Nik Theodore

The May 2025 issue of IJURR is now online. Read the latest research in urban studies 🔗ijurr.org/issue/vol-49-n…

Many congratulations to Jamie Peck (@outtaKimbo) on receiving the 'Nobel of Geography' - the Vautrin Lud Prize. geog.ubc.ca/news/jamie-pec…

🏆 Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award: Amanda Kass #uaa2023

Behold! TRICK NOT TELOS has arrived in Chicago. @demonicground

Today, @NDLON hosted a virtual launch of its new REPORT: "Recovering from Climate Disasters: Immigrant Day Laborers as 2nd Responders.” It’s part of our commemoration for #WorkersMemorialDay and a call to action to protect these workers. #DALE #IWMD22 A thread. 1/5

We are very sad to hear of the passing of Peter Marcuse, our dear colleague. Our condolences to his family, friends, & colleagues. To commemorate his work, a selection of his IJURR papers are now free to view & download. His obituary can be viewed here: bit.ly/3ME7WmY

The #AAG2022 IJURR Plenary Lecture ‘Planning for the War Yet to Come,’ will be presented by @hibabouakar, and chaired by @nik_theodore. More info, including a registration link, can be found here: ijurr.org/news/2022-aag-…

UAA mourns the loss of Janet Smith, a relentless social justice fighter and all-around phenomenal colleague. urbanaffairsassociation.org/2022/01/18/uaa…

Call for papers – the 2022 Clyde Woods @BlackGeogs Graduate Student Paper Award, deadline January 10 antipodeonline.org/2021/12/06/cly…

Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants 2021 -- recipients announced antipodeonline.org/2021/05/21/rig…

Join us on April 8th for the 2021 Antipode AAG Lecture, “Dear April: The Aesthetics of Black Miscellanea” by Katherine McKittrick (@demonicground) antipodeonline.org/2021/03/25/the… #AAG2021

New #SocialImpactBond paper with @jacobroom (& others) on multiple temporalities of mobile policies in @SageGSP. We apply @outtaKimbo & @nik_theodore's observations about the persistently slow implementation that follows fast policy mobilisation journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Major new initiative at UIC. Please follow @sji_uic for info and updates. #sjiPortalProject

@demonicground You need to get a copy of Dear Science and Other Stories over to @MCHammer ASAP. This is not a drill. Hammer has been going deep into science studies and the philosophy of science. He’s ready! #HammerTime #dearscienceandotherstories

Arrived! Now I know what I’ll be reading this weekend. @demonicground

Black Workers Make a Way Out of No Way organizingupgrade.com/black-workers-… @Org_Up thanks for the support @nik_theodore

A sweeping look at the structural and racialized factors that shape the Black informal sector in Chicago from Senior Fellow and Executive Director of @ChicagoEat, Richard Wallace and @thisisUIC professor of Urban Planning and Policy @Nik_Theodore: eatchicago.org/survival-econo…

This Survival Economies report is imperative to understanding how folks survive the many barriers to formal employment. Since 2018 @ChicagoEat has fought to change the narrative regarding Black Informal Workers from Criminality to Survivability. Report: eatchicago.org/survival-econo…

People who sell loose squares, braid hair, peddle candy are a part of our economy. New report by @ChicagoEat @nik_theodore wbez.org/stories/surviv…