New episode #UrbanRadar www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis... Brexit, austerity and youth futures, with @smhall.bsky.social And plenty else on the radar, including youth hubs, zoos, war with Russian, the Venezuelan earthquake, goonism and flags @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

29. BREXIT, AUSTERITY AND YOUTH FUTURES: Ten years later, +unbounding zoos, +war with Russia, +street 'goons' in Kenya, +banned flags in Oxfordshire and more - Urban Radar

In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by Professor Sarah Marie Hall from the University of Manchester to reflect on ten years since Brexit and specifically how austerity has altered the lifecourses ...

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Great to speak with you Lotte! Here's a sneak peak of what we covered! Listen here www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

Lotte Hargrave@lottehargrave.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In which I discuss Makerfield, what it means nationally, and my ever favourite topic - gender gaps in undecided voters! 👇

All eyes on Makerfield! The town that might decide the UK's future PM Our latest podcast features @lottehargrave.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk helping Urban Radar better understand the factors shaping the outcome of the Makerfield by-election Listen here www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

27. MAKING A PRIME MINISTER IN MAKERFIELD? Predicting election results, +Ebola in African cities, +domestic worker activism, +global sand crisis, +housing and the World Urban Forum and more - Urban Ra...

In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Dr Lotte Hargrave from the University of Manchester to discuss whether psephology - the study of elections and voting behaviour - can predict the next Prime ...

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Listen to the full episode, hosted by @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social, here 👇 @globaldevinst.bsky.social | @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

26. COMPARATIVE LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: A conversation with Jack Makau and Temilade Sesan - Urban Radar

In this episode - recorded on location in Kampala, Uganda during an African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) workshop in late April - we delve into questions of how urban communities in informal sett...

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Part of an upcoming special issue on the "The epistemic tangles of urban inhabitation" in City (editors: @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @michelelancione.bsky.social) and fully open access!

On #UrbanRadar this month, we talk to Hannah Sender & Mariam Bazzi about the effects of seemingly endless military violence in #Lebanon on housing for displaced people. We also consider the #Beirut Urban Lab’s wider work, including tracking ‘urbicide’ in Gaza. Plus our usual monthly news radar…

It was a total pleasure to have @ctemenos.bsky.social on #UrbanRadar to talk about her work on #crisis #policymaking, public health and the city with me and @itsbethperry.bsky.social. From social infrastructures to the politics of expertise, listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

22. CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH & THE CITY: A conversation with Cristina Temenos - Urban Radar

In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Cristina Temenos from the University of Manchester to discuss a wide range of issues from trust in medicine, responses to COVID-19 and experimentation and ev...

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Fifth run for War Child UK completed today. Quite a hard one, not least because of how much has changed since I started this last October, and how many more children have been killed or injured in all these wars You can sponsor me here - please do www.justgiving.com/page/bethper...

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One for the weekend Would you... Could you... Should you get in a self-driving taxi? As London gears up for its first trial, #UrbanRadar discusses the promise and pitfalls of robotic urban infrastructure with Aidan While With @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social as usual

New podcast episode now available URBAN ROBOTICS BY STEALTH open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ... plus a range of other issues as usual All recorded before the weekend - how things change With Aidan While, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

Sensorial Methodologies, Extended Urbanization This workshop, incorporating film screening, book launch and panel discussion, brings together urban researchers exploring the geographies of extended and planetary urbanization through visual based methodologies. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

Sensorial Methodologies, Extended Urbanization

This workshop, incorporating film screening, book launch and panel discussion, brings together urban researchers exploring the geographies of extended and planetary urbanization through visual based m...

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Illicit finance and the dark city economy Rowland Atkinson has been writing about the role of illicit finance in harming everyday communities and people in what he calls the dark city economy. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

Illicit finance and the dark city economy

Rowland Atkinson has been writing about the role of illicit finance in harming everyday communities and people in what he calls the dark city economy.

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Catch up with the latest urban radar podcast ... Here's a sneak peek of @felipemagallhaes.bsky.social @xuniamortimer.bsky.social @ctemenos.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6mXj...

How can we see and understand complex and volatile cities? How might we use and analyse photographs and archives in urban research? Listen to latest #urbanradar podcast with @xuniamortimer.bsky.social and @felipemagallhaes.bsky.social With @itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

Here we go! Series two underway. Launch of exciting new collaboration across the North of England!

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SERIES TWO of Urban Radar now available on all usual streaming platforms Check out latest offering from @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social with guest Erika Garcia Fermin www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis... #Greenland #Iran #Venezuela #neighbourhoods #disinformation #embassies

Here's the wrap up of #urbanradar for 2025! open.spotify.com/episode/76iH... - #Bogota's care blocks - #Subtervising - Scrapping trial by #jury - #US #Security Strategy - #Australia's #social #media ban - #Syrian cities one year on @itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

Sneaky listen of Julia Moses talking with @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on #urbanradar About child labour and urban and rural dimensions drawing on her project @glosoc.bsky.social

If you've not signed up, check out the Global Corridor newsletter here ... Critical geopolitical reading of forces shaping urban worlds @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social @drabioconnor.bsky.social @eyeofraf.bsky.social @callumny.bsky.social

Jon Silver@invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Global Corridor newsletter 6 is out now covering... BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism... globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

Free book! Download now if you're interested in the material geographies of the belt and road initiative @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social And listen to Jon talking about some of the work on the #urbanradar podcast here open.spotify.com/episode/4xGv...

Feature 10: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman

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Jon Silver@invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Publication Day for our Open Access book w/ Bristol Uni Press "The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures + Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road" Edited w/ Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng + Alan Wiig Link here >> bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...

Learnt so much chatting with Julia and Dani on the latest #urbanradar podcast open.spotify.com/episode/4JFq... And quite a bit of lying on my part (though I do actually like elephants)

Radar 11: CHILD LABOUR AND DISINFORMATION (+immigration policy, +COP30 in Belem, +ticket touts, +urban statistics and more…)

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Another episode of #urbanradar now available, just in time for weekend listening RADAR 11: CHILD LABOUR AND DISINFORMATION With Julia Moses and Dani Madrid-Morales And of course @goodfellowtom.bsky.social & @itsbethperry.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4JFq... @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Am going for run 2 tomorrow! Any sponsorship for @warchilduk.bsky.social much needed www.justgiving.com/page/bethper...

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Professor Beth Perry@itsbethperry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Running 12 half-marathons in 12 months for @warchilduk.bsky.social First run completed today. 11 to go! Please sponsor me if you can - www.justgiving.com/page/bethper...

Listen here for latest pod featuring colleagues @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Linda Westman in discussion with @goodfellowtom.bsky.social about China, the Global Infrastructure Race and Its Urban Impacts www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

Feature 10: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman - Urban Radar

In this feature, Tom and Beth discuss the Global Infrastructure Race with colleagues from the Urban Institute (UI), recorded live as part of the UI’s 10 year anniversary celebrations. Drawing on insig...

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Urban Institute@theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Latest Urban Radar podcast is out Feature 10: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

And he won! For some insight into how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got there, listen to the discussion from July with @katiepruszynski.bsky.social, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social Full episode here open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ... Skip to 25:10 for more

Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register) Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

@un-habitat.bsky.social World Cities Day! And another episode of #urbanradar open.spotify.com/episode/3VgE... Tune in for @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social talking @zackpolanski.bsky.social with @mattflinders.bsky.social, & Gaza reconstruction with Said Zaaneen

Radar 10: GREEN RESURGENCE & GAZA RECONSTRUCTION (+Brexit, +rats, +Louvre heist, +AI Friend and more)

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Another taster of the latest #UrbanRadar feature on Humanity's Urban Future with Ash Amin, @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Listen to this clip of @xazaaradjame.bsky.social in conversation with @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social with Ash Amin, drawing on work for @britishacademy.bsky.social and CIFAR @michelelancione.bsky.social @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social

A very special episode of #UrbanRadar #podcast to share this Urban October. open.spotify.com/episode/20A1... HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social

Feature 9: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin

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Running 12 half-marathons in 12 months for @warchilduk.bsky.social First run completed today. 11 to go! Please sponsor me if you can - www.justgiving.com/page/bethper...