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m @mbpyfq.bsky.social Aspiring ethnographer. 20y/o undergrad interested in urban studies and informal housing in Egypt. Still very new to all of this!
Sophia Scheller @sophiascheller.com Freelance Photojournalist available for assignments based out of St. Louis, Mo. Current clients include Getty Images, Imagn, USA Lacrosse and St. Louis City SC. Previous clients include University of Missouri, NHL. Mizzou Journalism Grad.
Mista Dobalina 🏴☠️🇮🇪 @irishrogue80.bsky.social Twitter refugee Circling A's 📻 🎧🎚️🎛️🔉🎹🎤- I love Punk Rock, Hip Hop and Reggae #Dedicated #TheLoveMovement 🌎🕊️Rest In Peace L.J. and Phatty🕊️ ❤️💛💚 racists/bigots not welcome 🖕🏼 🚨 ALSO !!! _do NOT_ DM me immediately if I follow you back for the love of God🚨
Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social Transparency & Tax Breaks in the City of St. Louis
Submit Sunshine Requests: https://tinyurl.com/ce76ppm6
STL Gov Public Meetings: https://tinyurl.com/yz382m89
City of STL videos: https://tinyurl.com/4at469rk
SLDC videos: https://tinyurl.com/544c2n8e
Buket Ozdemir @buketozdemirr.bsky.social phd student @rutgers bloustein school | political economy of urban development at the intersection of waste & housing | SOAS alum
Jun Nogami @jnyyz.bsky.social All season cycling enthusiast, bike dad, bicycle advocate. Professor
@UofTMSE https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/
@monadomosh.bsky.social @monadomosh.bsky.social 
Ali Abbaszadeh @ali-abszde.bsky.social PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Tehran
Howard Hao Wang @howard-hw.bsky.social A happy and productive PhD student, hopefully
@dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Bard. Under contract with UChicago Press for "The Menace of Prosperity." Economic history. http://Publicspaced.com https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo247855479.html - www.publicspaced.com
Chenab @chenab.bsky.social PhD candidate in urban studies & planning at MIT
Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟 @waeiski.bsky.social 🧑🎓 Computational urban geographer & post-doc researcher interested in #GIScience #UrbanStudies #Multilingualism #Diversity #Mobility #Geography #BigData + #Linux.
💻 @digigeolab.bsky.social
🎓 @helsinki.fi
🌍 Helsinki, Finland
https://waeiski.github.io
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Keir Matthews-Hunter @keirmh.bsky.social 
Kerry Fang @kerryfang.bsky.social Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning @ UIUC. Study economic development and land use policy. kerryfang.weebly.com
I'm also on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/li-kerry-fang-a58517188/
Fade Hume @zachhume.bsky.social Reported first by me, with no credentials whatsoever. Your Insiders worst enemy.
Ohio State Football 🏈
Liverpool FC ⚽️
Wanna be Sharp 💰
2025 FanDuel record
14-10
Gambling content – 21+ Only
Magda Maaoui, PhD @magdamaaoui.bsky.social housing + environmental health.
Asst. Professor of urban planning @gsd.harvard.edu
Co-lead healthy places design lab
Formerly OECD, Paris planning, Ad’A
www.magdamaaoui.com
currently working on hospitals x housing, any lead/personal story welcome
Henry McLaughlin @henrymclaughlin.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Politics, UC Santa Cruz -- global urban politics, urban climate governance & political economy
Peter Hopkins @peterhopkins.bsky.social FAcSS FRSE Coaching/mentoring/away day and workshop facilitation. Research interests include Islamophobia, intersectionality, migration, youth, gender, race. Leverhulme Major Research Fellow. Editor - The Geographical Journal. Views are my own.
David Kaufmann @kaufmada.bsky.social Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich, follow us @spurethz.bsky.social. I am researching and teaching policy and planning in and of the urban
Nazanin Ghaffari @nazaninghaffari.bsky.social Asst. Prof. SUNY ESF | Engaged Urban Scholar |✍🏽 about contested landscapes, whose right to what city, racialized spaces, ecologies & governance regimes
Joshua Kirshner @joshkirshner.bsky.social Geographer/planner and Co-Director @igdc.bsky.social • energy transitions, urban climate responses, landscape interpretation, extraction frontiers • known to frequent the Uni of York
Eli (like Ellie) @elliedwa.bsky.social remarkable to behold and difficult to understand | “anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist” | “a Communist, who may have a Jewish pedigree”
Space and Polity @spaceandpolity.bsky.social a peer-reviewed international journal featuring critical work on politics and space: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cspp20
Kevin Lujan Lee @kevinlujanlee.bsky.social chamoru ginen guåhan/mariånas
political sociologist of Indigenous social movements + anticolonial nationalisms, based in seneca territories @ ubuffalo
https://www.kevinlujanlee.com/
Josephine Harmon @josephineharmon.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Science • Previously Fellow, Queen Mary Uni of London, Visiting Lecturer @British Library @Eccles Institute, Fellow, Yale University 2018 • Prev work in Parliament, Remain, Lab • Commentary Bloomberg, BBC News • FRSA
Rishika @rishika-m.bsky.social Human geographer interested in politics of heritage, craft economy and city. Lecturer at University of Southampton. https://linktr.ee/rishikam?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5627691c-8b5e-4224-bec5-50749c7157d2
LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP @lseusablog.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary blog covering all aspects of USA governance, economics, politics, culture and society. Also covers Canada and Mexico. Part of the LSE Phelan United States Centre.
Read all our articles at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
@SecondGrace.LA @secondgrace.la SecondGrace is a community of people committed to ending homelessness in LA County. Join us https://secondgrace.la/
Urban Research & Practice @journalurp.bsky.social Journal of European Urban Research Association (EURA) | Cross-disciplinary journal with a focus on urban studies | We publish original academic papers along with policy and practice papers
Umang Dhingra @umangdhingra.bsky.social Incoming M.Phil. candidate in Sociology and Demography @ University of Oxford | Duke University ‘26 | Interested in families and welfare states
Gul Tuc @gultucaltan.bsky.social Here to see stuff on infrastructure policies, politics and governance, and urban political ecology
Carolyn Prouse @carolynprouse.bsky.social Associate Professor, Geography and Planning, Queen's University. Anti-colonial urbanist and economic geographer. Lover of food, fiction, wine, and sport.
https://biosecuritiesgeog.ca/ | http://geels.ca/ | https://carolynprouse.com/ | https://qcaa.ca
Jeff Allen @jamaps.bsky.social maps, graphics, cities (mostly toronto), ..
website: https://jamaps.github.io/
github: https://github.com/jamaps
~9-5 M-F: https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/research-type/data-visualization/
Tom Kemeny @tkemeny.bsky.social cities, work; innovation, economic geography and inequality
Prof @University of Toronto; also LSE Int. Inequalities Institute
GEOWEALTH: https://www.geowealthlab.org
School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social A hub for city research, education and engagement/outreach at U of T. Stay tuned for new #SofC initiatives at http://linktr.ee/uoftcities
Rushay Naik @rushaynaik.bsky.social WHO Strategic Knowledge Hub • global health, climate, conflict, cities 🚲 • prev. OECD, University of Toronto • 🇨🇦🇿🇲🇿🇼🌏 • views my own
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rushaynaik
Isabelle Anguelovski @ianguelovski.bsky.social Researcher in urban environmental and climate justice. ICREA Research Professor + Director @bcnuej @icta_uab
Jacob Olsen-Yesh @joy-xxiii.bsky.social Metro Detroit, Michigan. Interested in too many things.
Interested in my photography? -> https://bsky.app/profile/joy-xxiii-pics.bsky.social
Fabian Hofmann (he/him) @fhofmann.bsky.social Ph.D. Student, Technology and Governance (TaG) @ethz.ch
"Securing Urban Peace" Project, SNSF Doc.CH Grant: https://bit.ly/SecuringUrbanPeace
Communications Officer @jird-jour.bsky.social
Junior Organiser @ipsswitzerland.bsky.social
Ratio.City @ratiocity.bsky.social We empower urban planners, developers, and municipalities with intuitive data tools that streamline site analysis and planning. By bridging the gap between policy and development, our platform helps create sustainable, efficient, and resilient cities.
Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social Settler historian (@UNB) of working-class formation and disintegration, focusing on deindustrialization, settler colonialism, and white supremacy in Quebec and the Maritimes.
Organizer involved in tenant and migrant justice struggles.
Huge baseball fan.
Maggie Frye @maggiefrye.bsky.social Associate prof of sociology, university of Michigan. Also interested in Ann Arbor politics and why there are so many cars.
Geographical Review @geographicalreview.bsky.social Journal of the American Geographical Society. In publication since 1852, the Geographical Review is the oldest journal in the United States devoted exclusively to geography. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/utgr20 
Kaustubh @kaustubhaj.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher | WRDTP | School of Geography and Planning | University of Sheffield
Madeleine Pill @pillmad.bsky.social Cities and neighbourhoods and governance and public policy
Geography & Planning, University of Sheffield
Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social Feminist political geographer, peace studies prof (views my own), solidarity activist. #Colombia.
LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social Exploring new directions in critical and creative cartography.
We use participatory mapping to help communities drive social change.
Find us at livingmaps.org.uk
Nico @nicogeo.eurosky.social Géographe 🗺️ – Doctorant en géographie 🌍
Yonn Dierwechter @yonnd.bsky.social Professor, School of Urban Studies, UW Tacoma, USA: metropolitan geography, spatial planning, climate action, etc. Recent books: Climate Change and the Future of Seattle; Smart Transitions in City-regionalism; The Urbanization of Green Internationalism.
Patrick BERNARD @29pat.bsky.social @Renaissance
@Renaissance29 @RenaissanceQBO
adore #MacronardsFM !...
Comptes #X (ex-Twitter) : @29Pat2 et @29Pat
Compte #threads : patrickbernardmahe
Compte #instagram: patrickbernardmahe
Compte #Facebook : Patrick Bernard-mahe,
Compte #Pinterest : 29pat🇨🇵
Emanuele Sciuva @esciuva.bsky.social PhD in Urban and Regional Development @PoliTO | DIST
Visiting Researcher @ucl @icsunivlisboa
Urban Studies • Economic Geography • Digital Geography
Sarah Moser @sarahkmoser.bsky.social Urban geography professor at McGill University • new cities built from scratch, cultural politics, graphic novels 🇨🇦
J David Hulchanski @jdhulchanski.bsky.social Professor, housing and community development, University of Toronto. 
burcuyigitturan.bsky.social @burcuyigitturan.bsky.social Just spatial/environmental futures, planning/design politics
Josh Lerner @joshalerner.bsky.social People Powered & Participatory Budgeting Project founder, #MakingDemocracyFun author. Posts about participatory democracy, vegan eats, dad jokes. he/él
Minjee Kim @minjeekim.bsky.social Assistant professor at UCLA urban planning https://luskin.ucla.edu/person/minjee-kim / formerly at FSU / land use regulation and zoning / real estate development
Rae Baker @cityisthelimit.bsky.social Assistant professor, critical urban geographer, housing justice, anti-racism and decoloniality, critical criminalization and AI policy and surveillance studies.
Ícaro Obeso Muñiz @icaroviedo.bsky.social Geógrafo. Universidad de Oviedo.
🎓 universidadoviedo.bsky.social
🐘 https://mastodon.social/@icaroviedo
Noel A. Manzano Gomez @noel-manzano.bsky.social Profesor de urbanismo en la URJC. Arquitecto, sociólogo, doctor en historia urbana. Interesado en la inter- e in- disciplina.
Vivek @vvkmishra.bsky.social PhD, Urban and Regional Development @Northeastern, Boston. Critical Urbanist | Urban Political Economy | Elite Informality | Citizenship | Queer Urbanism | Urban Social Movements | Global South | Museums | Hiking | Biking|🌈He/Him
Luan Baptista 🇺🇦 @luan-bpta.bsky.social Policy entrepreneur and cities aficionado | Local Gov in London 🇬🇧 | Formerly C40 Cities 🌍 and Sao Paulo Mayor’s Office 🇧🇷 | Vedęs Lietuvą 🇱🇹
The Institute for Economic and Social Inclusion (IESI) @iesi.bsky.social The IESI conducts community centred interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange to build a more inclusive society @ the University of Sunderland
Chris Niedt @niedt.bsky.social Urban Geographasociologist. Parlor pink. Dad. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Academic Director, National Center for Suburban Studies
Chair, Sociology + Criminology Program at Hofstra U.
Christoph Hedtke @chedtke.bsky.social Urban, Conflict & Far right Studies @ FPZ - Forschungskollektiv Peripherie und Zentrum @peripherie-zentrum.bsky.social, FH Erfurt | Freier Journalist | Themen: Soziale Konflikte, Emotionen & Affekte, extrem rechte Bewegungen
Jan Rath @janrath.bsky.social Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and Participant Observer of Urban and Non-Urban Life, www.janrath.com- J Jack @jthornton95.bsky.social sociologist
T. J. @socalfrenchy.bsky.social 🇫🇷✈️CA. Enjoying the beautiful game... Also, probably (a small c) commie. Amateur runner but getting better everyday. I support open borders… prostate cancer survivor; please get screened!! FREE Palestine 🇵🇸. NO to imperialism...
Sebastien Gibson @sebgbsn.bsky.social Urbanist, political staffer, housing policy researcher, Nova Scotian living in Toronto
Views are my own
Phil Birge-Liberman @ghostofolmsted.bsky.social Urban/historical geographer
UConn Hartford.
Parks for sustainable cities.
Boston sports | Guide dog puppy raiser
Personal account
Eliot Tretter @eliottretter.bsky.social Associate Professor of Geography. University of Calgary. Author, Shadows of a Sunbelt City.
Karen Benjamin @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press 
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Andrew Guinn @arguinn.bsky.social urban planning | economic development | international planning | Detroit | Brasil
Assistant Prof @ Wayne State University
Cliff Poole 🌹 @cpoolenyc.bsky.social Inwood NYC Dad, husband, writer, sometime-activist. I enjoy hiking, reading, art museums, video games & not living under fascism. Pro democracy, unions, LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice and non-carceral means to public safety.
Tyler Haupert @tylerhaupert.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at NYU Shanghai. I study housing, neighborhood change, and fintech lending.
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Krystal Ball @krystalball.bsky.social Host of Breaking Points and Krystal Kyle & Friends
David Fields @profdavidfields.bsky.social Classical-Keynesian Institutionalist Political Economist.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Fields-5
Robert Hockett @roberthockett.bsky.social Cornell Law School, Georgetown Business School, Westwood Capital, New Consensus. Formerly Federal Reserve Bank of New York & International Monetary Fund. Law, Philosophy & Finance Devotee. Cf. my Forbes & SSRN Pages as well as my 'Capital Futures' Website.
Kate Willett @katewillett.bsky.social It’s Kate. 
Emma Vigeland @emmavigeland.bsky.social Co-host of The Majority Report @majorityreport.bsky.social
Cole Webber @colewebber.bsky.social legal clinic worker in Parkdale, Toronto.
New book: https://btlbooks.com/book/renoviction-and-resistance-in-the-capitalist-city
Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social politologue // yinzer // co-editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism // author of "Counting Like a State" https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638758/counting-like-a-state/
Most posts are first drafts, comments welcome.
Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto | American Political Thought & Constitutional Development
Erin DeMuynck @erindemuynck.bsky.social Geographer, educator, mom to two rad teens
Matt Sparke @mattsparke.bsky.social Distinguished Professor of Politics, Geographer and Global and Community Health collaborator at University of California Santa Cruz.
Taylor Braswell @thbraswell.bsky.social Assistant professor of sociology at NC State University. Urbanization, infrastructure governance.
Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social Morose left/liberal political blogger (nomoremister.blogspot.com).
"Hateful and totalitarian" - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal.
"Fearful and weak" - some Twitter troll.
Alistair Sisson @alistairsisson.bsky.social cities & housing • Gadigal/Wangal land • he/him
https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/alistair-sisson
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️
Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
Sara @saraheitlinger.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow/
Co-Director, Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design/
Reader in Computer Science at City St George's, University of London.
PI on Mosaic: More-than-Human Sustainable and Inclusive Smart Cities. morethanhuman.net