsky.social with three collaborators in India.

Postdoc & RA openings soon!

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/streets...

From the Streets Up: New Project Tackles Urban Inequality in India’s Climate Action

India is facing the twin challenges of climate change and ongoing growth of its urban population. The pressures both challenges create play out first and foremost on city streets. They are places wher...

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jun 25

This event is scheduled for tomorrow, between 12:30 and 2:00 pm UK time, or between 5:00 and 6:30 pm India time. Please register and join!

Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 Webinar Alert | Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport

We ask, "How can informal mobility systems be transformed to be both low-carbon & socially just?"

🗓️ 26 June | 12:30–14:00 BST

🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport

This webinar explores the political economy of low-carbon transitions in popular transport systems

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 Webinar Alert | Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport

We ask, "How can informal mobility systems be transformed to be both low-carbon & socially just?"

🗓️ 26 June | 12:30–14:00 BST

🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport

This webinar explores the political economy of low-carbon transitions in popular transport systems

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jun 23

Partha Mukhopadhyay writes about the urban governance in India: "Not only is urban governance not representative, it is often also performative. Like anti-smog guns, they have limited effectiveness but look modern and give the appearance of action."

Read: www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/202...

Why bigger may not be better for Indian cities

Disparate events in recent weeks have offered a window into how India’s governing class, regardless of party, sees our cities.On May 15, the Greater Bengaluru A

www.newindianexpress.com

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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · Jun 10

Join us to explore the political economy of low-carbon transitions in popular transport systems that underpin everyday mobility across much of the Global South. Book now! @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jun 18

My humble contribution to the “taxi mafia vs ride-hailing apps” debate — why we need to move beyond binaries & rethink mobility governance in India, for both drivers & passengers.
scroll.in/article/1083...

The key question missing in India’s debate over ‘taxi mafia’ and ride-hailing apps

Cities have failed to build mobility systems that are fair and accountable towards drivers and passengers.

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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · May 29

There's still time to sign up for next week's panel session.

Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · May 20

Sign up to hear this interdisciplinary panel re-centre time – rather than space – as the key to understanding migration, precarity, and agency. Booking required. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

Migration through Time: Individual and Collective Memories

This interdisciplinary panel re-centres time – rather than space – as the key to understanding migration, precarity, and agency.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · May 19

Social & Cultural Geography is seeking a new Editor. We hope that you might be keen to join our lovely team! 🙏

⏰ Closing date for applications is Friday 20 June 2025

📬 Applications should be sent to the journal’s editorial office at [email protected]

📄 Full details: go.unimelb.edu.au/uy8p

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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 15

‼️Do you know a talented undergraduate student who has recently completed their dissertation on a transport topic?🗒️💯

We are seeking nominations from departments for our undergraduate dissertation prize! 🏆🚈✨ Deadline 15 July - more information on submissions here: www.rgs.org/research/res...

www.rgs.org

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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · May 9

Hello Bluesky! We are the @rgsibg.bsky.social Transport Geography Research Group. 🗺️🚇 Follow us for updates on our sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference and posts on the latest research across transport geography...

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · May 13

This event is in two days. Registration is compulsory. Please register and join us!

Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · May 8

This event will take place on 15th May. The authors will discuss their newly published book, Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan. Maryam A. Malik will chair the session.

Please register to learn about various facets of Lahore's first metro rail corridor.

Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · May 8

We are delighted to host Dr Chris Moffat, Dr Ammara Maqsood & Fizzah Sajjad next week, where there will be discussing key themes around their recently published "Lahore in Motion". Online only. Book now. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transp...

Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · May 8

This event will take place on 15th May. The authors will discuss their newly published book, Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan. Maryam A. Malik will chair the session.

Please register to learn about various facets of Lahore's first metro rail corridor.

Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · May 8

We are delighted to host Dr Chris Moffat, Dr Ammara Maqsood & Fizzah Sajjad next week, where there will be discussing key themes around their recently published "Lahore in Motion". Online only. Book now. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-transp...

The Transport Studies Unit, Oxford - "Walking Lahore’s Orange Line"

Dr Chris Moffat, Dr Ammara Maqsood & Fizzah Sajjad will be discussing key themes around their recently published "Lahore in Motion"

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · May 2

Wrote a short piece for Australian Outlook with my colleague Festival Boateng on Africa's changing vehicle end-of-life burden.

www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

Africa’s Used Vehicle Dependency: A Complicated Double-Edged Phenomenon - Australian Institute of International Affairs

www.internationalaffairs.org.au

Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Apr 4

Please read @valenmontoya.bsky.social’s powerful piece on women cross-border commuters between Venezuela and Colombia. We need to pay more attention to how illegalities/informalities are socially produced!

Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · Apr 4

On Walk to Work Day, @valenmontoya.bsky.social highlights an example of commuting that isn't so straightforward. #walktoworkday @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/good-on...

"The good ones cross over the bridge, and the bad ones go underneath."

On Walk to Work Day, Valentina Montoya Robledo highlights the story of women who cross the Colombia-Venezuela border every day to work.

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Feb 19

@tsuoxford.bsky.social's next Leadership programme is focused on Climate Change. Great opportunity to learn from leading scholars and practitioners. Scholarships, subsidies, and bursaries available for applicants in need. Last date to apply: 10th March.

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/course/clima...

Global Challenges in Transport: Climate Change mitigation and adaptation

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Feb 18

It is definitely a huge win for small apps in India such as Namma Yatri. But this decision should be scrutinised further. If Uber thinks SaaS is the future model in ride-hailing space, why not implement it for taxis as well?
www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ub...

Uber introduces zero-commission model for auto drivers

Uber introduces subscription model for auto drivers in response to industry trend, aligning with competitors Namma Yatri and Rapido.

www.thehindubusinessline.com

Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Feb 11

It happens in two days. Please register if you haven't!

Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · Jan 30

Join us to hear Prof Rachel Aldred, University of Westminster, reflect on researching active travel. She will discuss the changes that she has studied in London’s cycling and walking environments, and what we might expect and hope for in the future. Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unequal-mo...

Unequal mobilities: reflections on researching active travel

Professor Rachel Aldred, University of Westminster for the TSU Seminar Series, 2025

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jan 16

We, at @tsuoxford.bsky.social, are excited to host Dr Daniel Agbiboa from @harvard.edu for our first seminar of the Public Seminar Series 2025 on 23rd January. The session will be chaired by @valenmontoya.bsky.social. Please join in!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-...

Transport Aliveness and Social Imagination in an African Megacity

Dr Daniel Agbiboa, Harvard University kicks off the TSU Seminar Series for 2025

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jan 16

Apologies. Here is the correct link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-...

Transport Aliveness and Social Imagination in an African Megacity

Dr Daniel Agbiboa, Harvard University kicks off the TSU Seminar Series for 2025

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jan 11

Apologies that the paper is behind a paywall. Please reach out if you would like me to share a copy with you.

Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · Jan 11

We argue these cities are critical sites for understanding urban geopolitics where concentrated entanglements of exclusions and (re)borderings become manifest as these cities experience new infrastructural investments.

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