Ali Sobhani presenting his PhD plans on the economic foundations of informal agglomeration at the @OTB_TUDelft PhD afternoon. He is supervised by @EvertMeijers Rodrigo Cardoso @OTB_TUDelft BK TUDelft

Why do we feel so attracted to the promises of cities? Why do we move to and stay in cities regardless of odds? Cognitive science explains. See my new paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… @EvertMeijers Maarten van Ham @DWdeVos Urban Studies Journal UrbanismTUDelft @OTB_TUDelft

New #DebatesPaper on Why bright city lights dazzle and illuminate: A cognitive science approach to urban promises Rodrigo Cardoso @EvertMeijers Maarten van Ham @DWdeVos ow.ly/hBdC30mMIUF

"This is a woman who often seems robotic, and whose speeches are plagued with meaningless platitudes, so it has been a shock to witness how full of meaning and how openly offensive she has chosen to be" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Greater Copenhagen greatercph.com is a metropolitan brand which includes... part of Sweden. How does that work? For some ideas about how and why metropolitan place names appear, see our paper in Environment & Planning A journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…. @SAGE_News @EvertMeijers

The geography of 'left behind' territories. Relates to the history of policy bias & functional/power gaps between big capitals and second-tier cities. Our paper analyses the contrasts between these cities. doi.org/10.1080/096543… @EvertMeijers @EUROCITIEStweet ESPON

Reconstruct a 3D face from a single 2D picture

Liked the photo used by @SAGEGeography to illustrate our new paper on 'urban promises': one side of town in the shadow, the other in the sun, a bridge connecting both. Nice metaphor. Rodrigo Cardoso @EvertMeijers Maarten van Ham @DWdeVos

"Will the honorable gentleman deploy Zen?"

Some results from our interesting workshop in lovely Tacoma, WA, last August, in the RSA blog - hoping to get the promised chapter ready soon! @EvertMeijers @YonnDierwechter

Spending the day in #Lille with our Urban Geography BK TUDelft students. A very instructive field trip and great collaboration from colleages at @MEL_Lille ADULM and EuraTechnologies. @EvertMeijers @AntoinePeris

My new review of Andreas Faludi's book The Poverty of Territorialism. The EU as a liquid empire...