Roger Keil
@rkeil.bsky.social
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus | Environmental and Urban Change | York University Cities | Football | Music
"For quite a while, we’ve known that Mark Carney is not the climate warrior he was cracked up to be. But only now is he starting to reveal just how far he’ll go in jeopardizing the slim remaining hope of averting climate disaster," writes @lindamcquaig.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli
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Linda McQuaig@lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 2d agoIn the Mark Carney era: what Big Oil wants, Big Oil gets www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli #climate
Im Süden Europa wüten die Waldbrände, u so viele sind überrascht. Vor 6 J. schrieb ich angesichts der Brände in Australien, was das mit Kolonialismus zu tun hat, und warum wir unsere Welt dekolonisieren müssten, um als Menschheit überleben zu können. Zum Lesen👇 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/aust...
Australien im Feuer des Kolonialismus
Wie bequem für Europa: Die Schäden der Wachstumsideologie zeigen sich am anderen Ende der Welt. Ein Gastbeitrag von Jürgen Zimmerer.
sueddeutsche.de
Beckham came out of this game a winner. He is laughing all the way to the bank. His country lost and his empire won!
Book in hand!
Urban Affairs Review@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are thrilled to announce the publication of "Politics is Urban: Reflections on Warren Magnusson's Life and Ideas" edited by @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social and @rkeil.bsky.social. You can download the free ebook or purchase a paperback copy online! Details below 👇
We are thrilled to announce the publication of "Politics is Urban: Reflections on Warren Magnusson's Life and Ideas" edited by @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social and @rkeil.bsky.social. You can download the free ebook or purchase a paperback copy online! Details below 👇
‘Der Reichtum der Gesellschaften, in welchen kapitalistische Produktionsweise herrscht, erscheint als eine “ungeheure Warensammlung”, die einzelne Ware als seine Elementarform’.
📢 2026 USF International Fellowships - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Deadline: 6 July 2026 Read more & apply : https://ow.ly/ezMb50YILbw
The Hungarian election is about Russian oligarchy and its support of the international far right. That’s why Vance is there. He is a node in that network.
✍️ Bok, Simone & @rkeil.bsky.social 🔍 This article examines the multi-sited case of climate-corporate #futuring in contemporary global urban #climate #governance, drawing on a dataset of 5 workshops on climate #resilience organized by two globally facing urban think tanks. 📖 buff.ly/TrOLVww
Toronto! Apartment prejudice versus house privilege! This is getting so tired.
Toronto! Apartment prejudice versus house privilege! This is getting so tired.
“Poly-crisis” is everywhere, often framed as a call to restore nation-state primacy. But are states the only or even the best entities to respond? We argue that cities are where crises are lived and often most directly handled. With @rkeil.bsky.social, Ross Beveridge, Ewan Kerr and Maryam Lashkari.
From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogotá, cities showcase new ways to address crises
Cities aren’t just places where multiple crises may collide. They’re also places where people develop ways to navigate them.
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Just Asking with Saroja Coelho: The frontlines of protests in Minneapolis. Some of the best radio I’ve ever heard on the CBC! Just Asking with Saroja Coelho: The frontlines of protests in Minneapolis www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton https://theonion.com/home-depot-introduces-new-12-foot-tall-baby-jesus-skele-1851069460/
New article on the modalities and politics of crisis urbanism in @dialogueshg.bsky.social by Ross Beveridge, Maryam Lashkari and myself. We point towards a new reparative conjuncture. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The modalities and politics of crisis urbanism: A new reparative conjuncture? - Ross Beveridge, Roger Keil, Maryam Lashkari, 2025
This article argues that the current advance of global crises necessitates new thinking on how the urban intersects with crisis. We develop four overlapping mod...
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