The #RSA24 highlights video is out! ⬇️

Brisbane is now Australia's most congested city! 😱 We have 'car culture' to thank, which had duped many (including policymakers) into thinking more roads will fix the issue. Comprehensive transit investment needed from Noosa to Tweed to improve situation carexpert.com.au/car-news/the-a…

Academic summer

The FINCITY band was back together this afternoon at #igc2024dub, with a strong showing of research from uni.lu - Geography and LISER colleagues Brian Longobardi Sabine Dörry Sara Benceković and @markushesse60 👌 (We missed you, Thomas Sigler!)

Toronto takes the whole concept of the "missing middle" to the next level.

FINAL: the number of runs we scored was not greater than the number of runs they scored

Doing research on Airbnb or other short-term rental platforms? David Wachsmuth and I are co-editing a special issue of Regional Studies - @regionalstudies.bsky.social on the research-regulation interface of short-term rentals. See link below for more details. Abstracts due 1st October. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

Do you or your colleagues research Airbnb, or other short-term rental platforms? 🏘🏢🏡 Consider submitting an abstract to our special issue of Regional Studies - @regionalstudies.bsky.social on the research-regulation interface. Abstract deadline is this week. More info in the link below ⤵️

In Australia we now have more young men than women who are neither in full-time education nor in the labour force. This is not the result of welcome advances in gender relations but rather a symptom of an education system that is not helping boys and young men to achieve their

Bored on your morning commute? 🙉 Listen to me discuss short-term rental regulation on Harvard's Architecture Off-Centre podcast on Spotify 📻 🎙 open.spotify.com/episode/04Hf61…

Our lab is looking for a Ph.D. student and a postdoctoral scientist to join us at UW–Madison. Check out details here: tinyurl.com/gcrl24 We appreciate your RT!

NEW: we may have passed peak obesity 🎉📈📉🙏 In what might be one of the most significant trends I have ever charted, the US obesity rate fell last year.

Daylight saving to begin for five states and territories. ABC TV News interviewed University of Queensland's Doctor Thomas Sigler (Thomas Sigler) about his survey and the topic in general. youtube.com/watch?v=ND5ND6… #DaylightSaving #Qld #Qldpol

Fantastic Keeble lecture by Mitchell Silver, former Chief Planning Officer & Planning Director of Raleigh & former New York City Parks Commissioner. Inspiring words promoting a more ethical and people-centric planning focus.

Spotted at Changi Airport in Singapore. Congratulations Dariusz Wojcik and the team!

Whenever I'm stressed at work because my boss is being unreasonable I remember the emails Donald Rumsfeld used to send to his staff

pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details: blogs.ubc.ca/peck/research/…

Could this be the dawn of a new era for #timezones? Donald J. Trump & Elon Musk have renewed discussions about abolishing #daylightsaving—yet there’s little consensus on whether to adopt permanent DST, or Standard Time. Here’s one potential solution of 4 entirely new time zones.

On the left is Ronaldo, Real Madrid spent 80M $ to sign him from Man United On the right is Jiahui Yu, Meta paid 100M $ to sign him from OpenAI

I love love love seeing companies competing for PhDs the way teams compete for athletes! Finally a record-breaking salary justified by brains over brawn… well deserved, Jiahui Yu 🙌🏻