Joe Blakey
Lecturer, Geography UoM. Political Geographer interested in environmental knowledge politics, post-foundational political theories and aesthetics. Runner.
Website: https://joeblakey.com
Research: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/joe.blakey
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- Reposted by Joe BlakeyAfter submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- Reposted by Joe Blakey🌱 Work with nature in Greater Manchester? This Saturday, join @joeblakey.bsky.social & Mark Usher for a workshop exploring how nature is valued. 🗓️ 25 Oct 10am-12pm 📍 University Place, Oxford Rd, Mcr 🎟️ Free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-do-you... @ukri.org #ESRCFestival #ValuingNature #NaturalCapital
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- 🎉 Congrats to @niamhnelson-owens.bsky.social on the publication of 'Towards an affective post-foundational political geography', which brings together literature on affect and post-foundational geography. A fantastic achievement for paper no.1 and a wonderful contribution. doi.org/10.1177/0309...
- We're hosting a launch event for our edited book Aesthetics and the City on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 3pm UK time. We would like to invite you to join us. The event is in-person (message for details) at UoM and online (sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aesthetics... ). Hope to see you there!
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- Today marks the launch of our edited volume Aesthetics and the City. @amycbarron.bsky.social and I are thrilled to see this in print. We hope it’s of interest! Do let us know what you think. We are hosting a hybrid launch event in early October. 🔗More details: www.routledge.com/Aesthetics-a...
- Some fantastic contributions by: Amy Barron, Amr Ibrahim, Beatriz Guijarro Turégano, Friederike Landau-Donnelly, Günter Gassner, Joe Blakey, Josh Widera, Julian Brigstocke, Mónica Degen, Salila Vanka, Sanna Lehtinen, Stefanie Fridrik, Taher Abdel-Ghani & Yara Mohamed.
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- 🌍 Mark Usher and I are collaborating to bring professionals working on natural capital in Greater Manchester together for a workshop on Tues 22nd July (bringing together Mark's work on natural capital and my own on environmental accounting). Details below and register here: bit.ly/gmnaturalcap...
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- 📚 @amycbarron.bsky.social and I have an upcoming edited book... Aesthetics and the City explores how aesthetics relates to how cities and urban spaces are perceived, organised, and transformed. There's now a web page which lists the many fascinating contributions… 🔗 bit.ly/aestheticsandthecitybook
- Chapter Contributions by: Amy Barron, Amr Ibrahim, Beatriz Guijarro Turégano, Friederike Landau-Donnelly, Günter Gassner, Joe Blakey, Josh Widera, Julian Brigstocke, Mónica Degen, Salila Vanka, Sanna Lehtinen, Stefanie Fridrik, Taher Abdel-Ghani & Yara Mohamed
- Hope it’s of interest!
- A conversation between Andrea Borsari, Arshia Eghbali and I has been published in The Historical City book. Titled ‘The City Between Geography and Aesthetics’ it discusses the edited book @amycbarron.bsky.social and I have submitted on ‘Aesthetics and the City’. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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- Reposted by Joe BlakeyHi Everyone. This is the first post of the Cities Politics Economies Research Group from the Department of Geography, University of Manchester. www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/re...
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- Reposted by Joe BlakeyThrilled to see our new paper published in Progress in Environmental Geography! With @saskapetrova.bsky.social and @stefanb23.bsky.social, this paper examined the concept of community within the contexts of community-based energy governance. Open access at journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- From Standedge this evening, looking towards Manchester…
- Reposted by Joe BlakeyOkay. It's out. Written with my colleague Jinsoo Lee not on Bluesky (yet) jacobin.com/2024/12/yoon...
- Reposted by Joe BlakeyShort article for a magazine up soon. But I'll just put it here that I've long followed the twist and turns of conservative politics in South Korea. You can find our attempt to chronicle Park's rollback of democracy (in retrospect not as audacious as Yoon, the very person who prosecuted her!)
- Reposted by Joe BlakeyNew article by @jamesgyke.bsky.social, Jamie Shutler, and me @gsiexeter.bsky.social, explaining why carbon offsetting should be removed from Net Zero plans. theconversation.com/we-have-offi...
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- Reposted by Joe BlakeyHi folks, as part of the Political Geography Research group of RGS IBG, we are organising a mentorship session for ECRs on 4th December. Please register and join us if you are interested www.rgs.org/events/upcom... @ingridagnete.bsky.social @oliviamason.bsky.social
- Reposted by Joe BlakeyShocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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- Reposted by Joe BlakeyThe 2024 Global Carbon Budget projects fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 37.4 billion tonnes, up 0.8% from 2023. Despite the urgent need to cut emissions to slow climate change, there is still “no sign” that the world has reached a peak in fossil CO2 emissions.
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