Our Department is hiring! Tenure-track or tenured Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban/Regional Planning or Economics. Apply by May 26 HKU Department of Urban Planning and Design jobs.hku.hk/cw/en/job/5263…

The March 2024 special issue (Volume 61, Issue 4) of #UrbanStudies is out now: 'Radical Verticality: Critical Explorations of High-Rise Urbanism' guest edited by @casperlaing, Michał Murawski (Goldzamt) 🇺🇦🇵🇸, Saffron Woodcraft and Katherine Zubovich
journals.sagepub.com/toc/usja/61/4

It's really true...particularly over the lunar new year holiday. but had no idea it was as bad as the article describes! thestandard.com.hk/section-news/s…'

Nick and Erik in conversation- don t miss it!

Giving a talk in Geography and Resource Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong - CUHK this afternoon. Looking forward to visiting the Department!

I have a short commentary on one of the research articles published in this issue. Titled ‘COVID-19 and the Density Debate’. Read it here: rdcu.be/dvL9i #covid19 #density

Interesting that the only emails I’ve received over the holidays (apart from season’s greetings) have been invitations for and reminders about reviews for journals… #peerreview

BREAKING: #HongKong 's 'patriots-only' District Council election - the first held under an overhauled system that slashed democratic representation - has seen the lowest-ever turnout for the local polls, despite voting hours being extended over a glitch. buff.ly/47QdbdH

Presenting a paper (co-authored with Andrew P Kythreotis) in our CUSUP seminar series on the temporal politics of post pandemic urban climate governance and planning this Wednesday HKU Department of Urban Planning and Design all welcome!

HKU is seeking talented Postdocs and Research Assistant Professors (RAPs) for the 2024/25 academic year. Positions are for up to three years with research allowances. If you’re interested in working with me HKU Department of Urban Planning and Design , please send your CV by email arch.hku.hk/staff/upad/cre…

The HKU Urban Systems Institute will organize its inaugural interdisciplinary conference at HKU on 11-12 Jan 2024 to explore pathways of theorizing the evolving forms and norms of cities and their inherent problems and possibilities. Abstract submission: usi.hku.hk/conferences/su…

Excellent postdoc opportunity on agrarian studies / political ecology at the University of Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/914…

Submitted first journal article in a *very* long time (with Andrew P Kythreotis). Good feeling. More to come!

You know it’s #grant season when you’ve memorised the system-generated password for the application portal 🙃 #GRF #UGC

Pleased to have Federico Cugurullo visiting our Department this week and talking about #AI and #smart cities HKU Department of Urban Planning and Design Trinity College Dublin

Calvin Chung speaking about Theorising with Urban China at HKU Geography

Looking to this book panel HKU Department of Urban Planning and Design next week. Excited to have such a great lineup of speakers! Polity

Enjoying the lively conversation about new research on infrastructure -led development Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) #RGSIBG23 organised by brilliant Elia Apostolopoulou & Jon Silver ICTA-UAB Creighton Connolly Charis Enns Tom Gillespie POLLEN

HKU is recruiting a Director of the new Urban Systems Institute: jobs.hku.hk/en/job/520980/…. As a Fellow, I am looking forward to working with the successful candidate!

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