@InvisibleMapper

Professor of Urban Geography | Deputy Director @Urban_Inst |

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Joined June 2009
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BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @andyburnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Some big implications of the ruling beyond the football club given Abu Dhabi's significant integration into the political economy of Manchester 👇
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'Brand Manchester' + 'Brand Abu Dhabi' became entwined through football and then across the political economy of the city with our leaders always enthusiastic, willing partners. Now is the time to have some important debates about the future of the city...
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Burnham has tied himself closely to the UAE-UK relationship, now as the PM, according to FT in July he spoke w/ UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan + began by thanking him “for his country’s investment into Manchester + the incredible impact it has had on the city”
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Call for Papers AAG 2027 // NYC Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor globalcorridor.eu/news/cfp-a… Alan Wiig + I are excited to bring together a dialogue centring corridors in geographic scholarship + debate. Please do circulate and think about submitting a paper
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In Palestine, a road is never just a road: infrastructure shapes who can move, who must wait, and who is rendered visible or erased…disposable Listen to Omar discussing his work on how power operates through the ordinary systems that shape everyday life rwm.macba.cat/en/podcasts/so…

Son[i]a #446. Omar Jabary Salamanca

Omar Jabary Salamanca (Valladolid, 1979) is a writer, teacher, and organizer whose work explores how power operates through the ordinary systems that shape everyday life. An Associate Professor of…

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Benefits of state-owned construction firms across infrastructure/housing sectors inc Financial savings + borrowing efficiency, counter-cyclical market stability, direct land assembly & planning power, labour conditions, retained knowledges, focus on social + enviro objectives...
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We need state owned construction companies in the UK, look at all the SOEs elsewhere esp China and how quick projects are implemented + how cost effective they are in comparison. From municipal house builders to big infrastructure sector specialists…could be transformational
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💰 ANNOUNCING | FINANCE URBANISM IN THE AGE OF CRISIS The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026 brings together three leading thinkers for a significant intervention to cohere a new set of co-ordinates and future possibilities. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit…

Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026

The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture series is an initiative of the Urban Institute to stimulate dialogue, discussion and understanding of processes of urbanisation and urban life.

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We need state owned construction companies in the UK, look at all the SOEs elsewhere esp China and how quick projects are implemented + how cost effective they are in comparison. From municipal house builders to big infrastructure sector specialists…could be transformational
Matthew Evans@MJCEvans1995
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Cars and buses go from Oxford Station down Botley Road for the first time in three years! The project took longer than the construction of The Titanic and saw costs balloon to £237m. Looks good though.
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Really excited for the Sheffield Urbanism lecture series this year, 'Finance Urbanism in the Age of Crisis' - some great thinkers exploring some deeply important, contemporary issues for urban studies... sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit…

Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026

The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture series is an initiative of the Urban Institute to stimulate dialogue, discussion and understanding of processes of urbanisation and urban life.

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The G20 carnival of capitalism is coming to Manchester next year to ensure multinational corporations and wealthy elites continue to prosper through entrenching systemic inequality. Should be fun … manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…

Donald Trump to visit Manchester in 2027 after accepting Andy Burnham invitation

The PM Andy Burnham has made the announcement in what will be the biggest security operation ever in Manchester

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Manchester out today to remember the Sabra and Shatila massacres by Israel in Lebanon. For three years of genocide the call has been full arms embargo on Israel to stop its death and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon. Recent sanctions mean nothing until this is done 🇵🇸 🇱🇧
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If you are thinking of an application to the Leverhulme take a look at our call for expressions of interest. I'm esp. interested in mentoring/providing support for proposals on global infrastructures, corridors + associated geo/urban politics sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit…

Call for Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at the Urban Institute.

The Urban Institute (UI) at the University of Sheffield welcomes expressions of interest from outstanding early-career researchers wishing to apply for the 2027 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early...

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Our paper is in the latest, great issue of @IJURResearch ‘EVERYTHING IS BEING DISTURBED’: Unsettling the Spaces of Global Infrastructure along the Northern Corridor (Open Access) W/ @SydneyNsubuga onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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