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A few thoughts for #WorldCitiesDay in a column for Diplomatic Courier: mayors are more and more on the #hotseat 🥵balancing #citydiplomacy aspirations with pressing local and national pulls and drawbacks.

#urbansolutions, #PolicyMobility & getting on the #road. episode 6 of our #WalkingTheCityWith miniseries @sergemont, wrapping up part 1 of the series, took us wandering from regional #Spain, to #Bogota, via #Canada + #WashingtonDC ❤️ ow.ly/lU1n50TknOi #UrbanStudiespodcast

We are looking for the next Chair of our Strategic Advisory Board 👀 We are looking for a high-profile, dynamic leader with a passion for climate and environment issues to chair the Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) for Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 at University of Bristol. The SAB plays an important

a huge round of applause (and lots of FOMO) for the fantastic Perivoli Africa Research Centre at University of Bristol Europe Office in #Brussels over the last days co-hosting a discussion on implementing the #AfricaCharter with Coimbra Group + Universitetet i Bergen over 120 #higherEd leaders 👏🏼⭐️🌍

Our special issue on “Heat and the City: Thermal Control, Governance and Health in Urban Asia” in Urban Studies is finally published after almost three years in the making following a workshop at Asia Research Institute - NUS. See journals.sagepub.com/toc/usja/61/15. 🧵1/4

#ThinkBIG - not just a flagship University of Bristol #scholarship but a leadership development program. a pleasure to welcome 238 new scholars and 131 returning ones last night (out of 10,000 applicants!). We invested £3m this year and we’re doubling for the next, with a £6m commitment!

It’s a big day, and some of us have been there in the international student community. A huge THANK YOU to all of our outstanding global folks on campus ❤️🌍 University of Bristol (and to Bristol SU for celebrating this so well 🎉)

🚨We're recruiting a new Director Urban Studies Institute - Georgia State: this is a great opportunity to lead an interdisciplinary urban studies unit, housed in a top policy school Andrew Young School in the heart of downtown #Atlanta! See/share the job post here & reach out if you have Qs: facultycareers.gsu.edu/postings/5053

A landmark 2-day gathering to empower city, state, and regional leaders to navigate today’s complex global landscape #SubnationalDiplomacy #CityDiplomacy I'm excited about this upcoming event organized by Meridian International Center, Truman Center, Department of State, and Melbourne Centre for Cities.

Looking forward to being in DC in January to help with hosting a one-of-a-kind #citydiplomacy event organised by Nina Hachigian & outstandingly conceived by Max Bouchet Daniel Pejic Frank Justice Natalia Cote-Muñoz 柯曼雅 ⭐️ More needed now than ever!

And the winner of the best xmas outfit at the University of Bristol has to be ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ who brought his jumper all the way from Melbourne for the occasion!

Pleased to announce that I have been appointed as an Editor of Urban Studies Journal until the end of 2026. Looking forward to working with the editorial team to further develop the journal, particularly in (South)East Asia. Please submit your work!

In thinking about global health governance in the wake of COVID-19, ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ says city diplomacy should play a more prominent and urgent role in the work of urban leaders, global health experts, and the foreign affairs community. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/making…

To sustain health infrastructure, ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ encourages connecting global governance to everyday health concerns through city-to-city cooperation. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/making…

I am deeply thankful Urban Studies Journal ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ for the review forum they organised around my For a Liberatory Politics of Home Duke University Press Interventions by Colin McFarlane, Ash Amin, Prof Katherine Brickell, Erin McElroy, Saanchi urbanstudiesonline.com/review/book-re… Excerpts in tweets 👇

#Cityleaders are facing unprecedented challenges in connecting across borders: We’ve been tracking #citydiplomacy through a regular international survey since 2017, and the 2024 Survey is now out led by Daniel Pejic : doi.org/10.26188/26866… - spoiler: it’s all #polycrisis

We are delighted to announce that Professor Leon Tikly LeonTikly has joined PARC as Academic Director. Read more on our website: parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/03/06/wel… #PerivoliFoundation

.Bristol Temple Quarter is transforming. New jobs, growth, and homes are being created around Temple Meads, after I secured £95m from government. University of Bristol are investing £500m in regeneration, as Evelyn Welch & I saw at their new campus on the site of the old Royal Mail building.

Can peer-reviewing #podcasts be a way to fast track science? 📻🎧. A treat to have nature spotlight our work to produce a peer reviewed podcast for Urban Studies Journal and push the boundary of recognised urban research media : nature.com/articles/d4158… Stay “tuned” for more!

Can peer-reviewing #podcasts be a way to fast track science? 📻🎧. A treat to have nature spotlight our work to produce a peer reviewed podcast for Urban Studies Journal and push the boundary of recognised urban research media : nature.com/articles/d4158… Stay “tuned” for more!