Tom Goodfellow
@goodfellowtom.bsky.social
Prof of Urban Studies and International Development @Sheffield uni. Cities, politics & political economy, migration & mobility, land, infrastructure, conflict. Part time Senior Research Fellow in Research & Evidence Directorate @FCDO. All views my own.
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Everything is urban these days.
#Urban#Radar podcast ep 4 from @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
- urban water crisis
- urban impacts of tariff wars
- planning reforms, what they mean for biodiversity, & why we need to be more utopian!
Thanks to all our fab guests
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#Urban#Radar podcast ep 4 from @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social
- urban water crisis
- urban impacts of tariff wars
- planning reforms, what they mean for biodiversity, & why we need to be more utopian!
Thanks to all our fab guests
open.spotify.com/episode/4ZI3...
Brilliant to see all these pieces online together - and it was such a pleasure to engage with @shakirahh.bsky.social’s fantastic book on urban Rwanda, ‘Master Plans and Minor Acts’. Highly recommended!!
Good to see this book review forum up on @dialogueshg.bsky.social with reviews by @cgastrow.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, David Mwambari and Brittany Meche, and my response. Thanks to all!
Book Review Forum 2: Reviews “Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda” by Shakirah E. Hudani, with reviews by David Mwambari, Claudia Gastrow, Brittany Meché, and Tom Goodfellow.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Brilliant to see all these pieces online together - and it was such a pleasure to engage with @shakirahh.bsky.social’s fantastic book on urban Rwanda, ‘Master Plans and Minor Acts’. Highly recommended!!
This looks like an excellent event on solidarity and migration - free to all to attend, no sign-up needed!
Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register)
Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...
Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This looks like an excellent event on solidarity and migration - free to all to attend, no sign-up needed!
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@un-habitat.bsky.social World Cities Day! And another episode of #urbanradar
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Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen
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Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen
Radar 10: GREEN RESURGENCE & GAZA RECONSTRUCTION (+Brexit, +rats, +Louvre heist, +AI Friend and more)
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October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
@un-habitat.bsky.social World Cities Day! And another episode of #urbanradar
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Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen
open.spotify.com/episode/3VgE...
Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen
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A very special episode of #UrbanRadar #podcast to share this Urban October.
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HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin
Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social
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HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin
Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social
Feature 9: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin
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October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A very special episode of #UrbanRadar #podcast to share this Urban October.
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HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin
Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social
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HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin
Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social
So privileged to have these two reviewing my book for this forum!
✨ @urbanstudiesjournal.com features @goodfellowtom.bsky.social’s chapter in the DSA–OUP series Politics and the Urban Frontier, on East Africa’s late urbanisation.
With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social
See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social
See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So privileged to have these two reviewing my book for this forum!
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Sneak preview of @samburgum.bsky.social speaking to #urbanradar podcast hosts @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social on this month's radar
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sneak preview of @samburgum.bsky.social speaking to #urbanradar podcast hosts @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social on this month's radar
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And here's @simonrushton.bsky.social chatting to the very same @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on Nepal's uprising and local peace-building processes in Colombia
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
And here's @simonrushton.bsky.social chatting to the very same @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on Nepal's uprising and local peace-building processes in Colombia
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New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu:
FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu:
FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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It was a great pleasure and privilege to have this small book review forum on ‘Politics and the Urban Frontier’ in @urbanstudiesjournal.com. Thank you to all involved!
✨ @urbanstudiesjournal.com features @goodfellowtom.bsky.social’s chapter in the DSA–OUP series Politics and the Urban Frontier, on East Africa’s late urbanisation.
With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social
See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social
See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
October 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It was a great pleasure and privilege to have this small book review forum on ‘Politics and the Urban Frontier’ in @urbanstudiesjournal.com. Thank you to all involved!
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New episode of #UrbanRadar!
In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:
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In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:
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Radar 9: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)
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October 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New episode of #UrbanRadar!
In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:
open.spotify.com/episode/56j1...
In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:
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Such a fun paper to work on - from our project on ‘Living the Urban Periphery’ in #Ethiopia and South Africa
This paper focuses on the former, and on how people’s ability to move or not move is shaping their social class identities.
This paper focuses on the former, and on how people’s ability to move or not move is shaping their social class identities.
New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu:
FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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September 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Such a fun paper to work on - from our project on ‘Living the Urban Periphery’ in #Ethiopia and South Africa
This paper focuses on the former, and on how people’s ability to move or not move is shaping their social class identities.
This paper focuses on the former, and on how people’s ability to move or not move is shaping their social class identities.
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Not in Sheffield? This one is for you
Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST
Register below...
@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST
Register below...
@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Book Launch - The Gated City
The Gated City: Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in MexicoThis book launch is being organised by the Urban Riches theme group, at the Urban Institute.
sheffield.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Not in Sheffield? This one is for you
Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST
Register below...
@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST
Register below...
@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
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In Sheffield - in person event on 18th September - register below
@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
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Lecture: The contribution of academics to urban reform coalitions
In this lecture Professor Diana Mitlin of the Global Development Institute and African Cities Research Consortium, University of Manchester, explores how academics engage in politics through their inv...
sheffield.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In Sheffield - in person event on 18th September - register below
@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
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If you missed #urbanradar over the summer, here is a bumper episode
- Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities
- Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan
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- Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities
- Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan
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Radar 8: SCHOOLING AND SURVIVING IN ENGLAND AND SUDAN (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)
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September 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If you missed #urbanradar over the summer, here is a bumper episode
- Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities
- Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan
open.spotify.com/episode/3lcH...
- Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities
- Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan
open.spotify.com/episode/3lcH...
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Working Paper 31 - ACRC
Addis Ababa: City report | Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher
www.african-cities.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Providing an overview of Addis Ababa’s complex and contested urban development landscape, the report highlights pertinent development challenges facing city residents and presents potential interventions to address them.
Read our blog post for a summary 👇
www.african-cities.org/new-research...
Read our blog post for a summary 👇
www.african-cities.org/new-research...
New research: Advancing urban reform opportunities in Addis Ababa - ACRC
A new ACRC report, led by Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher, uncovers the interplay of politics, systems and urban development in the fast-growing capital city, shining a light on the challenges facing resident...
www.african-cities.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Providing an overview of Addis Ababa’s complex and contested urban development landscape, the report highlights pertinent development challenges facing city residents and presents potential interventions to address them.
Read our blog post for a summary 👇
www.african-cities.org/new-research...
Read our blog post for a summary 👇
www.african-cities.org/new-research...
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📍 What really drives land value change in African cities?
@goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...
@goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...
What drives land value change in African cities? Unlocking value and the prospects for progressive reform - ACRC
The urgency of developing more effective mechanisms to capture rising land values for urban infrastructure and services is now widely acknowledged. It is also accepted that this is highly challenging.
www.african-cities.org
August 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📍 What really drives land value change in African cities?
@goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...
@goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...
A very special listen this one!
Latest Urban Radar feature now out...
With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)
"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...
@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
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With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)
"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...
@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
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August 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A very special listen this one!
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Latest Urban Radar feature now out...
With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)
"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...
@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7i6v...
With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)
"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...
@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7i6v...
August 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Latest Urban Radar feature now out...
With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)
"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...
@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7i6v...
With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)
"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...
@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7i6v...
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I had so much fun recording this- frankly we could have spent hours more chatting about the potential of candidates like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and how cities may hold the key to a calmer, more socialised politics.
More summer listening with latest episode of Urban Radar - @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social dive into urban political and wealth elites with @katiepruszynski.bsky.social and @qurbanist.bsky.social
@unishefplayer.bsky.social
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@unishefplayer.bsky.social
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Radar 7: URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH (+ AI data centres, +extreme heat and more)
Urban Radar · Episode
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August 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I had so much fun recording this- frankly we could have spent hours more chatting about the potential of candidates like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and how cities may hold the key to a calmer, more socialised politics.
How might neurotechnical devices and computer-brain interfaces affect cities?
Check out this podcast to find out….
Check out this podcast to find out….
July 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
How might neurotechnical devices and computer-brain interfaces affect cities?
Check out this podcast to find out….
Check out this podcast to find out….
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Our first panel at the showcase focused on topics like the politics of technology, digital spaces, and urban inequality, with insights from our International Partners. We discussed questions around who funds tech projects, how valuation is done, the risks of profit-driven strategies and who benefits
July 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our first panel at the showcase focused on topics like the politics of technology, digital spaces, and urban inequality, with insights from our International Partners. We discussed questions around who funds tech projects, how valuation is done, the risks of profit-driven strategies and who benefits
Mega showcase of urban research happening today at Sheffield!!
Sheffield Urbanism showcase is go!!
A wildly exciting line-up of speakers for this rare full-day event showcasing the amazing range of urban research happening here.
Followed by a public debate on urban labs in time of crisis. Not too late to sign up & join!
www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
A wildly exciting line-up of speakers for this rare full-day event showcasing the amazing range of urban research happening here.
Followed by a public debate on urban labs in time of crisis. Not too late to sign up & join!
www.sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
The Sheffield Urbanism Showcase, 2025
On Tuesday 1st July, the UI will host a Sheffield Urbanism showcase to celebrate and profile just some of the incredible urban research we undertake across disciplines in the Faculty of Social Scienc...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Mega showcase of urban research happening today at Sheffield!!
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#UrbanRadar 6 has landed!
We're joined by Jenny Preece to dive into building safety in the context of #Grenfell fire anniversary, and @thesjck.bsky.social to consider #trans rights and urban space.
Plus, as usual, loads of other issues on our radar this month:
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We're joined by Jenny Preece to dive into building safety in the context of #Grenfell fire anniversary, and @thesjck.bsky.social to consider #trans rights and urban space.
Plus, as usual, loads of other issues on our radar this month:
open.spotify.com/episode/3I5P...
Radar 6: HOUSING SAFETY, TRANS RIGHTS AND THE CITY (+ Bunkers, AI protest & more)
Urban Radar · Episode
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June 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#UrbanRadar 6 has landed!
We're joined by Jenny Preece to dive into building safety in the context of #Grenfell fire anniversary, and @thesjck.bsky.social to consider #trans rights and urban space.
Plus, as usual, loads of other issues on our radar this month:
open.spotify.com/episode/3I5P...
We're joined by Jenny Preece to dive into building safety in the context of #Grenfell fire anniversary, and @thesjck.bsky.social to consider #trans rights and urban space.
Plus, as usual, loads of other issues on our radar this month:
open.spotify.com/episode/3I5P...
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Always a treat to chat to @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
This was a rollercoaster ride through joy, disdain, oppression and joy for LGBTQ+ folk in the city.
Urban Radar is a cracking podcast taking an urban lens on current issues. Well worth a listen.
This was a rollercoaster ride through joy, disdain, oppression and joy for LGBTQ+ folk in the city.
Urban Radar is a cracking podcast taking an urban lens on current issues. Well worth a listen.
#UrbanRadar 6 has landed!
We're joined by Jenny Preece to dive into building safety in the context of #Grenfell fire anniversary, and @thesjck.bsky.social to consider #trans rights and urban space.
Plus, as usual, loads of other issues on our radar this month:
open.spotify.com/episode/3I5P...
We're joined by Jenny Preece to dive into building safety in the context of #Grenfell fire anniversary, and @thesjck.bsky.social to consider #trans rights and urban space.
Plus, as usual, loads of other issues on our radar this month:
open.spotify.com/episode/3I5P...
Radar 6: HOUSING SAFETY, TRANS RIGHTS AND THE CITY (+ Bunkers, AI protest & more)
Urban Radar · Episode
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June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Always a treat to chat to @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social
This was a rollercoaster ride through joy, disdain, oppression and joy for LGBTQ+ folk in the city.
Urban Radar is a cracking podcast taking an urban lens on current issues. Well worth a listen.
This was a rollercoaster ride through joy, disdain, oppression and joy for LGBTQ+ folk in the city.
Urban Radar is a cracking podcast taking an urban lens on current issues. Well worth a listen.