Markus Hesse
@markushesse60.bsky.social
Geographer and planning theorist at the University of Luxembourg 🇱🇺,interested in spaces & flows. Studying urbanization, financial centres, governance and planning in conflict.
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I'll be on @kqedforum.bsky.social on Monday 12/1 to discuss the latest.
10 am PST, one-hour talk, call with questions!
www.kqed.org/forum
10 am PST, one-hour talk, call with questions!
www.kqed.org/forum
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I'll be on @kqedforum.bsky.social on Monday 12/1 to discuss the latest.
10 am PST, one-hour talk, call with questions!
www.kqed.org/forum
10 am PST, one-hour talk, call with questions!
www.kqed.org/forum
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Peter J. Verovšek, Jürgen Habermas: Public Intellectual and Engaged Critical Theorist - @columbiaup.bsky.social, March 2026 @pjv.bsky.social
cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-...
cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-...
Jürgen Habermas | Columbia University Press
Jürgen Habermas is Germany’s most important postwar philosopher, the leading figure of the Frankfurt School in this period. He is best known for the conc... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Peter J. Verovšek, Jürgen Habermas: Public Intellectual and Engaged Critical Theorist - @columbiaup.bsky.social, March 2026 @pjv.bsky.social
cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-...
cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-...
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Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng, Jonathan Silver and Alan
Wiig eds. The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road – @brisunipress.bsky.social, November 2025 (print and open access)
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...
Wiig eds. The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road – @brisunipress.bsky.social, November 2025 (print and open access)
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...
The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative
The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative - Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road; This book explores the unequal ways that China’s Belt and Road Initiative, comm...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng, Jonathan Silver and Alan
Wiig eds. The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road – @brisunipress.bsky.social, November 2025 (print and open access)
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...
Wiig eds. The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road – @brisunipress.bsky.social, November 2025 (print and open access)
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...
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"Geography is one of the most radical, essential and interdisciplinary ways of understanding our world. It explores how systems of power, trade and technology shape our lives, who controls space and who is excluded"
"Geography is not just a way of thinking. It’s a way of becoming more aware, more grounded, more connected. It’s about seeing your place in the world clearly enough to act in it and, we hope, to remake it"
Demian Hommel
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11...
Demian Hommel
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11...
What If Geography Is the Curriculum We Need for the Future? - EdSurge News
A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.”He ...
www.edsurge.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Geography is one of the most radical, essential and interdisciplinary ways of understanding our world. It explores how systems of power, trade and technology shape our lives, who controls space and who is excluded"
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📝 CfP: Rural Societies in Transition
For Volume 67 (2027) of the #AfS, we welcome proposals that cover the social history of rural areas in the 19th and 20th century, going beyond a comparison with urban areas of the time.
More info [PDF]:
www.fes.de/index.php...
For Volume 67 (2027) of the #AfS, we welcome proposals that cover the social history of rural areas in the 19th and 20th century, going beyond a comparison with urban areas of the time.
More info [PDF]:
www.fes.de/index.php...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📝 CfP: Rural Societies in Transition
For Volume 67 (2027) of the #AfS, we welcome proposals that cover the social history of rural areas in the 19th and 20th century, going beyond a comparison with urban areas of the time.
More info [PDF]:
www.fes.de/index.php...
For Volume 67 (2027) of the #AfS, we welcome proposals that cover the social history of rural areas in the 19th and 20th century, going beyond a comparison with urban areas of the time.
More info [PDF]:
www.fes.de/index.php...
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Wem gehört die Stadt? Der Band „Das Ende rechter Räume“ analysiert rechte Strategien der Territorialisierung im Kampf um den öffentlichen Raum. Rezensent Felix Schilk @stillapossibility.bsky.social findet hilfreiche Begriffe und zahlreiche Anknüpfungspunkte:
www.soziopolis.de/intervention...
www.soziopolis.de/intervention...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Wem gehört die Stadt? Der Band „Das Ende rechter Räume“ analysiert rechte Strategien der Territorialisierung im Kampf um den öffentlichen Raum. Rezensent Felix Schilk @stillapossibility.bsky.social findet hilfreiche Begriffe und zahlreiche Anknüpfungspunkte:
www.soziopolis.de/intervention...
www.soziopolis.de/intervention...
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📝 CfP: Ländliche Gesellschaften im Wandel
Für Band 67 (2027) des #AfS freuen wir uns auf Vorschläge, die eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des ländlichen Raums im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert erfassen, die sich nicht im »Anderssein als in der Stadt« erschöpft.
Alle Infos:
Für Band 67 (2027) des #AfS freuen wir uns auf Vorschläge, die eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des ländlichen Raums im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert erfassen, die sich nicht im »Anderssein als in der Stadt« erschöpft.
Alle Infos:
Call for Papers: Ländliche Gesellschaften im Wandel
Beiträge für Band 67 (2027) des Archivs für Sozialgeschichte gesucht! Tagung am 25./26. Juni 2026. Einsendeschluss für Vorschläge: 15. Januar 2026.
www.fes.de
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📝 CfP: Ländliche Gesellschaften im Wandel
Für Band 67 (2027) des #AfS freuen wir uns auf Vorschläge, die eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des ländlichen Raums im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert erfassen, die sich nicht im »Anderssein als in der Stadt« erschöpft.
Alle Infos:
Für Band 67 (2027) des #AfS freuen wir uns auf Vorschläge, die eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des ländlichen Raums im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert erfassen, die sich nicht im »Anderssein als in der Stadt« erschöpft.
Alle Infos:
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Dutch friends! A reminder that I’ll be talking Liverpool and the remaking of port cities with a fantastic panel of scholars in Amsterdam on Tuesday. It will also be livestreamed. aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
Port Cities: Racism, Urbanism and Resistance - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam
This is the Amsterdam book launch of Sam Wetherell’s award-winning book, 'Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain' (Bloomsbury, 2025). The book explores deindustrialization, racial divides, decolonisati...
aces.uva.nl
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Dutch friends! A reminder that I’ll be talking Liverpool and the remaking of port cities with a fantastic panel of scholars in Amsterdam on Tuesday. It will also be livestreamed. aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
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Hier geht's zur Originalversion (auf Deutsch, mit einigen aktuellen Ergänzungen seit dem früheren Skeet dazu).
scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropo...
scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropo...
Bildung für die Zukunft im Anthropozän - Herausforderungen, Potenziale, Leuchttürme und Abbruchsvorhaben.
Aus aktuellem Anlass: Neue Bildungsaspekte im Anthropozän. Überblick zu Bildung für die Zukunft im Anthropozän, sowie Ergänzung mit Aktuellem, durchaus auch „Schrägem“.
scilogs.spektrum.de
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hier geht's zur Originalversion (auf Deutsch, mit einigen aktuellen Ergänzungen seit dem früheren Skeet dazu).
scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropo...
scilogs.spektrum.de/der-anthropo...
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Welche Architektur, welcher Wohnungsbau wird den Bedürfnissen der Menschen gerecht? Veranstaltung „Wohnen neu gedacht: Wie gelingt zukunftsfähige Stadtplanung?“ mit Prof. Uwe Altrock und @dfg.de 26.11.2025, 19 Uhr, Forum Bundeskunsthalle
www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Welche Architektur, welcher Wohnungsbau wird den Bedürfnissen der Menschen gerecht? Veranstaltung „Wohnen neu gedacht: Wie gelingt zukunftsfähige Stadtplanung?“ mit Prof. Uwe Altrock und @dfg.de 26.11.2025, 19 Uhr, Forum Bundeskunsthalle
www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
Great piece by Konstantin Akinscha in today’s @faznet.bsky.social on “Putin’s Year of Geography 2027”. The shameless methods of misusing history, geography and archeology for apparently legitimizing warfare and colonial occupation finds collaborators in academia as well.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great piece by Konstantin Akinscha in today’s @faznet.bsky.social on “Putin’s Year of Geography 2027”. The shameless methods of misusing history, geography and archeology for apparently legitimizing warfare and colonial occupation finds collaborators in academia as well.
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Without idealizing the directive, it’s strange to blame the Corporate Due Diligence Directive for all of the EU’s economic problems—especially since it hasn’t even been implemented yet.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Without idealizing the directive, it’s strange to blame the Corporate Due Diligence Directive for all of the EU’s economic problems—especially since it hasn’t even been implemented yet.
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Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
Sehr guter, überzeugender Beitrag! Auch der Verweis auf die historische Rolle der Städte bei der Migration ist wichtig. Größtes Problem bleibt die Sprache des Herrn M., mit seinen trüben Assoziationen sowie der aktiven Förderung des Ressentiments. Wer sagt ihm, dass er nicht mehr Opposition ist?
Stadtbilder - Das Problem ist die Sprache des Kanzlers, nicht die Präsenz von Migrant:innen
Aziz Epik, Helene Heuser, Nina Perkowski
@verfassungsblog.de
verfassungsblog.de/stadtbild-me...
Aziz Epik, Helene Heuser, Nina Perkowski
@verfassungsblog.de
verfassungsblog.de/stadtbild-me...
Stadtbilder
verfassungsblog.de
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sehr guter, überzeugender Beitrag! Auch der Verweis auf die historische Rolle der Städte bei der Migration ist wichtig. Größtes Problem bleibt die Sprache des Herrn M., mit seinen trüben Assoziationen sowie der aktiven Förderung des Ressentiments. Wer sagt ihm, dass er nicht mehr Opposition ist?
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This Friday (7pm) hear about our very own Ollie Ballinger’s work on #secretmaps at @britishlibrary.bsky.social: "how maps and cartography are being used to reveal what those in power would rather keep hidden.” Sign-up: events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
The Lie of the Land: Who Controls the Map? | British Library
Technologist Ed Parsons, Dr Ollie Ballinger and Dr Pragya Agarwal join cultural geographer Mike Duggan in this panel conversation to explore how maps and c
events.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This Friday (7pm) hear about our very own Ollie Ballinger’s work on #secretmaps at @britishlibrary.bsky.social: "how maps and cartography are being used to reveal what those in power would rather keep hidden.” Sign-up: events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
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Am 14. November bin ich in Luxemburg. Gemeinsam mit Damir Skenderovic spreche ich über den Aufstieg der radikalen Rechten. Ich freue mich auf den Austausch!
👉 Details & Anmeldung: siehe unten.
👉 Details & Anmeldung: siehe unten.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Am 14. November bin ich in Luxemburg. Gemeinsam mit Damir Skenderovic spreche ich über den Aufstieg der radikalen Rechten. Ich freue mich auf den Austausch!
👉 Details & Anmeldung: siehe unten.
👉 Details & Anmeldung: siehe unten.
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Another essential starter pack. While many of the world’s problems have originated in the Global North, it is the Global South that bears the most severe consequences of the planetary crisis. Follow these scholars to broaden your perspective & deepen your understanding of global urban challenges.
Activists and academics working and writing from/for/with the global souths in social and political studies.
Please help us build this list.
Suggestions very welcome.
go.bsky.app/xCeFhi
Please help us build this list.
Suggestions very welcome.
go.bsky.app/xCeFhi
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Another essential starter pack. While many of the world’s problems have originated in the Global North, it is the Global South that bears the most severe consequences of the planetary crisis. Follow these scholars to broaden your perspective & deepen your understanding of global urban challenges.
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And don’t forget to support the good fellow urbanists in Canada!
Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
And don’t forget to support the good fellow urbanists in Canada!
Highly recommended 😀
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 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Highly recommended 😀
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Huge congratulations to Harvard’s Naomi Oreskes for winning the Volvo prize! She is a pioneer in unmasking the financial interests and methods behind climate science denial.
I’m proud to have published with her how Exxon knew exactly what they were doing.
www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
I’m proud to have published with her how Exxon knew exactly what they were doing.
www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Naomi Oreskes - Volvo Environment Prize
Harvard Professor Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned earth scientist and historian, is the laureate of the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. She is recognized for her influential work on the history of scien...
www.environment-prize.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Huge congratulations to Harvard’s Naomi Oreskes for winning the Volvo prize! She is a pioneer in unmasking the financial interests and methods behind climate science denial.
I’m proud to have published with her how Exxon knew exactly what they were doing.
www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
I’m proud to have published with her how Exxon knew exactly what they were doing.
www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
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Geography in the service of the imperial state:
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
November 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Geography in the service of the imperial state:
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
Putin speaking at the Russian Geographical Society emphasising the political utility of mapping and geographical knowledge
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Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
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Full CFP is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AAG_TJ_2026_CFP
Call For Abstracts for the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, 17-21 March 2026, San Francisco, California Deadline for abstract submission: October 30, 2025 Transportation...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Full CFP is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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And here, for our first day on Bluesky, is a Geography at Newcastle starter pack, which will develop as our presence on Bluesky does.
Please do follow us!
go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
Please do follow us!
go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And here, for our first day on Bluesky, is a Geography at Newcastle starter pack, which will develop as our presence on Bluesky does.
Please do follow us!
go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
Please do follow us!
go.bsky.app/GEt9bGr
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Kolumne: In der Europäischen Union gibt es offenbar massive Bestrebungen bestimmter Staaten und Industrieverbände, die gigantischen Subventionen für das schädlichste Geschäftsmodell der Menschheitsgeschichte - CO2 - fortzuschreiben.Das wäre auch ökonomisch extrem schädlich.
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October 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Kolumne: In der Europäischen Union gibt es offenbar massive Bestrebungen bestimmter Staaten und Industrieverbände, die gigantischen Subventionen für das schädlichste Geschäftsmodell der Menschheitsgeschichte - CO2 - fortzuschreiben.Das wäre auch ökonomisch extrem schädlich.
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