Karen Lucas
@drkarenlucas.bsky.social
Anti-poverty activist, transport & mobility poverty expert - academic researcher, dog lover and proud grandmother
I went to Bristol Zoo project today for my grandson’s 3rd birthday. Last time I was there I was 14. Look at the trousers!!!
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I went to Bristol Zoo project today for my grandson’s 3rd birthday. Last time I was there I was 14. Look at the trousers!!!
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New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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March 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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🌟 Just published!
"Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" in Social & Cultural Geography👉 ow.ly/zSoR50Vs18O
Dr Eda Beyazit & Prof Karen Lucas, former #USFInternationalFellow & mentor
"Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" in Social & Cultural Geography👉 ow.ly/zSoR50Vs18O
Dr Eda Beyazit & Prof Karen Lucas, former #USFInternationalFellow & mentor
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April 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
🌟 Just published!
"Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" in Social & Cultural Geography👉 ow.ly/zSoR50Vs18O
Dr Eda Beyazit & Prof Karen Lucas, former #USFInternationalFellow & mentor
"Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" in Social & Cultural Geography👉 ow.ly/zSoR50Vs18O
Dr Eda Beyazit & Prof Karen Lucas, former #USFInternationalFellow & mentor
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📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now!
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now!
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...
Deadline 16th July 2025
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Have you seen the latest volume of @journaltpt.bsky.social covering a range of discussions from on-demand services to decarbonisation. I also wrote an editorial for the section on Human Factors in Transport Full article: Editorial: human factors in transport www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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September 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Have you seen the latest volume of @journaltpt.bsky.social covering a range of discussions from on-demand services to decarbonisation. I also wrote an editorial for the section on Human Factors in Transport Full article: Editorial: human factors in transport www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New Publication Alert 📢Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis - with @iaindocherty.bsky.social - Please read and share! @sfrost.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis
This paper examines how the UK transport governance system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what this reveals about its capacity for transformat…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New Publication Alert 📢Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis - with @iaindocherty.bsky.social - Please read and share! @sfrost.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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More car spreading news: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
More car spreading news: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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🚨New paper 🚨 In "beyond the 15-minute city' @caglarkoksal.com @graemesherriff.bsky.social and I draw together our experiences of working on proximity based Planning in different methodological contexts. /1
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Beyond the 15-minute city: Methodological lessons for proximity-based planning from two English case studies
The 15-minute city (15MC) popularises an older idea: that everyday destinations should be within a short, walkable or cyclable distance. Treating that…
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July 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚨New paper 🚨 In "beyond the 15-minute city' @caglarkoksal.com @graemesherriff.bsky.social and I draw together our experiences of working on proximity based Planning in different methodological contexts. /1
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Great talk by Danny last night. Are we too crisis obsessed?
October 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Great talk by Danny last night. Are we too crisis obsessed?
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▶️ WATCH BACK: Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships
Our research café with @mui-uom.bsky.social is now available to watch back on YouTube.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
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@lybeck.bsky.social
@drkarenlucas.bsky.social
@uomhums.bsky.social
Our research café with @mui-uom.bsky.social is now available to watch back on YouTube.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
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@lybeck.bsky.social
@drkarenlucas.bsky.social
@uomhums.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
▶️ WATCH BACK: Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships
Our research café with @mui-uom.bsky.social is now available to watch back on YouTube.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
@heritagemcr.bsky.social
@lybeck.bsky.social
@drkarenlucas.bsky.social
@uomhums.bsky.social
Our research café with @mui-uom.bsky.social is now available to watch back on YouTube.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
@heritagemcr.bsky.social
@lybeck.bsky.social
@drkarenlucas.bsky.social
@uomhums.bsky.social
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"The new buses bill will finally put a halt to the decimation of socially necessary services [...] This is a good first step in the right direction, but more local action is needed"
- Prof @drkarenlucas.bsky.social, Director of @mui-uom.bsky.social reacts to the Bus Services Bill.
- Prof @drkarenlucas.bsky.social, Director of @mui-uom.bsky.social reacts to the Bus Services Bill.
Government protects thousands of miles of bus services from being scrapped
Bus Services Bill will give local leaders the power to shape the bus services their communities rely on.
www.gov.uk
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"The new buses bill will finally put a halt to the decimation of socially necessary services [...] This is a good first step in the right direction, but more local action is needed"
- Prof @drkarenlucas.bsky.social, Director of @mui-uom.bsky.social reacts to the Bus Services Bill.
- Prof @drkarenlucas.bsky.social, Director of @mui-uom.bsky.social reacts to the Bus Services Bill.
New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
urldefense.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Did this yesterday. Hope it makes a difference parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
Transport Committee
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February 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Did this yesterday. Hope it makes a difference parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Registered vehicles on UK roads:
1991: 20 million
2023: 41.2 million
Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
1991: 20 million
2023: 41.2 million
Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
December 16, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Registered vehicles on UK roads:
1991: 20 million
2023: 41.2 million
Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
1991: 20 million
2023: 41.2 million
Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
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As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist
December 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM
As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist
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Our transport issue of Progressive Review went live today!
We've got an amazing array of authors who've covered everything from transport decarb, to the impact of transport on wildlife, to how finance is holding back a just transition
The full issue is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
We've got an amazing array of authors who've covered everything from transport decarb, to the impact of transport on wildlife, to how finance is holding back a just transition
The full issue is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
🚴 How can we build a transport system that's healthier, greener, and more inclusive?
Our latest issue of the Progressive Review brings together leading voices to reimagine Britain’s transport for a sustainable future.
📖 Read it for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
Our latest issue of the Progressive Review brings together leading voices to reimagine Britain’s transport for a sustainable future.
📖 Read it for free: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Our transport issue of Progressive Review went live today!
We've got an amazing array of authors who've covered everything from transport decarb, to the impact of transport on wildlife, to how finance is holding back a just transition
The full issue is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
We've got an amazing array of authors who've covered everything from transport decarb, to the impact of transport on wildlife, to how finance is holding back a just transition
The full issue is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
It’s getting better. My old gang are finding me here in this new space & I am grateful for that. But I had 3k flowered on X and I need then to be here to be effective. So sign up and follow and leave the old shit behind.!
December 15, 2024 at 10:50 PM
It’s getting better. My old gang are finding me here in this new space & I am grateful for that. But I had 3k flowered on X and I need then to be here to be effective. So sign up and follow and leave the old shit behind.!
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We now have FOUR episodes of #MethodsTalk available. open.spotify.com/show/60TyhNN...
Methods Talk
Podcast · Methods@Manchester · Methods Talk is the methods@manchester podcast. Methods@manchester is a University of Manchester initiative focused on supporting interdisciplinary and innovative metho...
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December 12, 2024 at 4:01 PM
We now have FOUR episodes of #MethodsTalk available. open.spotify.com/show/60TyhNN...
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A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read
Latest paper from our upcoming Progressive Review issue.
An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇
An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇
Decarbonisation pathways for UK transport
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:56 AM
A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read
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This study adds to the growing body of evidence about the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality. Now how to change people's minds because I still see people proudly posting pictures of their cosy fire? As I said yesterday I am that disappointed guy...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Air pollution: Wood burners more polluting than traffic - Birmingham research
Birmingham researchers say they have found wood burning at home is more polluting than traffic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 11:50 AM
This study adds to the growing body of evidence about the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality. Now how to change people's minds because I still see people proudly posting pictures of their cosy fire? As I said yesterday I am that disappointed guy...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“…traffic noise is steadily developing into a major nuisance, seriously prejudicial to the general enjoyment of towns, destructive of the amenities of dwellings on a wide scale ”
#TrafficInTowns
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#TrafficInTowns
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December 11, 2024 at 2:54 PM
“…traffic noise is steadily developing into a major nuisance, seriously prejudicial to the general enjoyment of towns, destructive of the amenities of dwellings on a wide scale ”
#TrafficInTowns
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#TrafficInTowns
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MALTA24 Mediterranean Tourism Conference Abstracts_FINAL.pdf
t.ly
December 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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My presentation at the excellent, TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England, Cardiff, last week.
This is my keynote presentation highlighting that we need to see transport much more from a person-based perspective, bring in the social and bring in community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J6...
This is my keynote presentation highlighting that we need to see transport much more from a person-based perspective, bring in the social and bring in community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J6...
Putting Communities and People at the Heart of Transport Decision-Making
YouTube video by Charles Musselwhite
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
My presentation at the excellent, TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England, Cardiff, last week.
This is my keynote presentation highlighting that we need to see transport much more from a person-based perspective, bring in the social and bring in community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J6...
This is my keynote presentation highlighting that we need to see transport much more from a person-based perspective, bring in the social and bring in community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J6...
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📢Call for Papers 📢
AtGender Conf, 9-12 July, Barcelona
Interested in how urban commoning and grassroots political infrastructures reimagine justice and care, reshaping the geographies of urban life?
Do get in touch if you are interested!
📝Send your abstract by 18 Dec
♦️Submission guidlines 🔽
AtGender Conf, 9-12 July, Barcelona
Interested in how urban commoning and grassroots political infrastructures reimagine justice and care, reshaping the geographies of urban life?
Do get in touch if you are interested!
📝Send your abstract by 18 Dec
♦️Submission guidlines 🔽
December 11, 2024 at 8:25 AM
📢Call for Papers 📢
AtGender Conf, 9-12 July, Barcelona
Interested in how urban commoning and grassroots political infrastructures reimagine justice and care, reshaping the geographies of urban life?
Do get in touch if you are interested!
📝Send your abstract by 18 Dec
♦️Submission guidlines 🔽
AtGender Conf, 9-12 July, Barcelona
Interested in how urban commoning and grassroots political infrastructures reimagine justice and care, reshaping the geographies of urban life?
Do get in touch if you are interested!
📝Send your abstract by 18 Dec
♦️Submission guidlines 🔽
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📢 We are looking for someone to join us on a part-time basis to manage our Research for Transformation Lab, a new initiative to forge direct links between the research and teaching of GDI and real world solutions.
More about this exciting opportunity: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
More about this exciting opportunity: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
December 11, 2024 at 9:56 AM
📢 We are looking for someone to join us on a part-time basis to manage our Research for Transformation Lab, a new initiative to forge direct links between the research and teaching of GDI and real world solutions.
More about this exciting opportunity: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
More about this exciting opportunity: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...