Citizenship… Oxfam event #SafetoSpeakOut 6 Dec 20177 May 2018 Ayona Datta speaks at Oxfam #SafetoSpeakOut event on 4 December 2017.
Citizenship… Film: Habitat and Living in Plural Cities 24 Apr 20177 May 2018 Habitat and Living in Plural Cities Watch this new film produced by the British Academy as part of their Urban Futures series. Abstract: Is our understanding of urban infrastructure changing?…
Citizenship… India’s GIFT: The hubris of technotopia in its “first” smart city 19 May 20157 May 2018 It was 45 degC on a scorching day in early May as we made our way to the much publicized GIFT (Gujarat International Financial Tech-city). Excitement and anticipation was building…
Announcements… Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Leeds (UK) 9 Jun 2014 Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Leeds (UK). Looking for candidates for 2014 and 2015 funding rounds. Send s.gonzalez@leeds.ac.uk Expressions of Interest by 20th June. PLEASE SHARE.…
Announcements… Learning from Small Cities: New Urban Frontiers in the Global South 1 May 20141 Apr 2018 Further to my earlier CfP for the 2014 Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) annual meeting, I am very pleased to announce that our double session 'Learning from Small Cities: New urban…
Gender… BBC Radio Leeds interview on the death penalty as the verdict in the Delhi gangrape case 16 Sep 201316 Sep 2013 Listen to podcast of my interview on 13th September 2013 on the death penalty as the verdict in the Delhi gangrape case.
Citizenship… The politics that matter: Men, women and political knowledge 6 Jul 201317 Sep 2013 A recent research funded by the ESRC has reported that women worldwide know less about politics than men. This is based on the assumption that political knowledge is produced from…
Citizenship… What is smart about smart cities? A response from the global south 30 Jun 201312 May 2018 Imagine that you get off your flight and go straight into an electric car that takes you zipping over traffic into your business meeting. Imagine that your mobile phone never…
Citizenship… Revisiting the Delhi gangrape six months on 20 Jun 20139 Sep 2013 RECENT INTERVIEWS WITH BBC RADIO LEEDS IN JUNE 2013 I was recently asked to comment on the events surrounding the Delhi gang rape six months on. While I had commented…
Citizenship… Book review – Jerome Krase (2012) Seeing Cities Change: Local Culture and Class. (Farnham: Ashgate). 19 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 This book review first appeared on LSE Review of Books. Click here to see original review. Jerome Krase is an eminent visual sociologist who has for decades photographed the ways…
Citizenship… The Myth of Resettlement 9 Jun 201323 Sep 2013 This Article first appeared in openDemocracy. For the full version click here Since 2000, activist groups across India have sought to defend slum communities from dispossession in favour of 'participatory'…
Citizenship… Critical Urban Geographies at the Nordic Geographers Annual Meeting 2013 3 Jun 201320 Jun 2013 NORDIC GEOGRAPHERS ANNUAL MEETING Reykjavik (11-14th June 2013) This year is the first time that I will attend the Nordic Geographers' Annual Meeting taking place in Reykjavik from 11th-14th June 2013.…
