Emanuele Sciuva
PhD in Urban and Regional Development @PoliTO | DIST
Visiting Researcher @ucl @icsunivlisboa
Urban Studies • Economic Geography • Digital Geography
- Excited to share my paper "(Other) temporary populations and the rise of platform-mediated medium-term rentals" in @regionalstudies.bsky.social! It examines how temporary populations drive Lisbon’s medium-term rental market through platforms & state policies. doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2523977
- Reposted by Emanuele SciuvaBlack, magenta and an edge data center on the cover of my book about Nairobi, smartphones, platforms, standards, venture capital and digital China. Out in the boreal fall this year 🪩 with U California Press (and OA)
- This week, I was in Sheffield for the WS on @valspacepower.bsky.social. Met many ECRs interested in how economic value is constructed, where it is located, and who captures it. Thanks to Callum Ward, @adamleaver.bsky.social, @richmgoulding.bsky.social and @eyeofraf.bsky.social for the organisation!
- One week left! Deadline on the 24th of February
- 📢CFP #RGS2025 **Housing Platforms & Temporary Populations: Exploring Mutual Economic Transformations Across and Between Cities** Organized by: @leahaaron.bsky.social and myself Send your abstract to emanuele.sciuva@polito.it and leah.aaron.16@ucl.ac.uk by the 24th of February
- These days I'm out to present my research at the conference "Urban Speculations: Cities, Technologies, Futures" hosted by @leuphana.bsky.social. Looking forward to hearing about the work of so many great scholars!
- Excited to share that my paper "Geographies of Digital Nomadism: A Research Agenda" is now open access on Geography Compass! In the review, I outline a future research agenda focusing on the spatial and structural dimensions of digital nomadism. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/gec3...
- 📢CFP #RGS2025 **Housing Platforms & Temporary Populations: Exploring Mutual Economic Transformations Across and Between Cities** Organized by: @leahaaron.bsky.social and myself Send your abstract to emanuele.sciuva@polito.it and leah.aaron.16@ucl.ac.uk by the 24th of February
- Reposted by Emanuele SciuvaThanks to all of our 1,000 new followers on BlueSky! 🦋 If you think that your network is interested in urban studies funding opportunities and scholarship, will you re-share this post and help us grow further? You can follow us at our verified BlueSky account here: @urbanstudiesfoundation.org 🌇
- Reposted by Emanuele SciuvaWith input from friends, I’ve made a starter pack of early-career researchers across digital geography, STS, and critical AI studies. It isn’t meant to be definitive or exhaustive (though somewhat arbitrary at this stage), so please feel free to comment your own or others’ names for inclusion!at://did:plc:fysiwgucbyn3zkaaghh6qhh5/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbtzbuxgjt2f
