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We are delighted that the Regional Studies Association Policy Impact Book 'Social Infrastructure & Left Behind Places' by John Tomaney, Maeve Minns, Lucy Natarajan , Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Myfanwy Taylor is now online. More info bit.ly/47DPiFJ

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Bisan Owda shows us firsthand how people in Southern Gaza are living in tents as winter approaches, often without water, sanitation or food. Over 1.7 million Gazans have been displaced since October 7.

"There was a girl with just her whole body covered in shrapnel. She was nine. I ended up having to change and clean these wounds with no anaesthetic." Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a surgeon who recently returned from Gaza after 41 days, describes the conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital.

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🚨We’re recruiting our first two members of staff! A General Manager and a Communities and Communications Manager (Spanish speaking).🚨 Please find more info under the link below. Deadline to apply is midnight Sunday 18th February. wardscorner.org/jobs-opportuni…

Abstracts by 30 Jan for 2 sessions at the #RSA24 in Florence 11-14 June on (1) Small Business Workspace Displacement with Myfanwy Taylor elena besussi @JanetMerkel and (2) Productive City & Industry Agglomeration with Carl Grodach. Call details: regionalstudies.org/news/2024annua…

Are academia and motherhood incompatible? UK universities are starting to address the challenges faced by new mothers, but combining parenthood and academe remains difficult. Five writers on what institutions get right and wrong in supporting academic mums bit.ly/3vM2Il6

BSP's John Tomaney's research on 'left-behind places' was referenced in The The Guardian's article titled 'The Guardian view on local nostalgia: a potential community asset.' John's research explores how to help left behind communities. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 Initiative on Cities @BUsociologydept Read Myfanwy Taylor on Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 - very important reflections for the engaged academic journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #practice #engagedscholarship

"I would really like to see urban studies and urban scholars being much more inclusive of lesser heard voices, non-academic voices that deserve the same intellectual platform as academic voices." from Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 in Issue 2:1 #reflect #urbanstudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

I'm very glad to be part of the dialogue around community-engaged urban research that Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 has opened up in the new DialoguesinUrbanResearch journal. Her AAG plenary is essential reading for urban researchers. Thanks to all involved.

US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza | Biden administration | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…