! 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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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

Sam Kinsley@samkinsley.uk · last yr.

Join Digital Geography & Society editors at the @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 conference next week in booth 103 for our speed reviews! Please book here: www.elsevier.com/events/exhib...

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...

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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He kept us waiting but it’s bound to be a ripper! Looking forward to reading new work by @samkinsley.uk

Sam Kinsley@samkinsley.uk · last yr.

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 doi.org/10.1177/0263...

Don’t even. Traffic sign getting a bit passive aggressive there.

Giving a talk soon on Silicon Valley Imperialism for friends in Ann Arbor today!

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.

Sophia Maalsen@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social · 2y ago

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.

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.

Casey Lynch@casey-lynch.bsky.social · 2y ago

@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

@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:

Tim White@timwhite100.bsky.social · 2y ago

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:

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...

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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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...

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.

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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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....

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!

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…

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

The 1st of our "Innovating Urban Governance" episodes is out (ltd edn hosted by @CityRoadPod)! Ep1 feat @PaulineMcGuirk & @tom_a_baker on the work of innovation units can be found here: cityroadpod.org/2023/11/20/i... Keep an ear out for @RobynSydney & me for ep 2 on design thinking the city!

I am in denial about the marking to be done…

The highlight of my week was our travel system doing weird things and costing a five day trip at $150,723. For a brief moment I thought I could travel VIP style. I can’t believe my supervisor didn’t approve it! 😂

In case you missed it, Australian Feminist Studies has a new SI on Home! It was great collaborative editorial process with Jane Simon, Lilian Chee, &Cathy Smith. Reflections on, and from, Feminist Practice: Introduction to the ‘Home’ Special Issue www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

*The Urban Cartel* are playing & reading @drnatosborne.bsky.social 's essay *For still possible cities: a politics of failure for the politically depressed* Dallas Rogers, drums; Laurence Troy, double bass; Steve Burns, guitar; Kurt Iveson, guitar; Me, Vox Fri 3rd Nov Amplify exhibition, Tin Sheds