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Roger Keil
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Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus |
Environmental and Urban Change | York University

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One of a set of articles in @upejournal.bsky.social discussing my contributions to urban studies. Endlessly grateful!
You know that you did well as an academic if these things happen: Excellent open-access article in a special issue of Urban Political Ecology, celebrating the breadth and depth of @rkeil.bsky.social’s scholarship while charting new directions for urban praxis and research inspired by his work.
Governing a sub/urban planet - Jean-Paul D. Addie, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Sean Hertel, Murat Üçoğlu, 2025
This paper evaluates Roger Keil's influence on the fields of urban and regional governance and suburban studies, underscoring his foundational contribution...
journals.sagepub.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One of a set of articles in @upejournal.bsky.social discussing my contributions to urban studies. Endlessly grateful!
You know that you did well as an academic if these things happen: Excellent open-access article in a special issue of Urban Political Ecology, celebrating the breadth and depth of @rkeil.bsky.social’s scholarship while charting new directions for urban praxis and research inspired by his work.
Governing a sub/urban planet - Jean-Paul D. Addie, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Sean Hertel, Murat Üçoğlu, 2025
This paper evaluates Roger Keil's influence on the fields of urban and regional governance and suburban studies, underscoring his foundational contribution...
journals.sagepub.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
World Cup vibes tonight! #canmnt “Due to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Exhibition Grounds, there will be road closures and minimal parking available as well as animals moving around the area.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  - YFile
A new study led by York University urges governments to rethink how antimicrobial resistance is monitored and governed with a focus on inclusive global action.
www.yorku.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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An overwhelming event! Very grateful.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A new suburban home.
Quartier neuf 🏗️ cité moderne HLM 🏙️ ... J'ai enfin eu l'appartement... 1969 en Slovaquie
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
An overwhelming event! Very grateful.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  - YFile
A new study led by York University urges governments to rethink how antimicrobial resistance is monitored and governed with a focus on inclusive global action.
www.yorku.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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What would AMR surveillance look like if equity came first?
This new study in Social Science & Medicine uses an Urban Political Ecology (UPE) lens to explore how equity can be built into #AMR surveillance.
🔗 Read: bit.ly/4hMjkgS
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November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Why should anyone listen to David Frum?
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy birthday, David Harvey!
"David Harvey in Paris: A Tribute for his 90th Birthday" progressivegeographies.com/2025/10/31/d...
@davidharvey.org A short piece about Harvey's writings on Paris, posted to coincide with his birthday.
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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It’s hard to think of an industry in which the global technological frontier has become so remade in the past century than the auto sector.

Reading this en route to what was once technological ground zero for car manufacturing: Detroit, “Motor City”.

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October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Die Innenstadt ist immer menschenleerer, und am Stadtrand werden im Prinzip alle Konflikte ausgetragen, dort stapeln sich die gesellschaftlichen Widersprüche. Wir werden das proaktiv aufnehmen und sagen, genau deswegen sind wir die Partei für den Stadtrand.” www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1194...
»Die Berliner SPD ist in der Stadtentwicklung rechts«
Seit März ist Linke-Politikerin Katalin Gennburg Bundestagsabgeordnete. Sie erklärt, warum sie den Berliner Senat verklagt hat, was die Herausforderungen linker Baupolitik sind und ob die Linke in Ber...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Ross Beveridge of USSP has contributed to an @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social special collection celebrating the life and work of the late political theorist and scholar of cities, Warren Magnusson.
Wonderfully edited by @rkeil.bsky.social & Zack Taylor. Link below 👇
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community - thelocal.to/york-univers...
How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community | The Local
After program closures, questionable major capital projects, and increasingly fractious labour relations, what is the future of York University?
thelocal.to
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community - thelocal.to/york-univers...
How York University Lost the Trust of Its Community | The Local
After program closures, questionable major capital projects, and increasingly fractious labour relations, what is the future of York University?
thelocal.to
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM