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We have extended our starter pack on global urban researchers and institutions... go.bsky.app/TU4z6Q4
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We will be celebrating Jo Bullard's life on Thursday 4th December, from 2.30pm at Loughborough University.
Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo:
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo:
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
Professor Joanna Bullard (1969-2025) | Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Joanna Elizabeth Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We will be celebrating Jo Bullard's life on Thursday 4th December, from 2.30pm at Loughborough University.
Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo:
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo:
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
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Incredibly sad news from our Geography community at Loughborough www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
Professor Joanna Bullard (1969-2025)
We are incredibly sad to share news of the recent passing of Joanna Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment, School of Social Sciences and Humanities at...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Incredibly sad news from our Geography community at Loughborough www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
Come and join us at Loughborough! Deadline approaching fast: Sunday 9 November. Alignment with one of the focus areas is critical ⬇️
We are recruiting at Loughborough University: Join us as Lecturer, SL, Reader or Professor in one of three strategic areas:
⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy
www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy
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
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Come and join us at Loughborough! Deadline approaching fast: Sunday 9 November. Alignment with one of the focus areas is critical ⬇️
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📢 Next week: A talk on 'Constructing Just Mobility Futures' by our own @trivikrama.bsky.social! Join us in person next Wednesday, 12th November @1:00 PM for what is sure to be an excellent conversation.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢 Next week: A talk on 'Constructing Just Mobility Futures' by our own @trivikrama.bsky.social! Join us in person next Wednesday, 12th November @1:00 PM for what is sure to be an excellent conversation.
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Another useful list of global urban researchers and institutions. Check it out!
We have extended our starter pack on global urban researchers and institutions... go.bsky.app/TU4z6Q4
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Another useful list of global urban researchers and institutions. Check it out!
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We are recruiting at Loughborough University: Join us as Lecturer, SL, Reader or Professor in one of three strategic areas:
⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy
www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy
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
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are recruiting at Loughborough University: Join us as Lecturer, SL, Reader or Professor in one of three strategic areas:
⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy
www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
⚙️ Digital engineering and transformation
🔋 Renewable energy, hydrogen research, and infrastructure
♻️ Sustainability and circular economy
www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
Visualising globalised urbanisation on #worldcitiesday: Explore how cities operate within contemporary globalisation at gawc.lboro.ac.uk/gawc-worlds/...
GaWC Visualisations
One way of interpreting the GaWC project is that it is putting geography into globalisation. Globalisation is much more than a 'new' scale of activities, it is importantly a new spatial patterning of ...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Visualising globalised urbanisation on #worldcitiesday: Explore how cities operate within contemporary globalisation at gawc.lboro.ac.uk/gawc-worlds/...
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Something new to read as Hurricane Melissa promises another 'unprecedented' and profoundly devastating storm season.
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Something new to read as Hurricane Melissa promises another 'unprecedented' and profoundly devastating storm season.
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
With @alejandrodecoss.bsky.social for @urbangeography.bsky.social 🙏🏻
Our home @lborogeog.bsky.social is now on Bluesky too - and featuring an exciting list of speakers in this autumn's seminar series ⬇️
Check out the exciting Autumn 2025 line up for our Loughborough Geography Seminar Series! We are dedicated to creating an exciting space for knowledge exchange versus webinar-style lectures, so most of these talks are in person. Please feel free to DM with any questions!
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our home @lborogeog.bsky.social is now on Bluesky too - and featuring an exciting list of speakers in this autumn's seminar series ⬇️
Conceptualising interplaces gawc.lboro.ac.uk/conceptualis...
Conceptualising interplaces
A new typology of ‘interplaces’ that recognises their diversity and shows why they matter for how metropolitan regions work:
Demuynck, W., Derudder, B., Meijers, E. and van Meeteren, M. (2025) 'Bet...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Conceptualising interplaces gawc.lboro.ac.uk/conceptualis...
City networks and labour market integration gawc.lboro.ac.uk/city-network...
City networks and labour market integration
Two new papers analysing labour market integration from a city network perspective:
Liu, X., Derudder, B., Wang, B. and Witlox, F. (2025) 'Interconnected cities, integrated markets: exploring the i...
gawc.lboro.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
City networks and labour market integration gawc.lboro.ac.uk/city-network...
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✨ 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 :)
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 :)
September 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
✨ 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 :)
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 :)
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...
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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...
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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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...
Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing
Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...
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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July 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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...
Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing
Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...
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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July 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Loughborough now has its own TOWN Observatory gawc.lboro.ac.uk/town-observa... - a great cross-campus initiative!
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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...
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June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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/...
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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.
While you get ready, be sure to check out the new @insna.bsky.social recommendations on sharing your network data.
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...
Read the recommendations 👉 www.zacharyneal.com/datasharing
Endorse the recommendations 👉 forms.gle/sgpjyUnkufJF...
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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.
While you get ready, be sure to check out the new @insna.bsky.social recommendations on sharing your network data.
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...
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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...
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🚨 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...
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
May 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
🚨 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...
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...
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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.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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...
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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
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
May 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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
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
@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!
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
May 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
@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!
Apply via one of six strategic areas to build or grow a world-class research team, including in our Department of Geography and Environment!
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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...
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...
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May 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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...
To honour them, we’re launching 2 endowment funds for early scholars💥. If you've been inspired by them: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...
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Mise à jour : Le classement des villes mondiales/globales du GaWC @gawc.bsky.social
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April 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mise à jour : Le classement des villes mondiales/globales du GaWC @gawc.bsky.social
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