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Hanna Hilbrandt

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Prof of Urban Geography (she/her), University of Zurich | Housing in the Margins @IJURR SUSC | https://responsible.city/ | Editor of https://www.geographica-helvetica.net | Host @urbanpolitical.bsky.social

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Hanna Hilbrandt @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is for urban scholars of democracy who are seeking positivity and inspiration in bleak times: www.societyandspace.org/book-review-...

How Cities Can Transform Democracy by Ross Beveridge and Philippe Koch

As processes of dispossession have come to define cities across the globe, they have also deprived their residents of the opportunity to co-produce urban space.

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Hanna Hilbrandt @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social · Jun 4

How can cities in the Global South finance climate action in ways that are both effective and just? A reflection from a project workshop that concluded our project "the Urbanization of Global Climate Finance" blog.geo.uzh.ch/financing-ju...

Financing just climate action in Mexican municipalities: challenges and learnings | GIUZ Blog

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Sven Daniel Wolfe @sdwolfe.bsky.social · May 16

My 2nd book came out today!

Together with colleagues and friends, we wrote about mega-events like the Olympics and what they do to cities and societies underneath the intoxicating glow of the spectacle.

It's free to read and has some really great work: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Hanna Hilbrandt @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social · May 21

Cfp Geographica Helvetica: “The resurgence of authoritarian politics and the far-right in contemporary Europe”. DL for abstract submission: 31. August 2025.

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Hanna Hilbrandt @hanna-hilbrandt.bsky.social · May 17

A pleasure to talk at UNAM about the political effects of financialization and displacement.