Announcements… Learning from Small Cities: New Urban Frontiers in the Global South 1st May 20145th June 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 16th September 201316th September 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 6th July 201317th September 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 30th June 20135th June 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 20th June 20139th September 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). 19th June 201320th June 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 9th June 201323rd September 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 3rd June 201320th June 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.…