Sophia Maalsen
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Sophia Maalsen
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Urban and digital geographer interested in all things urbanism, digital, gender, housing and ‘smart’.
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! New publication by @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social & others on innovation & prototypes in housing policy & construction. They shed light on the role prototypes could have in translating between users and government actors, addressing more affordable housing futures. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Prototyping as a Means to Innovate Affordable Housing Policies and Provision: An Empirical Illustration
In the face of rising housing affordability challenges, a diverse range of stakeholders are increasingly looking to alternative forms of housing provision and policy, and in particular, a turn to m...
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April 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
After a five minute welcome home assault of wriggly hugs and kisses, Minx has put me to work playing tug of war. No rest for the wicked…
March 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Digital Geography and Society editorial team will be at the AAG so come along and have a chat if you’re interested on submitting a paper or have any questions for us! Times below
March 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A busy week but finishing strong with our paper on “Prototyping as a Means to Innovate Affordable Housing Policies and Provision” out in HTS. A fun piece to write with Robyn Dowling, Pauline McGuirk, Tom Baker and Laura Goh
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Prototyping as a Means to Innovate Affordable Housing Policies and Provision: An Empirical Illustration
In the face of rising housing affordability challenges, a diverse range of stakeholders are increasingly looking to alternative forms of housing provision and policy, and in particular, a turn to m...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
He kept us waiting but it’s bound to be a ripper! Looking forward to reading new work by @samkinsley.uk
First proper article in five years, due to life stuff. If you’re interested in work, automation, the future & imagination this may be of interest #geosky

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February 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Don’t even. Traffic sign getting a bit passive aggressive there.
February 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Giving a talk soon on Silicon Valley Imperialism for friends in Ann Arbor today!
February 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The theme of our CfP is - painfully - gaining in further relevance as the Trump-Thiel-Musk triad deepens its AI-inflected authoritarian tendencies.

Deadline for abstract submission is this Friday.
Are you thinking through questions about authoritarianism & AI? Do you like geographers? If so, please consider this session on ‘Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI’ by @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social & myself which we are hoping to get up at this year’s RGS-IBG.
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
February 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing @erinmcel.bsky.social “Silicon Valley Imperialism” published by @dukepress.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: it’s excellent! You can read my review in Dialogues in Urban Research here: doi.org/10.1177/2754...
What is Silicon Valley Imperialism? - Sophia Maalsen, 2025
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February 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Are you thinking through questions about authoritarianism & AI? Do you like geographers? If so, please consider this session on ‘Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI’ by @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social & myself which we are hoping to get up at this year’s RGS-IBG.
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
January 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Finishing the year on a high with our special issue on “Housing Disruptions” which brings together excellent papers that critically examine the digital transformation of housing & home. It was a pleasure co-editing with @timwhite100.bsky.social & Dallas Rogers. Full line up in Tim’s post below:
New special issue on ‘Housing Disruptions’ critically examining the digital transformation of housing and home. Edited by Dallas Rogers, @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and myself in Digital Geography and Society. Contributions as follows:
December 16, 2024 at 8:35 PM
It’s digital geography Friday! And to celebrate, I am Shari g this excellent new article by Tim White (I’m not sure if he’s on here yet) on digital experiments in rent extraction focused on the co-living sector

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November 22, 2024 at 12:51 AM
With the world as it is, I felt it was time to revisit this paper I wrote with my PhD supervisor, Kurt Iveson, on data and discipline in the city journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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November 18, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Just big dog fussing in the kitchen 😬😂
November 16, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Really excited to see this work on a critical history of the GeoJSON file format out by @marxist.af Jim Thatcher, Laura Beltz Imaka and David O’Sullivan. Perfect for you geo spatial tech nerds and all digital geographers! doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
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October 23, 2024 at 4:32 AM
I’m experimenting with AI to help with in class quizzes. I seem to be unable to communicate with it without being all, “thank you!” “That’s great”, “please”, “if it’s not too much bother could you…”. I hope the AI appreciates my politeness 😂
September 10, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Back in Sydney.
September 9, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I’ve been very quiet on here of late so I’m going to kick things off again with this newly published progress report on digital geographies. I hope it gives those new to the field a good grounding on the cool work that geographers do on the digital! doi.org/10.1177/0309...
Digital geographies 1: Reality bytes - Sophia Maalsen, 2024
This report is intended to provide a foundation to debates which illustrate how geographers have approached the challenge of understanding something variously i...
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September 6, 2024 at 3:42 AM
An opportunity to indulge my love for Haraway &Hayles in my new paper, 'Home in cybersymbiosis: making home with digital oddkin.' I look at how we make home with our digital devices. Thanks to @kylzjarrett.bsky.social whose kitchen table I wrote the first draft on
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February 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
A new years treat, with this special issue on the Home published in Australian Feminist Studies. www.tandfonline.com/toc/cafs20/3...
There is a great selection of articles, so please check it out if you are interested!
January 10, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I’m quickly running out of steam at this time of year so I’m going to treat myself by finally reading this book I’ve been carrying around in my bay for a month. One page in and I’m gripped!
December 14, 2023 at 12:32 AM
Last week of work before I’m signing off for the year. This means it’s also the time of the year when I start getting into Christmas spirit by subjecting the dogs to their reindeer photos. They were very patient despite the indignity…
December 12, 2023 at 10:31 AM
We said stay tuned so what have DallasRogers, myself, Peta Wolifson and our tenants union partners (@TUNSW @tenantsqld, @TenantsVic) been cooking up with Jack Toohey....? www.tiktok.com/@jack_toohey...
Jack Toohey on TikTok
🏚️ renting is broken, pass it on. #knowyourlandlord #rentalcrisis #housingcrisis #alliwantforchristmasisahome
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November 23, 2023 at 7:08 AM
Lots of data is collected on tenants. We (Dallas Rogers, myself, Peta Wolifson & Tenants Unions) created a hypothetical universe where tenants could "know" their landlord too. It's time for a conversation about how much info is necessary for both sides. Stay tuned...
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November 23, 2023 at 5:44 AM