Full map of transnational municipal network memberships from data in ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ & my Urban Studies Journal article (ow.ly/s0ua50ArAis). This is what #cities in #global #governance looks like. #citydiplomacy #networks #BigData #GIS #dataviz #sociology cc Melbourne Centre for Cities Economic and Social Research Council

Out now in the second 2021 issue of IJURR.org our #cityrankings intervention forum discussing challenge posed by #benchmarking initiatives to #urbanstudies - with ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ Daniel Pejic @jessieebriggs @EnoraRobin iaryl Rob Kitchin @jimmerricks 📊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682427/2…

Glad to have contributed to this ISPI dossier. Grazie Tobia Zevi ! In a year PACKED with key global forums on climate change, how are city governments trying to influence & raise our global ambitions? ➡️City diplomacy ➡️#COP26 ➡️UN ➡️G20-#Urban20 ispionline.it/en/pubblicazio…

Check this! A fabulous new network of researchers working on urban climate finance are inviting people to get involved & holding a seminar series in 21/22 to grow the field - can't wait to see how this research shifts our thinking about climate urbanism. Spread the word.

Publication alert! We have just published an #openaccess issue on a new #climate politics edited by Anna R. Davies, Stephan Hügel, and Vanesa Castán Broto: bit.ly/3etS729 ⬇️ Find out the main findings of this issue ⬇️

We just published our systematic review of #climatefinance governance in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (OPEN ACCESS)! Prof. Sarah Bracking & I argue climate finance is reaching more cities, but is also more privatized, risking shift of power to market actors onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc… /1

In Search of Climate Politics by Matthew Paterson @MatPaterson This book addresses the crucial - but oddly neglected - question of what it means to say climate change is political. ow.ly/je1150FuQ8H

Giving has been increasingly impactful on #urbangovernance: Pablo Fuentenebro & ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ weigh in in Urban Studies Journal on the power and challenge of #philanthropy in cities 💰🏛 doi.org/10.1177/004209…

Estoy muy feliz de compartir un nuevo libro con Luis Alberto Tuaza C Unach y Dr. Mateo McBurney U of G Poli Sci Soc y GIDSGuelph. Gracias a Mateo y Luis por sus amistad y apoyo!

#NewArticle📑Wrote this a while back with ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ and pleased to see it OA in Columbia JIA. Part of an issue on 'Urbanization and International Affairs' which also has new work from Melbourne Centre for Cities friends Prof. Ben Leffel, Ph.D. JaninaStürner & Ian Klaus jia.sipa.columbia.edu/urbanization-a…

Excited for this #ESG2022 session today from 2-3:30 with Marielle Papin-Manjarrez José Manuel Yixian SUN + other twitterless colleagues!

Is anyone still here? If so, I have an announcement - something new for me - this piece in Harper's Magazine that looks at the use of public lands for renewable energy development and questions whether we should. harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

Excited to share our new article, “Can you standardise transformation? Reflections on the transformative potential of benchmarking as a mode of governance”, now out in Local Environment. Harriet Bulkeley Tabaré Arroyo Currás Jennifer Lenhart C Borgström Hansson Saurav Chowdhury Suchismita M 🧵

Time for a short thread about @PhiBeauregard and my new Environmental Politics article about the legitimation strategies billionaire entrepreneurs use to act in climate governance: bit.ly/3mcdlJe 1/5

Our academic panelists David Gordon Juan Luis Manfredi Shearon Roberts Nicholas J. Cull Prof. Ben Leffel, Ph.D. and Biyun Zhu share their research insights on topics ranging from networks and international organizations to climate change and social justice.

Transparency matters. David Gordon shared wonderful information on how transparency and the ease of getting to a city’s data on climate action is important in the legitimatization of a criteria actions.

Our International Development Group is opening a new permanent (tenure-track) position. Come to work with us Centre for Development Studies BathUni SPS in beautiful Bath! Queries to search committee members Aurelie Charles Ben Radley bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a… Earth System Governance Project ESS ISA SASE Development Studies Association

Our new paper "Municipal finance shapes urban climate action and justice" is now live on NatureClimate: nature.com/articles/s4155… (Free view-only version here: rdcu.be/dyNg1)

And David Gordon' commentary here: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Published today in Nature Cities (Nature Cities) ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟᴇ ᴀᴄᴜᴛᴏ Daniel Pejic @SombolMokhles David Gordon Ricardo Martinez Sayel Cortes Dr Cathy Oke & I share what 3 decades of city networks research tells us about the potential for #citydiplomacy in climate change nature.com/articles/s4428…