What a failure of policy in Manchester to allow these urban developments to be built without capturing public value or creating sustainable, mixed communities. A once a century chance to make a new city and this is the best they could come up with…

‘The Infrastructural South’ is published + now out w/ @MITPress You can buy it (or ask your library to) but also freely read it through the amazing @MITPress Open Access platform You can find it here 👉mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546874/… Enjoy 🙏

Geofin is delighted to share the first of two videos explaining how finance flows in the economy. Check it out: geofinresearch.eu/outputs/videos/ #financialisation #ERC #financialization

5 years of research, 5 visits to Africa, 5 co-investigators, and probably 5 times the normal level of cortisol exceeded on some days😂. But we made it. Thanks Hangwei LI ⁦Andrzej Polus⁩ ⁦Wojciech J. Tycholiz⁩ ⁦Jaroslaw Jura⁩ ⁦Padraig Carmody⁩ #AfricaChina

For day 17 of the #30DayMapChallenge (theme: Flow), I've mapped commuting flows within London for Census 2021 - England & Wales vs 2011, as recorded at MSOA level. Thanks to Alasdair Rae for processing and making available geopackage files with the flows between all MSOAs in England.

Hello new followers The posts about UK urban growth are just a gateway analysis The real stuff is here, if you have what it takes sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Definitely a bad hair year for Chinese FDI in Africa. One highlight is that on average investment projects are very job-intensive compared to other countries. Still, 53 percent of FDI originated from the West. assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey…

🥁📢My book is out now with Palgrave Macmillan. ➡️doi.org/10.1007/978-3-… Thanks to family & friends for their support! 🙏 Some pretty wise people read the manuscript & said pretty kind things about it. 👇🧵@PW_UniFreiburg DeColoniality Now Second Cold War Observatory Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Ntwrk The China-Global South Project

What would be the economic impact of reducing transportation time in Africa? How much would the continent's GDP and trade grow after implementing it? 🌍 📰 Find the answers in our recent policy paper on trade and infrastructure integration in Africa: wrld.bg/B8SY50Q9UIk

We’re pleased to share our article has now been published – please see links below REDEFINE_ERC Giles Mohan @SamuelRo66 Ken Hu 胡然 #Chiense infrastructure investment #Europe

Finding official sub-national GDP data is a nightmare. I've spent years researching this. Here's a comprehensive list of official sub-national GDP sources for 50+ countries, I wish I had 5 years ago:

As COP28 UAE UAE is calling for more money going into climate funds, we must remind ourselves that in some human and human-environment relationships, less finance would be better for sustainable development. The Finance & Space manifesto explains. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10….

Happening now: IMF's Gita Gopinath talks Cold War II and the fate of the global economy imf.org/en/Live

Finally, our paper "Beating the Casino" (tandfonline.com) came out in #EconomigGeography after more than 2 years' work! Based on the development of the battery industry in Ningde, China, we explain how a peripheral region can dream big. 1/

Mexico is one country that may benefit from 'geoeconomic fragmentation' because it can serve as an export platform to the US. Both Chinese EV producers and the US Government have taken note ft.com/content/fbd270…

The Rise of the Infrastructure State bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-rise-of-th…

Countries in the OECD have launched many transnational infrastructure development programs designed to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative. Why don't they work? Find out in this article by our Research Associate Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Looking forward to celebrating Isaac Rose‘s new book ‘The Rentier City’ tonight An opportunity to think how we can collectively fight back against big capital, gentrification + homes turned to a$$ets For a better city to come! Buy it here 👇 repeaterbooks.com/product/the-re…

🚨 New Report 🚨 'Centripetal Cities: A critique of supply-side urban development' Given the Government's aim to 'unleash growth' we've drawn on over 3 years of research to think about the implications of this agenda for towns + cities Available here // sheffield.ac.uk/media/87471/do…