Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM
Cities Politics Economies Research Group, Geography, SEED, University of Manchester
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMLast year I recorded a podcast while visiting U Mich. It's just been published. The series is about personal and professional career paths. Lot's of talk about the 1990s alter-globalization movement, the problem with the IVY league, Oxbridge, and the North American tenure-track system... 1/2
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM"Technology, the labor process, and the working class" (1976) archive.org/details/tech...
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMThank you so much for all the generosity, Cristina! The conversation in the end was great, hopefully we can have more!
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMI don't normally post FT content, but, wow, this article is excellent! Surveys a range of actors, initiatives, and critics active in this space. It can feel niche teaching about this so great to see it covered in a single article. #startupcities #blockchain #cryptobros #neoreaction #chartercities
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMRadio Free People's tapes (via the Liberation News Service, 1971: jstor.org/stable/community.28039451)
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMOutro workshop excelente de geografia crítica, pros doutorandos e recém-doutores. Mais uma vez: hospedagem incluída e possibilidade de passagens.
- Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMNew post up! Learn more about Waterloo Place on the @officialuom.bsky.social campus in the 1970s, once home to a whole range of radical political projects and groups. linktr.ee/peoplespapers
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMNext up: rent strikes, housing co-ops, squatting, communes and more! A housing periodicals appreciation post 🙏 www.instagram.com/peoplespapers @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMIf anyone is thinking about attending SASE 2026 and looking for a panel on East Asia, democracy, political economy, here's something i'm putting together. Pop me an email if your interests fit and would like to participate. Feels like SASE might be popular this year as many avoid US-based events.
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMA pleasure to speak about recent work on Global Urban Perspectives on Social Work for Innovative Access to Homeless Care at a great event on the Impact of the Specialist Homelessness Social Work Role & Next Steps for Policy & Practice organised by Manchester Council and KCL
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMSave the date! We'll have materials to share from @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @aiucentre.bsky.social and a roundtable discussion with folks sharing their reflections and experiences from the time. Should be a lively and participatory discussion! @cperguom.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
- The People’s Papers: Revisiting 1970s Manchester Explore the activist & community print culture that helped shape Greater Manchester, with PhD researcher Arielle Lawson (@peoplespapers) 📅 Mon 4 Nov 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Manchester Histories Hub, Central Library Free & open to all! Book: bit.ly/PeoplesPapers
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMWent ahead a made a separate account for this archival research -- follow along @peoplespapers.bsky.social !
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMInterested to learn more about this People's Papers project? Check out a link of upcoming and past events as well as recent blog posts here: linktr.ee/peoplespapers
- Another excellent event coming up organized by CPE's Arielle Lawson. See you there!
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- A reminder of our departmental seminar series this autumn.
- Some good speakers coming to GDI this semester.
- Congrats!
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMIt was a pleasure to sit in the passenger seat with Laam Hae's driving on the long journey that became this article. It's focused on her extensive work on the topic here, but I had some modest input with the theoretical framing.... 1/4
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMNext up in the #Manchester Urban Film series, we're focusing on the city's contested music (and urban) histories. We'll be showing film + interview clips followed by a collective discussion. Learn more and sign up to join us on Sept 25th here: mancunianway.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social
- And another upcoming event with CPE members launching an exciting new book!
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMSave the date! Organizing an online “People’s Papers” workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (@rememberlop.bsky.social), Liverpool and Birmingham: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-... @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
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- Please join us for this upcoming CPE co-sponsored event later this Sept.
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMHow can we make cities healthier & fairer places to live, work and play? @ctemenos.bsky.social investigates the intersecting challenges that exacerbate #healthinequalities. research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/c... #healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall @uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMBrings a whole new meaning to "Bread & Roses"! Speaking of, a small group of us have been coming together for c2yrs as the Bread & Roses Collective to think about radical care and activism in an unequal world. We have a logo and blurb: @austerityalters site will be updated soon with more info 🍞🌹
- ICYMI: Georg Simmel, 'Roses: A Social Hypothesis' - Simmel’s fairy tale tells the story of the emergence of a sense of grievance about differences in the ability to grow roses which became constructed as a ‘terrible inequality’. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMDeadline to register for this conference is tomorrow :)
- Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025. Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMPrepping materials 🧵🏵️🧶for Stitch Assembly at #RGS-IBG Follow #StitchAssemblyRGS25 for updates, reflections & stitched quilt squares from remote participants & our in-person session. If you’re in Birmingham we’d love to see you there! @poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMNice to see that the whole special issue on Korea's martial law crisis and prodemocracy protests is finally out as a complete collection: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcra20/5...
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMGreat news after so many senseless, life destroying lawsuits against workers for exercising their freedom of association rights that should have always been recognised in law.
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMIn May I had the pleasure to discuss a series of papers on South Korea's martial law crisis by my esteemed colleagues. After the event, Nan Kim asked me if I was interested in typing up my thoughts for a special thematic section of the venerable journal Critical Asian Studies. 1/4
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMCentring joy, connection and dignity in anti-poverty activism. 🪧 📢 😁 @smhall.bsky.social is a champion for tackling the causes and consequences of poverty with and for communities and grassroots organisations. #healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities
- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM✈️ New paper published in Progress in Human Geography ✈️ 'Mobilities I: Crisis' by Cristina Temenos journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @ctemenos.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMDr Cristina Temenos has been in Paris this week, braving the heat for an OECD/Bloomberg High-Level Workshop on urban policy mobility. Cristina's presentation highlighted the opportunities and risks of city-to-city learning, and the importance of local context. #OECD #UrbanPolicy
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMPleased to be participating in this [free] Online Korean Studies Frankfurt Summer School in early August. Lot's of good speakers and open to undergrad and (post)graduate students anywhere, I believe.
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- Reposted by Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoMLast week we had our Anti-Poverty Chats for Change, a lunch event bringing together community, policy+uni folk in Manchester. Together we explored how to galvanise A-P change, working collectively+creatively. Here's our winning create plate by Terri Lucas! If you want to know more, get in touch! 🍽🖍
