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pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Check out our new paper in IJURR on philanthropy and urban governance: BLOOMBERG’S GLOBAL MAYORALTY:
Philanthropy and the ‘Crisis of Capacity’ in City Government.
Wiley tells me there's a link here:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · Feb 19

There are deep David Lynch vibes here....

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pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · Jan 20

Our new paper on Enacting urban governance innovation in Urban Geography - from our ARC-funded project - is out. Free online copies to the first 50 keen readers! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YDCDQ...

Enacting urban governance innovation: beyond strategic pathways to incremental “muddling through”

In recent years, cities and city governance have been comprehensively urged to innovate to address complex societal challenges. An epistemic community – including the UN, OECD, global philanthropie...

www.tandfonline.com

pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · Dec 4

I"m find this quite inspirational today!

Cynthia Raleigh @cerydwyn.bsky.social · Dec 4

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pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · Dec 4

The final paragraph is quite chilling. Such old-fashioned thinking. Ignores that we live in a(n interconnected) society not an economy.

Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · Dec 4

This is so backward
1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry
2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.

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pmcguirk.bsky.social @pmcguirk.bsky.social · Nov 19

New to Bluesky - escaping twitter. Hoping to connect to the folks I used to connect to there.

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