Heartening to see this volume taken up in a review published today in the @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social. I am very grateful to the reviewer for such a generous and encouraging reading. For those interested, the intro chapter is available as open access here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

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NEW: Urbanisation, megaprojects and dispossession in Asia The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia edited by @hyunshin.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social & @dwgimm.bsky.social reveals how unequally states, private capital and various actors reshape urban landscapes. Review by Sara Bardhan.

Me and @hyunshin.bsky.social @rgs.org awards last week, more than a decade since we wrote Planetary Gentrification and still great friends 😊

Congratulations to @hyunshin.bsky.social on being awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his new project, Speculative urbanisation, property hegemony and urban futures in Seoul. 🏙️

The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia ed. @hyunshin.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social & @dwgimm.bsky.socia reveals how unequally states, private capital & other actors reshape urban landscapes, benefitting some & dispossessing others. Review by Sara Bardhan @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Urbanisation, megaprojects and dispossession in Asia - LSE Review of Books

The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia ed. Hyun Bang Shin & Dong-Wan Gimm critiques the megaproject as the dominant model of urban development in Asia.

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It was great to share the moment when @lorettaclees.bsky.social received the well-deserving, prestigious Patron’s Medal from the @rgs.org. Very happy for her. >10 years since co-authoring Planetary Gentrification (2016, @politybooks.bsky.social)

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Me and @hyunshin.bsky.social @rgs.org awards last week, more than a decade since we wrote Planetary Gentrification and still great friends 😊

Article Forum 3: Xiaobo Su and Kean Fan Lim conceptualize urban state venturism, continuing to probe ‘new’ state capitalism in geography. Commentaries by Ilias Alami, Hyun Bang Shin, Heather Whiteside, Dan Cohen and Emily Rosenman, and Sabine Dörry.

Looking forward to this colloquium as discussant on Reassessing ‘Gentrification’ from Asian Context. Talks by Napong Rugkhapan and Zhe Ren, pushing us to rethink how the concept travels beyond Western contexts. 🗓 17 June | ⏰ 18:00 JST | 🌐 Online (free) Registration here: forms.gle/AwzCHqHQcyRr...

📢 Upcoming #USFSeminarSeriesAwards Event "Marammat: Youth Holding the City Together" is the opening masterclass of the five-city seminar series "Ordinary Ecologies of Repair". Anchored by Dr Anant Maringanti. 📅 5 June 2026 | 4:00 pm (IST) 🔗 Register: zurl.co/M52vu 👉 Learn more: zurl.co/IDpS5

The Trust’s latest Newsletter is out now! Read about egg surface-sperm coevolution, depathologising research culture through disability and neurodivergence, property hegemony and urban futures in Seoul, and much more: leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter

🎙️ In the latest episode of the Displacement Urbanism podcast, Romola Sanyal and René Kreichauf discuss the housing challenges faced by asylum seekers in European cities, how these are tied to larger economic logics and issues of race. zurl.co/zmwIf

The City After Arrival: Housing, Race, and Refugee Life in Europe | René Kreichauf

Listen to this episode from Displacement Urbanism on Spotify. Romola Sanyal and Rene Kreichauf talk about the housing challenges faced by asylum seekers in European cities, how these are tied to larger economic logics and issues of race. They also explore how such housing crises extend beyond urban areas to rural spaces that come to be waiting zones.René Kreichauf is Assistant Professor in Urban Studies and Planning at Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research and Senior Researcher at the Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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Vol. 2 of the Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change is finally out. Jacob Moscona and I wrote Chapter 4, on the economics of climate innovation. Short thread on what's in it, who it's for. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Economic geographer? Come work with us. @lsegeography.bsky.social is hiring a Fellow in Economic #Geography: 2-year post, starts Sept 2026. Recent or soon-to-be PhDs in econ geography, #economics or related fields. £43,277–£55,497 inc. London allowance. Closes 31 May. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM347/l...

Turning 60 this year: MSc in Regional & Urban Planning Studies, @lsegeography.bsky.social 🎉 Since 1966, it’s been asking a simple but enduring question: what can planning actually do in the real world? We’re marking the occasion w/ a roundtable & reception. Link: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

From planning theory to urban practice: what can planning still do in an uncertain world?

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Delighted to welcome four new colleagues, Hannah Hasenberger, Jessie Lu, Zheng Wang & Matthew Wargent, to @lsegeography.bsky.social. Their work spans urban, environmental and planning challenges, strengthening both our research and the breadth of research-led teaching. www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

New faculty for 2026 | Geography and Environment | LSE

Announcing four new faculty joining LSE’s Department of Geography and Environment in the 2026/27 academic year, strengthening research and teaching.

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Flooding in Southeast Asia can’t be understood through climate alone. That’s why I’m drawn to LSE’s Southeast Asia Forum on Flooding (20 May 2026), which looks at land conversion, development, and governance alongside hydrology. More on the event here: www.lse.ac.uk/seac/events/...

New event: The Death and Life of Gentrification Join @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social at @lsegeography.bsky.social (hosted with the Urban Salon) for a discussion of her new book: 🗓 7 May 2026 | 4–5.30pm 📍 LSE, Centre Building 🔗 Registration via www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

We are hiring - a two-year LSE Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning @lsegeography.bsky.social. The full details can be found here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Application closing date: 26th April.

Great turnout in today’s “Human Geography and Urban Studies Alumni & Student Networking Evening” in @lsegeography.bsky.social An exciting evening to meet current students and alumni (1986-2025) from BA Geography, MSc Urbanisation and Development, and MSc Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research)

Please join me in this exciting Urban Salon event on 10 March at 4pm @lsegeography.bsky.social, featuring @nitin-bathla.bsky.social who's presenting his latest book, "Cinema and the City in the Era of Planetary Urbanisation". For details and registration, visit here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

A @lsegeography.bsky.social brownie to kick start a day!

Please join me in this exciting Urban Salon event on 10 March at 4pm @lsegeography.bsky.social, featuring @nitin-bathla.bsky.social who's presenting his latest book, "Cinema and the City in the Era of Planetary Urbanisation". For details and registration, visit here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

Today at 11 am, looking forward to hosting Prof Miyo Aramata, Professor in the Department of History and Geography at the School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University, Japan (Profile here: english-meiji.net/articles/wri...), and currently Visiting Professor @lsegeography.bsky.social

ARAMATA Miyo | Meiji.net:Meiji University

Research fields: Human geography Research themes: Urban planning project and related ideas in France, Mega-events and urban and regional development in the post-growth era, landscape formation of colo...

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📢 LSE Public Lecture - Can natural capital be replaced? Dive into the debate on weak vs strong sustainability with Prof Eric Neumayer and explore whether natural capital can truly be substituted by other forms of capital. 🌍 🗓 10 Feb 2026 | 🕡 6.30–8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre & Online 👉 zurl.co/vSltz

Can natural capital be replaced? How the weak versus strong sustainability divide will shape our common future | Eric Neumayer

Eric Neumayer will discuss how the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital lies at the heart of the controversy.

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It's a pleasure to welcome Prof Don Mitchell to give a seminar in @lsegeography.bsky.social on 2 Feb, discussing today’s gig economy and “independent contractor” model of urban labour growing out of earlier agricultural labour struggles. If you'd like to attend, pls email geog.research[at]lse.ac.uk

Here is the line-up for the Human Geography seminar series in @lsegeography.bsky.social for the winter term this year. We start with @kbrickell.bsky.social on 22-January, followed by our very own Siddharth Menon on 5-Feb.

Yesterday saw @lsegeography.bsky.social's Away Day. Speed-date-style introductions helped learn more about each other’s work, followed by three sessions reflecting on how we operate as a department and how we can improve (plus a quiz after lunch). It was great to reconnect after the winter break

📢 LSE Public Lecture - Can natural capital be replaced? Dive into the debate on weak vs strong sustainability with Prof Eric Neumayer and explore whether natural capital can truly be substituted by other forms of capital. 🌍 🗓 10 Feb 2026 | 🕡 6.30–8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre & Online 👉 zurl.co/vSltz

Can natural capital be replaced? How the weak versus strong sustainability divide will shape our common future | Eric Neumayer

Eric Neumayer will discuss how the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital lies at the heart of the controversy.

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Hello Bluesky! We’re the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Follow us here for department news, events, research highlights, and opportunities. 🔗 lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment

Department of Geography and Environment | LSE

Study geography and environment at LSE. Explore world-leading research, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and a vibrant academic community.

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Summer School course on Remaking China’s Urban Futures I’m pleased to be teaching “Remaking China’s Urban Futures: Urban Transformations in a Global Context” as part of the Global Public Policy International Summer School, jointly launched by the LSE–Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy…

Summer School course on Remaking China’s Urban Futures

I’m pleased to be teaching “Remaking China’s Urban Futures: Urban Transformations in a Global Context” as part of the Global Public Policy International Summer School, jointly launched by the LSE–Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy and the Fudan Institute for Global Public Policy. This course builds on my research on China, examining how China’s urbanisation as one of the fastest and most consequential remakings of space in modern history shapes governance, finance, inequality and environmental risk across urban, regional and global scales.

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Year-end heads-up: LSE Department of Geography and Environment is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography & Urban Planning. Deadline 11 Jan 2026 (23:59 UK). Offline for the break? Bookmark for later: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #AcademicJobs