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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Email: matthew.pennycook.mp@parliament.uk
Tom Sanchez @tomwsanchez.bsky.social Cities, technology, analytics, etc. http://tomwsanchez.com/
Catriona Riddell @catrionariddell.bsky.social Strategic planner looking for some healthy debate about all things planning & development, local government & politics! Will also be hoping for some music chat on this thread!
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society @cjres.bsky.social International multi-disciplinary journal publishing spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change
Richard Kingston @gisplanner.bsky.social Prof Urban Planning & GISc http://www.digital-solutions.uk/ @NERCscience http://www.ppgis.manchester.ac.uk/, http://www.climatejust.org.uk/, http://www.tellus-toolkit.com/, ECB Cricket Coach
Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social Prof of Human Geography, FAcSS, University College London, UK
PI: ERC Adv Grant https://www.regionalfutures.org
Researching #digitalisation #urbanisation #futures #globalsouth
Editor: urbangeography.bsky.social
Web: https://ayonadatta.com
Olivier Sykes @oliviersykes.bsky.social Discipline Lead for Planning & Senior Lecturer in European Spatial Planning at University of Liverpool
urbanparksgirl @urbanparksgirl.bsky.social I live among London's parks & green infrastructure. My research explores #urbangreenspace in densely developed areas.
Dr Meredith Whitten @UCL-Bartlett School of Planning (IG: @urbanparksgirl)
Julian Agyeman @julianagyeman.bsky.social Critical urban planning professor @ Tufts UEP. From Yorkshire UK, living in Cambridge MA, USA. Originator of the concept of #justsustainabilities. Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment. Website: julianagyeman.com
Craig McLaren @craigmclaren.bsky.social I’m Scotland’s National Planning Improvement Champion, based in the Improvement Service. Planning, placemaking, public service reform and, occasionally, punk rock.
Mark Scott @markscott-ucd.bsky.social Professor of Planning & Dean | School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy. University College Dublin | environmental planning, rural and land-use planning, heritage. Board Member, Regional Studies Association
Franziska Sielker @fsielker.bsky.social TU Wien | Stadt- und Regionalforschung
Prof of Urban & Regional Research @TU_Wien @srf_vienna | Affil. Prof @CambridgeLandEc | University of Cambridge | @CCHPR1 | FeRSA |
Prof James White @profjtwhite.bsky.social Prof of Planning + Urban Design @uofglasgow.bsky.social | Deputy Director @housingevidence.bsky.social | Principal Investigator, @urbanretrofit.bsky.social | Interested in how planning and development systems help/hinder climate adaptation in cities.
Jess Ferm @jessferm.bsky.social Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Economies at Bartlett School of Planning, UCL
Planning Aid Scotland @planningaidscot.bsky.social Helping you navigate Scotland’s planning system since 1993. Free, impartial and confidential advice. Training. Community Engagement. Volunteering.
pas.org.uk
Rob Cowan @robcowan.bsky.social Writer, editor, speaker, consultant, cartoonist, illustrator. Author, The Dictionary of Urbanism. Editor, Context. Plandemonium videos. http://robcowan.co.uk
Urban Planning @cogitatioup.bsky.social Urban Planning is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal in the field of urban studies.
2024 Impact Factor: 1.7
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning
Ben Rogers @ben-rog.bsky.social Urbanist & writer; Professor @UoL University of London; Distinguished Fellow @LSECities; Founding Director
@CentreforLondon; Chair @DesignSouthEast. Interests include Citizenship, public realm, urban government and democracy, sustainable urbanism, London
50 Shades of Planning @50shadesofplanning.bsky.social Town and country planning is very much not a black and white endeavour.
https://pod.co/50-shades-of-planning
https://chat.whatsapp.com/FnD2Bs0ET4i4X9luVsXVMN?s=sh&p=i&mlu=0&amv=1
Mediapolis Journal @mediapolis.bsky.social Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture
https://www.mediapolisjournal.com/
School of Environment, Education, and Development @uomseed.bsky.social Architecture | Education | Geography | Global Development | Planning, Property and Environmental Management @ The University of Manchester @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/
David Gunkel @davidgunkel.bsky.social Professor - Northern Illinois University (USA). Award-winning author of the books The Machine Question, Robot Rights, Person-Thing-Robot, Of Remixology, and Deconstruction. https://gunkelweb.com
Bilge Serin @noxyin.bsky.social Dreaming to be somewhere by the sea.
Urbanist, reseacher, lecturer in Global Urbanism at @uofgussp.bsky.social
justcitymed.org
https://linktr.ee/bilgeserin
Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) @gchuoxford.bsky.social The GCHU is a research centre at Kellogg College, University of Oxford that seeks to make urban centres environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable, and to provide an environment that supports and sustains health and wellbeing. www.GCHU.org.uk
@profgavinparker.bsky.social @profgavinparker.bsky.social
J David Hulchanski @jdhulchanski.bsky.social Professor, housing and community development, University of Toronto.
David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.
Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social Urbanist focusing on indigeneity, informality & youth futures in Latin America based at the School of Geography and Planning, University of Sheffield. More here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography-planning/people/academic-research/philipp-horn
Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social UK & world-leading centre for research on #cities #planning #socialpolicy #data #analytics #realestate #publicpolicy at @glasgow.ac.uk.
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/uofg_ussp
Constance Uyttebrouck @constanceu.bsky.social Researcher at LISER (Luxembourg) interested in (shared) housing provision (for young people), housing hyper-commodification, mixed-use development, live-work pathways, urban governance, institutional frameworks
@publicfirst.bsky.social @publicfirst.bsky.social
Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods @iconeighbours.bsky.social Exploring and addressing the significant challenges faced by the country's most deprived neighbourhoods.
Funded by @localtrust.bsky.social
Twitter: @iconeighbours
https://www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk/
Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social Sheffield Urbanism is an initiative that brings together the urban research community across the University of Sheffield: a dynamic, productive and innovative centre for world-leading interdisciplinary urban research.
Colin Lorne @colinlorne.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Geography & Director of OpenSpace Research Centre at the Open University | Usually talking crises and conjunctures | Jazz, soul, rocksteady | All views my own, etc.
Jon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social historian of modern science and technology
Community Land Scotland @communitylandsc.bsky.social A collective voice for community landowners throughout Scotland, representing and supporting land reform through community land ownership
Megan Streb @meganstreb.bsky.social Head of Outreach at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social Non-Exec Director at @theied.bsky.social Also, fan of good planning, transport, and local gov. American living in Southampton, UK with ADHD. she/her
Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social Professor of Urban Geography
Paul Silk @paulsilk.bsky.social Former parliamentary official. Devolution, parliaments, the constitution, rural Wales, Ukraine, amateur theology, and incompetent language-learning
Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social Challenging, inspiring and supporting people to create healthy, sustainable and resilient places that are fair for everyone.
www.tcpa.org.uk
Housing, Theory and Society @housingtheory.bsky.social Housing, Theory and Society publishes housing research in regards to wider social, cultural, and economic issues.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/shou20
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/housingtheory/
Duncan Wilson @djdunc.bsky.social “90’s AI”, sensing and emerging tech in the built and natural environment - Prof of Connected Environments @casaucl.bsky.social www.iot.io
Tyler Haupert @tylerhaupert.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at NYU Shanghai. I study housing, neighborhood change, and fintech lending.
Rebecca Elliott @rfelliott.bsky.social Sociologist at the LSE. Research on climate, insurance, risk, loss, disaster, adaptation. Editor, British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social. Co-organizer, Social Life of Climate Change @slcc-lse.bsky.social.
Madeleine Pill @pillmad.bsky.social Cities and neighbourhoods and governance and public policy
Geography & Planning, University of Sheffield
Area @areajournal.bsky.social Area publishes concise papers and commentaries that shape key debates within and beyond the discipline of geography. Area is especially welcoming of work by early career researchers & awards an annual ECR prize.
Initiative on Cities @buoncities.bsky.social 🏙️🚶🚋🚎🚲 Interdisciplinary Center for Urban Research & Learning @bostonu.bsky.social. Work in, on, and with cities locally to globally. Led by Director @lorettaclees.bsky.social.
🔗 https://www.bu.edu/ioc/
David Madden @davidjmadden.bsky.social Sociologist at LSE studying cities, housing, and social theory. Co-author, In Defense of Housing.
Professor Loretta Lees @lorettaclees.bsky.social Director Boston University Initiative on Cities. Urbanist, Geographer, Public Scholar, Mum. Lives Boston USA and London UK.
Dialogues in Human Geography @dialogueshg.bsky.social Dialogues in Human Geography is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to stimulate open and critical debate on key issues of geographical thought and praxis.
EPC Politics & Space @politicsandspace.bsky.social Critical, heterodox, interdisciplinary, international. A journal of research on the relations between the political and the spatial.
Anna Minton @annaminton.bsky.social Writer, journalist, UEL academic and trying to have it all mum of two boys. Author of Ground Control and Big Capital. Working on a new book on the global housing crisis, which will be published by Penguin in 2026. Contributor to Guardian & FT
Jonathan Davies @profjsdavies.bsky.social Former professor of urban studies and public policy.
Independent Chair of Feeding Leicester.
Living with CLL thanks to NHS.
Julien Migozzi @jmigozzi.bsky.social Economic geographer.
Assistant Professor, Cambridge University.
I research how digital capitalism transforms markets, cities, and inequalities.
https://jmigozzi.github.io
ihnji @ihnji.bsky.social 📝📚🗿🪨🦋
Environment and Planning D: Society & Space @societyandspace.bsky.social We publish articles, essays, interviews, forums, and book reviews that examine social struggles over access to and control of space, place, territory, region, and resources.
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/EPD/current
Justus Uitermark @uitermark.bsky.social Social scientist with geographic inclinations
RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social Research Committee 21 Urban and Regional Development, International Sociological Association.
Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, publishing (and funding, through the non-profit Antipode Foundation) the very best radical research
Jess Craig @jesscraig.bsky.social Policy at Power to Change. Talking about communities, social connection, high streets, politics and policy.
City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social City & Community aims to advances urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy. An @asanews.bsky.social journal.
Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social Geographer. New book, HOUSE SOCIETY, forthcoming in Feb 2027 (with Allen Lane)
Mike Bulthuis @mikebulthuis.bsky.social 📍Home is Ottawa, Hamilton-born | affordable housing, community ownership, land trusts | Ottawa Community Land Trust | Bouviers | always better after time spent on trails. 🏃♂️ | 🇨🇦🇳🇱🏳️🌈
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
Prof Chris Taylor @profchristaylor.bsky.social Academic Director of Cardiff University #SPARK | Fellow of Learned Society for Wales | Research Fellow Education Policy Institute | LCFC supporter
Rob Richardson @drrobrichardson.bsky.social Lecturer in Urban Planning & Placemaking at University of @Manchester.ac.uk Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | MRTPI | Urban design, planning, place & policy | Own views
Neil Warner @neilwarner.bsky.social ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at @lse-ei.bsky.social. Interested in history, sociology & political economy of socialist parties and labour movements, economic policy ideas including socialisation of investment & economic democracy.
Jennifer Garfield-Abrams @jlgarfieldabrams.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology @SuffolkUniversity. PhD @UMassAmherst. @HWSColleges Alum. Baltimorean. Qualitative Researcher & Educator. Cities, Culture, Politics, & Identity.
Website: https://www.jenniferlgarfieldabrams.com
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn @profkorverglenn.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Research on cities, housing, markets, racism, and resistance.
Jan Üblacker @januebl.bsky.social Sociologist interested in neighborhood change, housing, gentrification & digitalization | Professor for Human-Context Interaction @THWS | Cologne / Würzburg | www.janueblacker.com | Speaker of DGS Section Urban and Regional Sociology
Jonathan Wynn @jonwynn.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at UMass Amherst. Author of The Tour Guide and Music/City; and co-author of The City & The Hospital and The Urban Way. He also wrote The Set Up, a sociological thriller. ORCID: 0000-0002-8670-1101
Rebecca Madgin @imadgination03.bsky.social Place - Heritage - Emotion - Urban History
Professor of Urban Studies at University of Glasgow
Arts & Humanities Research Council Place Programme Director
Views/posts/likes etc my own
Esther Wright @enwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital History @ Cardiff University. Historical video game marketing & Rockstar Games researcher. Co-convenor: @historygamesnet [She/her]. 🏴
Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social Athro Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru
Elliot Rossiter @elliotrossiter.bsky.social Philosophy prof at Douglas College. Mostly interested in reading stuff related to housing, cities, and justice.
Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social Open access peer-reviewed journal connecting debates on emerging Big Data practices & how they reconfigure academic, social, industry, & government relations.
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Working on #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons #governance #power #research | RT≠ endorse | Own views | Profile: https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/oliver-escobar
Adam Dennett @adamdennett.bsky.social Professor of Urban Analytics @ CASA UCL -
@casauc.bsky.social. Lover of drum & bass, beer and tattoos. Drummer. Dad. Run a bit. Live in Brighton.
UCL Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) @casaucl.bsky.social Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis | @thebartlettucl.bsky.social | Website: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa
John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social Urban and Regional Geographer @ Geography & Environment, Loughborough University | Associate Director - Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network | Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Regional Studies | Regional Studies Association Board Member
Zander @zndrp.bsky.social
Prof Andrew Hudson-Smith @digitalurban.bsky.social Professor of Digital Urban Systems at University College London - Making, Writing, The Metaverse, IoT, AR and VR
Lieven Ameel @lievenameel.bsky.social Professor in literary studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
City in literature, civic community, narrative futures, energy, utopia, literary form and rising waters.
blog: https://lievenameel.hypotheses.org/
Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social Reader in Media and Geography at Birkbeck, University of London. Into cities, publics, politics, social media, podcasts & journalism. https://linktr.ee/rodgers_scott
Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social Researcher | geographies, infrastructures, technologies, politics, lifeworlds
Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social Reader in Urban Governance and Planning at the University of Liverpool.
Researching: Cities and City-Regions, Cycling
Spelling and grammatical errors are all mine.
Likes are usually bookmarks (or it might mean I like it!)
DMs not open.
Phil Hubbard @gypjh2000.bsky.social Professor of Urban Studies, King's College London; Editor Urban Studies. Part-time psychogeographer, landscape punk and walker.
Timothy J. Dixon @timothyjdixon.bsky.social Emeritus Professor (University of Reading) & Research Associate/Fellow (University of Oxford). Foresight, futures, and sustainable built environment. Co-author 'Urban Futures' (Policy Press). www.timothyjdixon.com
Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social Environmental planning and international development theorist at Georgia Tech [USA] #planningsky
Fenna Imara Hoefsloot @fennaimara.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life and Department of Geography, University of Durham. Researching the digitising state, urban infrastructure, and data justice. (she/her)
www.fennahoefsloot.com
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social We support people making homes together.
#Cohousing #CommunityLandTrusts #CooperativeHousing #Housing #Co-op
www.communityled.homes part of cds.coop in London & beyond
Denis Linehan @denislinehan.bsky.social
Joe Shaw @joeshaw.bsky.social Executive Director @urbanstudiesfoundation.org & Meatspace Press
> urbanstudiesfoundation.org
> meatspacepress.com
Jean-Paul Addie @jpaddie.bsky.social Associate Prof of Urban Studies @ Georgia State University
| Editor of UAA's 'Rights to the City' book series
Abid Mehmood @abidmehmood.bsky.social All about #People #Places #SocialInnovation, #Cardiff, #Wales
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence @housingevidence.bsky.social CaCHE is a multidisciplinary partnership between academia, housing policy and practice.
Working across eight institutions, our researchers produce evidence that contributes to tackling the UK’s housing problems.