Roger Keil

From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogotá, cities showcase new ways to address crises Cities aren’t just places where multiple crises may collide. They’re also places where people develop ways to navigate them.

“Poly-crisis” is everywhere, often framed as a call to restore nation-state primacy. But are states the only or even the best entities to respond? We argue that cities are where crises are lived and often most directly handled. With @rkeil.bsky.social, Ross Beveridge, Ewan Kerr and Maryam Lashkari.

Defund the police. #statesponsoredcorruption

Defund the police. #statesponsoredcorruption

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Just Asking with Saroja Coelho: The frontlines of protests in Minneapolis. Some of the best radio I’ve ever heard on the CBC! Just Asking with Saroja Coelho: The frontlines of protests in Minneapolis www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

USA. Rogue state. The world beware.

Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton

Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton https://theonion.com/home-depot-introduces-new-12-foot-tall-baby-jesus-skele-1851069460/

The modalities and politics of crisis urbanism: A new reparative conjuncture? - Ross Beveridge, Roger Keil, Maryam Lashkari, 2025 This article argues that the current advance of global crises necessitates new thinking on how the urban intersects with crisis. We develop four overlapping mod...

New article on the modalities and politics of crisis urbanism in @dialogueshg.bsky.social by Ross Beveridge, Maryam Lashkari and myself. We point towards a new reparative conjuncture. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The modalities and politics of crisis urbanism: A new reparative conjuncture? - Ross Beveridge, Roger Keil, Maryam Lashkari, 2025 This article argues that the current advance of global crises necessitates new thinking on how the urban intersects with crisis. We develop four overlapping mod...

New article on the modalities and politics of crisis urbanism in @dialogueshg.bsky.social by Ross Beveridge, Maryam Lashkari and myself. We point towards a new reparative conjuncture. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Gretzky is technically illiterate.

There is no fun left.

It is actually worse than i could have imagined.

It's enough to make you sick, it really is, but it's a helpful moment to clarify our current moment of global moral collapse

Future generations will not forgive us for tolerating such travesty.

One of a set of articles in @upejournal.bsky.social discussing my contributions to urban studies. Endlessly grateful!

One of a set of articles in @upejournal.bsky.social discussing my contributions to urban studies. Endlessly grateful!

Thank you!

you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

World Cup vibes tonight! #canmnt “Due to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Exhibition Grounds, there will be road closures and minimal parking available as well as animals moving around the area.”

York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  - YFile A new study led by York University urges governments to rethink how antimicrobial resistance is monitored and governed with a focus on inclusive global action.

York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...

An overwhelming event! Very grateful.

A new suburban home.

An overwhelming event! Very grateful.

York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  - YFile A new study led by York University urges governments to rethink how antimicrobial resistance is monitored and governed with a focus on inclusive global action.

York experts call for equity in fight against antimicrobial resistance  www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...

History Is Repeating Itself in the Congo as the World Scrambles for Minerals To ‘Go Green’ Op-ed: The minerals of Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's second-largest city, electrified the world, created atom bombs – and are key to greener energy.

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What would AMR surveillance look like if equity came first?
This new study in Social Science & Medicine uses an Urban Political Ecology (UPE) lens to explore how equity can be built into #AMR surveillance.
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Why should anyone listen to David Frum?

Happy birthday, David Harvey!