Ok now UoB Palaeobiology is striking right at my heart.. 🌏💔.. roos 🦘didn’t hop? 🤯 Love it

As countries like Australia 🇦🇺 and the UK embark on new #nationalurbanpolicies it was great to pen a reflection on this level of policymaking with Daniel Pejic Amelia Leavesley & Tadashi Matsumoto for this new Handbook of Urban Politics and Policy ➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handb…

I had a ball chatting #nighttimeeconomy and #climatecrisis at C40 Cities HQ with Alessio Kolioulis on the back end of the work we are doing with Andreina Seijas - discussing how to ramp up night literacy when we promote urban climate action. Stay tuned for more and thanks C40 team!

Sand! the world’s second most consumed resource is being fast depleted. We look at China’s natural sand supply, and the challenges/opportunity of manufactured sand in the latest Nature Geoscience nature.com/articles/s4156…

Teary 🥲 moments because #farewells are not my forte, but what a ball to have had a chance to shepherd this wonderful gang of humans at Melbourne Centre for Cities - 🏙️ not the last I’m making a cappuccino ☕️ in the office I suspect 😁, but what a warm and funny send off to University of Bristol

Fittingly I was on the “ABC News #drawingroom” chatting about our #MapOfTheMonth Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation pilot project on #radionational with Andy Park “A Cartographic Exploration of Melbourne” or, why making maps matters: abc.net.au/listen/program… #RNDrive 🎧📻🎙️#academicpodcast

#BookReview by Tim Cresswell🏳️‍⚧️: Urban Surfaces, Graffiti, and the Right to the City by Sabina Andron Routledge Books ow.ly/Hc4G50SP1m3

A ‘summery’ University of Bristol team celebration for the completion of both sheds down at Bristol Temple Quarter The retrofit is now hosting our Bristol Digital Futures Institute and and interactive spaces for #immersivetech - looking forward to seeing more on site! (For the #archinerds: ahmm.co.uk/projects/educa…)

Hugely proud of the effort we made to deliver a world’s first masterclass in #citydiplomacy, bridging Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳 to support international #climateaction through Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺’s #australiachinafoundation #澳中基金会 A great video recap here: youtu.be/X8VkB0lg5sU?si…

Luna dog and I spent the afternoon down at University of Bristol Vet School to see Langford Vets - fantastic mix of academic, expertise and great vision for how scholarship and education can be blended into #veterinarypractice. Looking forward to more adventures on campus! #academicpets 🐶

Q: “Are you willing to see a #university go bust? Because there are some institutions – you’ll know where they are – that are at that point now?” #UKHE minister Baroness Jacqui Smith: “Yes. If it were necessary. Yes, that would have to be the situation.” channel4.com/news/will-labo…

What an absolute privilege to celebrate a lifetime of #civilrights campaigning and confer a University of Bristol #honoraryDoctor of Letters to the unstoppable DR Barbara Dettering whose efforts have shaped UK #racialdiscrimination law Fab profile in BBC News (UK): www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co…

Searching for the city in democracy: #BookReview essay by Matthew Thompson: How Cities Can Transform Democracy by Ross Beveridge and Philippe Koch ow.ly/SETL50T3r10 Polity

This is a sign 🪧. #StreetArt #bristolstreetart #vistas #guerrillaart

In London for #RGSIBG2024. If you're around and interested in philanthropy and urban governance, Sophie Webber and I will be discussing a great set of papers in a double session organized by Pablo Fuentenebro & ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ Fri Aug 30, 9am & 11.10am- Blackett Lecture Theatre 2

To the genius that bought #macine for the office this morning on a muggy-rainy-day-1-of-semester mood ☔️😑 Bristol: you are a saint #biscotti

Sharing our new publication in NatureClimate co-authored w/ Andreina Seijas & ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ We explore the overlooked impact of night-time activities on #climate dynamics and call for their integration into urban adaptation strategies 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41558…

Let’s add more #night into climate.. great to see our commentary just out in NatureClimate with Alessio Kolioulis & Andreina Seijas advocating for incorporating night studies and policy into #climateadaptation + #climatemitigation strategies nature.com/articles/s4155… Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

Walk the city with us… 🚶🏻🚶🏽‍♀️ Over the last few months Caitlin Morrissey Katie Melbourne and I have been busy recording on the streets with key authors + editors from Urban Studies Journal, to take urbanists out of their papers and #walkthetalk in #urbantheory Listen in! urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast/

#Lightpollution is shrinking the #brains 🧠 of city-dwelling spiders, study says - great creepy work by Therésa Jones & ⁦Urban Light Lab⁩ again showing the evolutionary impacts of #nighttimeeconomies in ⁦Guardian Australia⁩ 🕷️🕸️💡 theguardian.com/environment/ar…