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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung @boell.de · 20h

🟢 Wir laden ein zu unserer Buchvorstellung "Grundeigentum verpflichtet. Warum wir eine gemeinwohlorientierte Bodenpolitik brauchen I 📅 Mi, 29.10.2025 I 🕕 18.30 – 20.00 Uhr I📍Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin oder im Livestream 🎬 I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/gru...

Grundeigentum verpflichtet Warum wir eine gemeinwohlorientierte Bodenpolitik brauchen

Bezahlbares Wohnen ist die soziale Frage der Gegenwart – besonders in Städten mit angespannten Wohnungsmärkten wie zum Beispiel Berlin, aber auch in anderen Großstädten und Metropolregionen. Warum...

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 21h

From the Caribbean to the Pacific: piracy is rising in Latin America. This continent accounts for 10-15% of incidents worldwide. The attacks are in critical zones, such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Venezuelan/Colombian Caribbean and the Pacific coast of Ecuador/Peru. insightcrime.org/news/caribbe...

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 2d

It is a very good question! However, historically speaking, it seems quite a new phenomenon that the orbit of policy and politics is open for inspiration by intellectuals or scientists. It wasn’t the case for long, and some disappointment of the public may be caused by related misunderstandings.

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Judith Nurmann @judithnurmann.bsky.social · 2d

This week, the so-called "Bauturbo" (buildung boost) (federal law) is set to be passed in #Germany to accelerate zoning processes. The problem: The law promotes urban sprawl and land speculation while failing to secure affordable housing. #Bauturbo

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 2d

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 7d

Top takeaway: the gap between alleged policies of “no net land take by year x” and the current rush for “build as you can” … seems bigger than ever. Don’t follow the whitewashers!

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 7d

Key issue was a walking presentation by colleague Thomas Hartmann (TU Dortmund) on windows into land policy in Utrecht, Gent, Bern and Dortmund. Fascinating cases.

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 7d

Just returning from the #ARL’s 2nd “Brussels Talk”, a special xchange format over lunch. This year on “European Land Policies”, jointly organized with the state of Lower Saxony’s EU-representation. Opened by the Minister Melanie Walter herself.

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 7d

Take it for granted. Better go elsewhere for community interaction.

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Michiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 7d

Insurance is the canary in the coal mine of what the future will most likely hold….

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 8d

“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable

Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 11d

Parfois c’est ce qui nous est le plus proche que l’on met le plus de temps à voir.

Pendant quinze ans j’ai cartographié les grandes fortunes mondiales, objectivé leurs techniques pour contourner l’impôt dans les paradis fiscaux, du Luxembourg aux îles vierges britanniques... 🧵

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Soziopolis @soziopolis.bsky.social · 13d

Weitere Splitter zum Kongress der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social von @larsdoepking.bsky.social, Hannah Schmidt-Ott und Karsten Malowitz sind online:

www.soziopolis.de/dossier/duis...

#dgs2025

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 12d

Leaving behind the prestigious #Academiegebouw of Utrecht University—today packed with hundreds of graduates celebrating their academic achievements.

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Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin @karldietzberlin.bsky.social · 13d

Die logistische Neuordnung der globalen Zirkulation von Waren und Menschen ist in vollem Gange und erzeugt neue Räume. Jetzt neu erschienen – eine neue Theorie des #Imperialismus: »Der Rest und der Westen. Kapital und Macht in einer multipolaren Welt«: dietzberlin.de/der-r...

»Das ›System‹ der Staaten kann keinen stabilen Bezugspunkt mehr für die Analyse des Kapitalismus und des Territorialismus bieten.« – Zitat aus unserer Neuerscheinung »Der Rest und der Westen. Kapital und Macht in einer multipolaren Welt« von Sandro Mezzadra & Brett Neilson

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Juliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · 13d

Il y a quelques années, le groupe CollecTerr, composé d’étudiants et doctorants de Genève, avait mis en ligne une énorme quantité de ses écrits librement sur l’Archive Ouverte de l’Université de Genève. Merci à elle•eux, merci à lui pour cet héritage.
archive-ouverte.unige.ch/contributor/...

Raffestin, Claude | Archive ouverte UNIGE

Claude Raffestin, contributor of Archive institutionnelle de l'Université de Genève - Institutional Repository of the University of Geneva

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Juliet J. Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social · 13d

Prof Claude Raffestin has died. RIP He taught me when I was an undergraduate in Geneva. A formidable force. More info on him here (happy to send pdf): Fall, J. J. (2012). Reading Claude Raffestin: Pathways for a Critical Biography. Env. & Plan. D, 30(1), 173-189.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/...

A drawing by JJ Fall that was published as part of a longer comic on a book by M Tanca in Geographica Helvetica

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 13d

Board-Meeting (“Präsidium”) of the ARL/Academy of Territorial Development in the Leibniz-Society, first (and last?) time at Utrecht University, Netherlands.

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 14d

Man muss Prioritäten setzen.

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 17d

Nicht verwelkt, aber im Herbst der Zeit.

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 17d

Natürlich auch diejenigen, die mißliebigen Moderatorinnen den Tod an den Hals wünschen.

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 19d

And now “Orange Bike Ride”, sponsored by Dutch Embassy and Dutch Cycling Embassy 🇳🇱

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 19d

I wonder whether this is better. #urbandesign Better streets for better towns.

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Theorieblog @theorieblog.bsky.social · 20d

An der TU Dortmund finden am 25. und 26. Juni 2026 die zweiten "Dortmund Disputes on Economic Justice" statt, bei denen es um Fragen wirtschaftlicher Gerechtigkeit, der Märkte, des Eigentums, der Steuern und der Demokratie am Arbeitsplatz geht. Gesucht... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30033

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Markus Hesse @markushesse60.bsky.social · 20d

Cars—or rather, their drivers—tend to go wherever they can. When municipalities want to protect sidewalks and avoid this, such measures seem necessary. However, they don't qualify for the 'City Beautiful'-award. (Sanem, Belval, 🇱🇺).

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 22d

My third Global Corridor newsletter is out now on Substack

"Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, EU designs (on) Africa's corridors, Genoa's dockworkers threaten blockade, LAPSSET, seeing like a train + radical highway geographies"

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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