Mark Davidson

UOW Geography is threatened with closure. Anyone who has visited the dept knows what a loss this would be for the entire discipline, both within Australia and globally. Please sign this petition in support: betteruniversities.work/uow-petition-8… @PaulineMcGuirk @profcgibson

First report on Urban Geography here in @ProgHumGeog. I explore the prevalence of the global-local dialectic in urban conceptualisation, including what it opens up, generates, & perhaps limits as an urban 'thought-infrastructure' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

AAG Detroit Call for Papers (deadline Oct. 16) 25 Years After N Smith’s re-engaging of the revanchist concept, this concept’s place in current urban redevelopment? Revanchism in relation to smart city making? Creative city making? Sustainable city making? Be in touch. @urbgeog

For 2025, we are looking for forum papers that map out brave, original and innovative directions in urban research. Let us know if you have work that is opening up conversations across the urban fields. journals.sagepub.com/home/DUS

Join @buoncities for a book symposium featuring three new books on gentrification! ℹ️🧵⬇️ 🗓️ Friday, November 1st, 11 AM – 3 PM ET 📍 Rajen Kilachand Center Colloquium Room, 1st Floor, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 🔗 bu.edu/ioc/2024/10/01…

Issue 2:2 is (finally) out! Forum articles from @RossBeveridge5 & Philippe Koch and @JLuger & @Tilman_Schwarze #urban #urbanstudies #geography #urbanplanning #urbantheory journals.sagepub.com/toc/DUS/current

Read @RossBeveridge5 and Phillipe Koch on urban democracy. Amazing commentaries from Julie-Anne Boudreau, David Imbroscio, @kurtiveson, @peggy443 and Warren Magnusson. A big thank you from DiUR. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Issue 2:2 read @JLuger and @Tilman_Schwarze's thought provoking contribution on "post-industrial cities" - pure intellectual sustanance! Fantastic debate with @GeogForthcoming, Michael Glass, @jasonhackworth9, James Pattison, @juneandjune12 and Sherry Xueyue Miao.

We have a fantastic book forum on Matthias Bernt's "Commodification Gap" - Reviews from Jenny Robinson, Ernesto López-Morales, @renee_tapp and Elvin Wyly... with a reply from Matthias #gentrification journals.sagepub.com/toc/DUS/current

If you haven't see this, you should... The story of Detriot's bankruptcy @NathanBomey #muniland youtube.com/watch?v=SVRw0s…

🌆 New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🌆 'Conjunctural urban geographies: Modes, methods, and meso-level concepts' by Mark Davidson & Kevin Ward journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03… @mdavidson_geog @WardyKG1969 @ClarkUniversity @GeographyUOM

Just out: some guidance on doing conjunctural analysis #urban #geography @ProgHumGeog @WardyKG1969 A big thanks for Don Mitchell for his above-and-beyond editorial guidance journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

Life after Ch9 bankruptcy in Jefferson AL #muniland birminghamwatch.org/how-jefferson-…

Great paper and generous and helpful commentary by #JulieAnneBoudreau on our (w/@RossBeveridge5) article #seeingdemocracylikeacity in @DialoguesinR. #caringdemocracy #urbanfutures #speculativeresearch #urbandemocracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

@LorettaCLees Wonderful talk... but just so nice to spend time with a friend... 25 years since I sat in Loretta's undergrad class. #alottoanswerfor

Doing a colloquium in Geography at Clark University today and going out with my superb ex PhD ⁦@mdavidson_geog⁩ after - get to meet his kids 🤗

I think this is the first substantive look at Popper within geography for about 40 years. #geography #karlpopper #situationalanalysis @ProgHumGeog @OxfordPopper journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Some new research on public pensions and bonds... how risky is borrowing to invest for munis? A MA case study #muniland #pensions #geography @MassStateRet @marcjoffe @Amanda_Kass journals.sagepub.com/eprint/KJCBSI9…

@DialoguesinR rapidly becoming THE journal to look at at forefront urban studies - some great stuff! Well done 👏👏

OUT NOW - @urban_animus on urban inequality: "I argue that for certain urban trends, such as the lop-siding of the city fabric, a balanced yet class-driven focus on inequality make the most sense." #inequality #urban journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

From Sue Moore's Issue 1:3 editorial "Yet activating dialogue, especially evidencing genuine listening within, across and between the wider scholarly terrains of interdisciplinary urban research is far more challenging..." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…