Cities Politics Economies Research Group, UoM

Save the date!

We'll have materials to share from @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @aiucentre.bsky.social and a roundtable discussion with folks sharing their reflections and experiences from the time. Should be a lively and participatory discussion!

@cperguom.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

Went ahead a made a separate account for this archival research -- follow along @peoplespapers.bsky.social !

Interested to learn more about this People's Papers project? Check out a link of upcoming and past events as well as recent blog posts here: linktr.ee/peoplespapers

Another excellent event coming up organized by CPE's Arielle Lawson. See you there!

A blue tile with a quote from the editorial introduction to the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section by S. van Lanen & S.M. Hall (2025): "As political discourse transforms and the period of fierce austerity implementation moves into history, we believe critical geographers should remain attentive to its traces in everyday practices, policy realities and material conditions. To imagine alternative futures, austerity's legacies should not be forgotten".

A blue tile sharing the titles of 8 open access papers within the 'Legacies of Austerity' Special Section: 1) 'Legacies of Austerity: Editorial Introduction' by Sander van Lanen & Sarah Marie Hall 2) 'Family Hubs and the vulnerable care ecologies of child and family welfare in austerity' by Tom Disney et al. 3) 'Relational legacies and relative experiences: Austerity, inequality and access to special educational needs and disability (SEND) support in London, England' by Rosalie Warnock 4) 'Lived experiences of utilities-based indebtedness in Greece: Tracing the afterlives of austerity' by Aliki Koutlou 5) 'Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece' by Matina Kapsali 6) 'De-municipalisation? Legacies of austerity for England's urban parks' by Andrew Smith et al. 7) 'Austerity's afterlives? The case of community asset transfer in the UK' by Neil Turnbull 8) 'Austere futures: From hardship to hope?' by Julie MacLeavy

Special Section in The GJ:

'Legacies of Austerity', edited by @smhall.bsky.social & @sanvanlan.bsky.social

This #OpenAccess collection explores how the lens of legacies can be applied to understand austerity's effects in Europe. Available here⬇️

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

A reminder of our departmental seminar series this autumn.

Some good speakers coming to GDI this semester.

Congrats!

In Athens 26th Sept? Join us for a workshop on Best Practices for Addressing Homelessness Outreach Across Athens, Greece, Manchester U.K., & Santiago, Chile. English translation provided. The event is part of our UKRI Urban Crisis Project and co-sponsored with the Municipality of Athens.

Poster for Archiving the People's Papers - learning from Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham - Tuesday September 30th, 3pm - online

Want to hear more about some of the many alternative local newspapers (such as LOP) that sprang up around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s? If so, this online event might just be for you.
Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.

Schedule of speakers for Autumn 2025 Geography Department seminar series

The Department of Geography at The University of Manchester has a really full and exciting seminar series this autumn, if you're in town, do come join us! @cperguom.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to sit in the passenger seat with Laam Hae's driving on the long journey that became this article. It's focused on her extensive work on the topic here, but I had some modest input with the theoretical framing.... 1/4

Next up in the #Manchester Urban Film series, we're focusing on the city's contested music (and urban) histories. We'll be showing film + interview clips followed by a collective discussion. Learn more and sign up to join us on Sept 25th here: mancunianway.eventbrite.co.uk @cperguom.bsky.social

And another upcoming event with CPE members launching an exciting new book!

Save the date! Organizing an online “People’s Papers” workshop on Sept 30th to hear from projects in Leeds (@rememberlop.bsky.social), Liverpool and Birmingham: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-... @wcmlibrary.bsky.social

First @rgsibg.bsky.social session:

Please join us for this upcoming CPE co-sponsored event later this Sept.

Birmingham campus tower in the sun. No people are around and the green trees and plants look peaceful.

Hands reaching for differently dyed and shaped material which are scattered across a white table, holding scissors.

Hands holding differently dyed and shaped material which are scattered across a white table. There is also some thread and a needle on the table, and a small pair of scissors.

✨ The Stitch Assembly is live at #RGSIBG2025 in Birmingham!

Whether you’re here in person or joining from afar, we want you to feel part of our creative community.

Find your moment to stitch & share! #StitchAssemblyRGS25 💫

🧵 A few snapshots so far 👇

How can we make cities healthier & fairer places to live, work and play? @ctemenos.bsky.social investigates the intersecting challenges that exacerbate #healthinequalities.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/c...

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

Brings a whole new meaning to "Bread & Roses"!

Speaking of, a small group of us have been coming together for c2yrs as the Bread & Roses Collective to think about radical care and activism in an unequal world.

We have a logo and blurb: @austerityalters site will be updated soon with more info 🍞🌹

Deadline to register for this conference is tomorrow :)

scraps of fabric and threads in a variety of colours

Prepping materials 🧵🏵️🧶for Stitch Assembly at #RGS-IBG

Follow #StitchAssemblyRGS25 for updates, reflections & stitched quilt squares from remote participants & our in-person session.

If you’re in Birmingham we’d love to see you there!
@poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social

Critical Asian Studies Volume 57, Issue 3 of Critical Asian Studies

Nice to see that the whole special issue on Korea's martial law crisis and prodemocracy protests is finally out as a complete collection: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcra20/5...

‘Yellow Envelope’ bill passes despite business backlash The National Assembly on Sunday passed a contentious labor bill championed by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, despite fierce objections from the oppositio

Great news after so many senseless, life destroying lawsuits against workers for exercising their freedom of association rights that should have always been recognised in law.

Looking forward to discussing Yu-Shan Tseng's Liquid Democracy at today's #RGS. An important read for anyone interested in understanding contemporary urban democracy!
@rgsibg.bsky.social

At RGS tomorrow? Come along to our session on Urban Politics, Crises and Conjunctures with @colinlorne.bsky.social @markushesse60.bsky.social @derek-ruez.bsky.social

Converging Histories: South Korea’s Martial Law Crisis in a Global Conjunctural Frame This article advocates the use of a “global conjunctural frame” (Hart 2020) to explore the martial law crisis provoked by the actions of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol in December 2024. It d...

In May I had the pleasure to discuss a series of papers on South Korea's martial law crisis by my esteemed colleagues. After the event, Nan Kim asked me if I was interested in typing up my thoughts for a special thematic section of the venerable journal Critical Asian Studies. 1/4

Really pleased to share that on Monday I passed my PhD viva 😀 Studying for my PhD has been such a privilege thanks to the support I have had from countless people. Particularly, thanks to the endless support of my supervisors, Alison Browne, @natemillington.bsky.social, and Erik Swyngedouw.

Centring joy, connection and dignity in anti-poverty activism. 🪧 📢 😁
@smhall.bsky.social is a champion for tackling the causes and consequences of poverty with and for communities and grassroots organisations.

#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall #healthinequalities

Mobilities I: Crisis - Cristina Temenos, 2025 In this report on mobilities, I discuss research published between 2017-present, focussing on how multiple crises intersect with mobilities. I examine how recen...

✈️ New paper published in Progress in Human Geography ✈️

'Mobilities I: Crisis' by Cristina Temenos

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @ctemenos.bsky.social