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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 29d

✨ I’m pleased to share that I’ve been appointed Professor of Just Urban Futures in the Dept. of Geography and Environment at @lborouniversity.bsky.social

I’m also excited to work with the Climate Compatible Growth #CCG team, who are pretty radical in their impact.

It's been a warm first week :)

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 New papers on polycentric urban regions!

gawc.lboro.ac.uk/new-papers-o...

New papers on polycentric urban regions

GaWC researchers have long shaped agendas on polycentric urban development, from projects including the pioneering ERDF-funded POLYNET to the Regional Studies Association's Polycentric Urban Regions (...

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jul 29

Further detail at www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Climate, Energy and Humanitarian Action | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University

Taught by passionate experts, this MSc, co-developed and co-taught with the United Nations Institute for Research and Training, offers global insights from leading practitioners in sustainable develop...

www.lboro.ac.uk

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Master's offers global insights from leading scholars and practitioners in sustainable development and humanitarian action, including @lborouniversity.bsky.social's world-leading STEER Centre with its flagship programmes @ccgprogramme.bsky.social (CCG) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS).

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jul 29

Learn more about @lborouniversity.bsky.social's new Master's in Climate, Energy and Humanitarian Action, developed and delivered together with @unitar.bsky.social

💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · Jul 25

Excited that our #network data sharing recommendations have received a commendation from SIPS!

Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing

Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Jul 24

We are very pleased to announce the 2025 Commendations for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the field of psychological science.
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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jul 17

Loughborough now has its own TOWN Observatory gawc.lboro.ac.uk/town-observa... - a great cross-campus initiative!

TOWN Observatory at Loughborough

Loughborough has been the base of GaWC since its inception in 1998. Initially conceived as Global Observatory, GaWC has pioneered new ways of analysing urban external relations at global and regional ...

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Andrew Leyshon @andrewleyshon.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Rise of the Platform Music Industries, written by me and @allanwatson1.bsky.social, was formally published yesterday. The physical version is available from all good bookshops (as well as a few bad ones). It’s also available as an an Open Access pdf): www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

The Rise of the Platform Music Industries

A critical appraisal of the latest round of platform intermediation, centred on MusicTech, social media platforms and user-generated content, live streaming, crowdfunding and gamification, that is res...

www.agendapub.com

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Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · Jun 20

Excited for @sunbelt2025paris.bsky.social next week?

While you get ready, be sure to check out the new @insna.bsky.social recommendations on sharing your network data.

Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · Apr 17

Interested in the intersection of #OpenScience and #NetworkScience? Check out the new @insna.bsky.social Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials.

Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing

Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...

Researchers should share the network data and materials necessary to reproduce reported results via a publicly accessible repository when an associated manuscript is published...but access to or use of shared data and materials may be restricted if necessary to avoid harm or comply with regulations

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jun 14

Further detail at www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

@allanwatson1.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social @drjwharrison.bsky.social @sarah-mills.bsky.social

Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University

Taught by passionate experts, this MSc, co-developed and co-taught with the United Nations Institute for Research and Training, offers global insights from leading practitioners in sustainable develop...

www.lboro.ac.uk

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jun 14

The programme offers global insights from leading practitioners in sustainable development and humanitarian action, including @lborouniversity.bsky.social's world-leading STEER Centre with its flagship research programmes @ccgprogramme.bsky.social (CCG) and Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS).

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Jun 14

The Department of Geography and Environment @lborouniversity.bsky.social is launching the MSc Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action, a brand-new distance learning programme co-designed and delivered with @unitar.bsky.social.

💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar 'Where do Climate Leaders Begin? 19 June 2025, 5-6pm (CET)

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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · May 30

🚨 We’re hiring at Loughborough! 🚨
This is a strategic investment in teams of academic staff focused on Research & Innovation. Ready to help shape the future of your field and of a top 10 UK university? www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...

Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.

Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.

www.lboro.ac.uk

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Prof. Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social · May 29

Come and work @lborouniversity.bsky.social from 1st September: 12-month full time and fixed term UT in Human Geography, following my BA fellowship news - it's a great department! Closing date 22/06 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH236/u...

University Teacher in Human Geography at Loughborough University

An academic position as a University Teacher in Human Geography is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · May 26

Gentle reminder!
The deadline to apply for the 2025 #USFInternationalFellowships grant is approaching soon.
📅 16th July 2024.
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Apply now: ow.ly/gAbM50VYLJj

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · May 13

@lborouniversity.bsky.social is recruiting! A brilliant opportunity for outstanding researchers to join as Professor/Reader: www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...

Apply via one of six strategic areas to build or grow a world-class research team, including in our Department of Geography and Environment!

Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.

Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.

www.lboro.ac.uk

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The City Institute @cityinstitute.bsky.social · May 3

This spring marks a turning point for us at @yorkuniversity.bsky.social as @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake retire after 30+ yrs shaping critical urban scholarship.
To honour them, we’re launching 2 endowment funds for early scholars💥. If you've been inspired by them: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...

Honouring the work of Roger and Linda - The City Institute at York University (CITY)

Dear all, This spring marks a significant moment for the CITY Institute at York University and for critical urban scholarship. Professors Roger Keil and Linda Peake, two long term forces behind CIT...

www.yorku.ca

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Géoconfluences @geoconfluences.bsky.social · Apr 18

Mise à jour : Le classement des villes mondiales/globales du GaWC @gawc.bsky.social
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/actualites/v...

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Apr 9

Excellent new visualisation of cities in globalisation published in @financeandspace.bsky.social by Yue Wang, Thomas Sigler and Julia Loginova gawc.lboro.ac.uk/visualisatio...

Visualisation: The global city network of firms

A new network graph published in the journal Finance and Space, by Yue Wang, Thomas Sigler and Julia Loginova, takes inspiration from GaWC's ‘world city network’ approach and continues our tradition o...

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Apr 3

New book published: "A Historical Social Science of Modernity's Climate Catastrophe: We are Earth's Rogue Species" by Peter J. Taylor gawc.lboro.ac.uk/new-book-a-h...

New book: A Historical Social Science of Modernity's Climate Catastrophe

2023 and 2024 are probably the warmest years humans have ever experienced. We are changing the Earth’s climate in ways that are dangerous for all living beings. Social scientists are responsible for u...

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beki m. @beki.bsky.social · Mar 23

Pop into this at #AAG2025 on Monday and stay for the Q&A, y'all! ✨

beki m. @beki.bsky.social · Mar 10

Sorting your schedule for #AAG2025? Why not come by this more than “author meets critics” panel discussion for @garethbryant.bsky.social and Sophie Webber's excellent new book 'Climate Finance: Taking a Position on Climate Futures'? Monday 3.24 at 12:50PM. All are welcome!

Join us for this more than “author-meets-critics” session, where we will support an engaged discussion, opportunities for questions, and knowledge exchange. The session will begin with an introduction to the book (available open access) by authors Gareth Bryant and Sophie Webber, followed by discussion of the book’s key arguments and contributions from five panelists representing diverse regions and areas of study within the economic geographies and political economies of climate change. We will conclude with a general Q&A and discussion with the audience, authors, and the panel. The session will be held in a hybrid format (joining details in program).
BOOK TALK
Discussion. Knowledge exchange.
AUTHORS
Sophie Webber, University of Sydney (In attendance)
Gareth Bryant, University of Sydney (Joining virtually)
PANEL
Tanya Matthan, London School of Economics
Beki McElvain, Loughborough University
Leigh Johnson, University of Oregon
Gabe Schwartzman, University of Tennessee
Jon Silver, University of Sheffield
MONDAY3.24.25
Sponsored by the Economic Geography Specialty Group and the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the AAG
12:50 - 2:10 PM Huntington Place Level 4 413A

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Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · Mar 20

TL;DR?

You can find a short summary, and a link to endorse the recommendations yourself, here:

www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing

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Phil Hubbard @gypjh2000.bsky.social · Mar 20

I'm speaking next week Weds 26th 1300 at online RSA webinar "Legal Geography for Regions and Cities: A Place-first Approach' lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Mee...

Event Information - Regional Studies Association

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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · Mar 16

Christof Parnreiter's latest book, The Wealth of Cities and the Poverty of Nations @agendapub.bsky.social, reviewed by @bdrudder.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social, David Bassens (The AAG Review of Book) and Bernd Belina (Geographica Helvetica) gawc.lboro.ac.uk/reviews-of-t...

Reviews of The Wealth of Cities and the Poverty of Nations

Cities are seen as essentially ‘good’: innovative, pro-growth, poverty-reducing. In a challenging corrective to this common portrayal, Christof Parnreiter argues that the same urban properties which m...

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Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Mar 13

Five years after. As good a day as any to point out that seeing COVID-19 like a city helps understand its causes and effects: www.wiley.com/en-gb/Pandem...

Pandemic Urbanism: Infectious Diseases on a Planet of Cities

<p>Emerging infectious disease outbreaks have transformed the very nature of urban life worldwide, even as the extent and experience of pandemics are shaped by the planetary urban condition. <i>P...

www.wiley.com

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