The World’s Most Talked About #City Is #Tokyo. But Why Not #NewYorkCity, #London, Or #Paris? Benjamin Laker (Henley Business School) in Forbes on how #digital conversations may change the way we measure #cities and #brands. #INGsights Peter Griffiths ∞ forbes.com/sites/benjamin…

Bloomberg launches new programme to support US mayors in responding to Coronavirus. 👉 cities-today.com/bloomberg-laun… Bloomberg Philanthropies #COVID19 #Corona #CoronaVirusPandemic

This chart now shows ALL countries with several days of data over 100 confirmed cases, so you can compare case trajectories in the US to the UAE or China to Chile. 70 countries shown. Live versions of all charts here: ft.com/content/a26fbf…

New paper from Li Pernegger: 'Effects of the state’s informal practices on #OrganisationalCapability and #SocialInclusion: Three cases of city #governance in Johannesburg' ow.ly/XNzE50zgWiZ

Hot off the press. About the state's informal practices #johannesburg #cities #urban #Governance #urban #wits journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

The lockdown will lead to 29 times more lives lost than the harm it seeks to prevent from Covid-19 in SA, according to local actuaries. Katharine Child reports bit.ly/2Yz6bB3

You can gate crash mine any time, we could do with a laugh!

Which curve are we flattening here exactly? See dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-0…

Sneak preview of my book, The Agonistic City? coming up at South African City Studies Conference on 2 September @ sacsc.com.

My book is out this month, at very long last!

My book is out this month, at very long last. Pre-orders get 35% discount from zedbooks.net/shop/book/the-…. Use CITY35 promo code.

Fascinating take on the misalignment between politics and governance

Latest TTPod available for download now via lnkd.in/d7ucgjH where Li Pernegger gives a preview and summary of her findings & research that led to the publication of her new book - The Agonistic City? State-society Strife in Johannesburg...Like what you hear? Please share!

This promo code has been extended to the end of March. And an e-book version is now also available...

The May 2021 issue (Volume 58, Issue 6) of #UrbanStudies is out now featuring articles by Swarnabh Ghosh, Ayan Meer, Minhua LING, Li Pernegger, @Edithandspace, Sara Meerow and many more journals.sagepub.com/toc/usja/58/6

Today in Howick

Does anyone have the names of municipalities in which the ANC failed to register candidates for the local government elections? If not any idea when we the public will know? That would be interesting. Maybe retweet to get a wider audience. thank you

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