As an alum of the 2018 SIEG in Ghent and now a local organizer of the 2026 Toronto edition, I can say this is an incredible opportunity for early-career scholars to learn, connect, and collaborate within the economic geography community. Apply by Dec 22 and see you in Toronto next year!

Jamie Peck@jamiepeck.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026 Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026

Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026 Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026

On May 14, we’re thrilled to welcome Matt Thompson (@mattthompson.bsky.social) to the IIESL and to Toronto for a discussion of his research on conjunctural municipalism. He’ll be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer (@skipfer.bsky.social), and Rachel Bok as discussants.

“Stories about urban change are often simplified, giving credit to a single mayor or policy, which is not usually the full story,” says Sergio Montero, Change Stories collaborator and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. @sergemont.bsky.social

CAUT, a voice for academic professionals 125 Canadian universities and colleges advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.

JOIN US! March 31, 12 PM -1:30 PM "Seeing Democracy Like a City" with CITY's 2025 Senior Visiting Scholar Ross Beveridge @uofglasgow.bsky.social With @sergemont.bsky.social and Peggie Kohn @utsc.bsky.social To register: www.yorku.ca/cityinstitut...

City Research Seminar: Dr. Ross Beveridge - The City Institute at York University (CITY)

Seeing Democracy Like a City Urbanisation is changing landscapes, social relations and everyday lives across the globe. At the same time, urbanisation is also changing the ways democracy is understood...

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Last year, the City of Toronto adopted some guiding principles for building an inclusive economic development framework. Join us to explore this framework, understand the grassroots efforts that shaped it & discuss broader questions of Canadian economic sovereignty. Registration: shorturl.at/Vx4cQ

If you are in Toronto, join us on March 18 for a talk by Manuel Pastor (@profmpastor.bsky.social) on the rise of lithium extraction in California's Imperial Valley and the implications of electric vehicles on economic and environmental justice. 📍 Registration: shorturl.at/TEoB1

Last year, the City of Toronto adopted some guiding principles for building an inclusive economic development framework. Join us to explore this framework, understand the grassroots efforts that shaped it & discuss broader questions of Canadian economic sovereignty. Registration: shorturl.at/Vx4cQ

Toronto will ban U.S. companies bidding on city contracts in response to Trump’s tariffs, Olivia Chow says www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

Toronto will ban U.S. companies bidding on city contracts in response to Trump’s tariffs, Olivia Chow says

Chow confirmed that the city will award all contracts valued at less than $353,000 to Canadian companies exclusively. She also promised to present a motion to her executive committee "barring

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This is the first of a series of events that the IIESL is organizing this semester. Join us! Today, at #UofT #Geography & #Planning 4.30 pm

Sergio Montero@sergemont.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to welcome Kendra Strauss to UofT on Feb 12 for a talk, “Understanding Precarity in British Columbia: Labour Regimes, Migration and Adverse Inclusion”. This research is part of her SSHRC Partnership grant with @policyalternatives.bsky.social Register here (in-person only): shorturl.at/TzFUT

Excited to welcome Kendra Strauss to UofT on Feb 12 for a talk, “Understanding Precarity in British Columbia: Labour Regimes, Migration and Adverse Inclusion”. This research is part of her SSHRC Partnership grant with @policyalternatives.bsky.social Register here (in-person only): shorturl.at/TzFUT

Are you thinking & writing about how geographers know and study the economy? The Economic Geography Research Group invites 'lightening talks' that think critically and creatively about the future of our subdiscipline. See our CFP for the 2025 RGS-IBG Conference below👇 egrg.org/2025/01/21/c...

New paper on conjunctural analysis and radical municipalism and their affinities as two political methods for intervening in the conjuncture Written w/ @paul-stubbs.bsky.social, @colinlorne.bsky.social and co. Just published open access in Environment & Planning F: doi.org/10.1177/2634... 🧵

En el episodio inaugural de la 6ª temporada, hablamos con @pcastaneda_ sobre activismo ciclista, derecho a la ciudad móvil y el cruce del género en la movilidad. Exploramos su trabajo y la historia de la #ciclovía. 🚴‍♀️ buff.ly/4gSQMkq

Ciclovía y el Derecho a la Ciudad Móvil con Paola Castañeda

Sur-Urbano · Episode

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First DigiLabour event of the year - and online! Book Talk with @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social on Work in the Digital Media and Entertainment Industries. Jan 14, 4PM ET. Join us! www.youtube.com/live/1XVLFCN...

US tax credit for a new Cybertruck: $7,500 US tax credit for a new e-bike: $0

Tesla Cybertruck Joins Short List of EVs Eligible for US Subsidy

Tesla Inc.’s Cybertruck qualifies for up to $7,500 in US tax credits for the first time this year, part of reshuffling under tougher rules that took effect on Jan. 1 that also newly disqualify other e...

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Last week, Bogotá celebrated its weekly tradition of opening 75 miles of streets to 1.5 million bikers, walkers, roller skaters, and more. Its lessons have made their way around the world.

Bogotá’s Open Streets Program Is the Most Successful in the World. I Went to Find Out Why.

If you ask a Bogotáno where they learned to ride a bike, they all have the same answer.

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Earlier this month, Bogotá's Ciclovía marked it's 50th anniversary. In this @urbancyclinginstitute.org blog, @henk-jandekker.bsky.social and I reflect on what Bogotá tells us about cycling histories and futures: urbancyclinginstitute.org/ciclovia-at-...

Ciclovía at 50: Thinking cycling histories from Bogotá - Urban Cycling Institute

Written by guest authors:Thomas van Laake, doctoral researcher at the University of ManchesterHenk-Jan Dekker, post-doctoral researcher at CIRED The early 1970’s marked a critical juncture in the hist...

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In Toronto, public transit projects take forever to build and are perpetually delayed. The Eglinton LRT was supposed to open 2020 and has been under construction for 13 years. Crucial transit projects in Scarborough even lack basic budget commitments. But the Gardiner Expressway? Ahead of schedule!

Last week, I went to Bogotá to celebrate Ciclovía's 50th anniversary. Ciclovía is an amazing urban experiment that has helped redefine public space and bike use in Bogotá and inspired more than 400 cities worldwide. @henrygrabar.bsky.social was with us and captured many of the conversations we had

Henry Grabar@henrygrabar.bsky.social · 2y ago

I went on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the open streets movement. Here's what I learned: slate.com/business/202...

A few days to go for PhD students and postdocs interested in the geography of economic ideas to apply for workshop travel stipends. This invitational workshop will be hosted at UBC, June 2025. Funded by EPA: Economy & Space blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...

🚨Trump now plans to "redirect money" away from EV rebates + charging stations" and into "national-defense priorities, including securing China-free supplies of batteries and the critical minerals to build them." In other words, more lithium mining but less electric mobility🧵

In #Toronto, a top-down anti-bike lane agenda is unfolding via a Provincial bill that undermines municipal planning and endangers lives—but @cycletoronto.bsky.social is fighting back. Please support!

Cycle Toronto@cycletoronto.bsky.social · 2y ago

This morning, Cycle Toronto launched a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 7 challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 212. The lawsuit also seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the removal of target bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge. 1/

This is only the beginning. Hundreds of people on bikes shut down Bloor x Royal York to condemn Ford, Sarkaria & Hogarth's attack on vulnerable road users. On a cold Nov Friday eve no less. You people are marvelous. They should tremble when our rubber hits the road. #BikeTO

📣📣📣Talk Alert: Dec 4 12ET, I'll be speaking (online) about why we should care about place-based economic inequality, what it looks like today, and what we can do about it. If you're interested, sign up at the School of Cities' Knowledge Cafe - t.co/5n1fA3jPMK

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👋 Hey Regional Studies folks (editors, authors, reviewers readers 😀)! We're here 🦋!@regionalstudies.bsky.social! RSA is putting together a Regional Studies Association Starter Pack ⬇️ Reply to @regstud.bsky.social to get added to the pack! Let's get organized!

Regional Studies Association@regstud.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interested in finding out about the Regional Studies Association, our journals, publications and people? We've made a starter pack of RSA-related profiles which we'll keep updating. go.bsky.app/UiGA5Uk

Why are we talking about self-driving cars again — or robotaxis, as we now call them? Not because they’re about to solve all our transport problems, or even significantly replace existing road trips. It’s simply because AI hype is back — and AV makers are taking advantage.

Roundup: The return of self-driving hype

Read to the end for a graph of Elon Musk’s real-time mental decline

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