Sophia Maalsen
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social
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
! 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....
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
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…
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
Join Digital Geography & Society editors at the @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 conference next week in booth 103 for our speed reviews! Please book here:
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Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2024
Join us at the AAG 2024 at the Elsevier booth #103 for a face-to-face speed review session with one of our Editors below!
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March 23, 2025 at 3:46 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
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
doi.org/10.1080/1403...
doi.org/10.1080/1403...
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...
doi.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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
doi.org/10.1080/1403...
doi.org/10.1080/1403...
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
He kept us waiting but it’s bound to be a ripper! Looking forward to reading new work by @samkinsley.uk
Don’t even. Traffic sign getting a bit passive aggressive there.
February 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Don’t even. Traffic sign getting a bit passive aggressive there.
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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
Giving a talk soon on Silicon Valley Imperialism for friends in Ann Arbor today!
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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.
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
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.
Deadline for abstract submission is this Friday.
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
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...
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
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.
Reposted by Sophia Maalsen
@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
@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
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
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:
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
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
doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
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
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/...
Just big dog fussing in the kitchen 😬😂
November 16, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Just big dog fussing in the kitchen 😬😂
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
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...
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
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 😂
Back in Sydney.
September 9, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Back in Sydney.
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
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...
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
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
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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!
There is a great selection of articles, so please check it out if you are interested!
January 10, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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!
There is a great selection of articles, so please check it out if you are interested!
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
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!
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
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…
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
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...
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...
knowyourlandlord.app
knowyourlandlord.app
November 23, 2023 at 5:44 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...
knowyourlandlord.app
knowyourlandlord.app