Urban Studies podcast

Relentless urbanization, paradoxes, and putting nature first   Show notes for Episode 10 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/10-walking-the-city-with-creighton-connolly-and-landscapes/    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Creighton’s work in Urban Studies: Connolly, C., & Kythreotis, A. (2024). Building back better through urban blue and green space? A critical review of post-pandemic urban planning and climate governance. Urban Studies, online first, at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251332518 Connolly, C., Keil, R., & Ali, S. H. (2021). Extended urbanisation and the spatialities of infectious disease: Demographic change, infrastructure and governance. Urban studies, 58(2), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020910873 Connolly, C. (2020). From resilience to multi-species flourishing:(Re) imagining urban-environmental governance in Penang, Malaysia. Urban Studies, 57(7), 1485-1501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018807573   Credits   EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman Hong Kong park aviary birds.wav by nikivanmechelen1 Nature, Cicadas, Night, Forest, Rainforest, Jungle, Malaysia, Penang, Zoom F8n, DPA 4060 by FreeToUseSounds LS_34262-2_HK_CityWalk.mp3 by kevp888 LS_34251_HK_MaOnShanPark.wav by kevp888   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast

Latin American cities, storytelling and serendipity   Show notes for Episode 9 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/9-walking-the-city-with-catalina-ortiz-and-storytelling/   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Catalina’s work in Urban Studies through her edited virtual special issue and call for thinking through methods: Latin American Cities - Urban Studies Virtual Special Issue Ortiz, C. (2024). Writing the Latin American city: Trajectories of urban scholarship. Urban Studies, 61(3), 399-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231184037   Credits   EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman Colombian_Main_Square_Paisa_Town_Quad.wav by USBMED_Ambiences_Sound_Library    Want to see where Caitlin and Catalina walked? Check out the map in our show notes.   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast

Corridors, inscriptions, and urban studies careers   Show notes for Episode 8 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/8-walking-the-city-with-jon-silver-and-urban-corridors/   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Jon’s work in Urban Studies: Silver, J., & Marvin, S. (2017). Powering sub-Saharan Africa’s urban revolution: An energy transitions approach. Urban Studies, 54(4), 847-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016668105 Tassadiq, F., Silver, J., Kallianos, Y., & Guma, P. K. (2025). The unending corridor: Critical approaches to the politics, logics and socio-technics of urban corridorisation. Urban Studies, 00420980241301641. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241301641 Lawhon, M., Nilsson, D., Silver, J., Ernstson, H., & Lwasa, S. (2018). Thinking through heterogeneous infrastructure configurations. Urban Studies, 55(4), 720-732. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017720149   Credits   EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman  Albatross by Corals  sipi falls morning by NinadeVroome Ndere by NinadeVroome 14.12.2011.001.wav by deathicated   Want to see where Caitlin and Jon walked? Check out the map in our show notes.   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast

Comparisons, collaborations and elsewheres   Show notes for Episode 7 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/7-walking-the-city-with-jenny-robinson-and-elsewhere/   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Jenny’s work in Urban Studies: Robinson, J. (2022). Introduction: Generating concepts of ‘the urban’ through comparative practice. Urban Studies, 59(8), 1521-1535. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221092561 Robinson, J., Wu, F., Harrison, P., Wang, Z., Todes, A., Dittgen, R., & Attuyer, K. (2022). Beyond variegation: The territorialisation of states, communities and developers in large-scale developments in Johannesburg, Shanghai and London. Urban Studies, 59(8), 1715-1740. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980211064159 Robinson, J., Harrison, P., Croese, S., Sheburah Essien, R., Kombe, W., Lane, M., & Yang, Y. (2025). Reframing urban development politics: Transcalarity in sovereign, developmental and private circuits. Urban Studies, 62(1), 3-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241284763   Credits   EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman Durban City Streets by Keemosteve Midnight Ambiance in KwaZulu-Natal (Recorded with Zoom H6) by DonnyDB South Africa by Jeff Kaale  Music from #Uppbeat   Want to see where Catilin and Jenny walked? Check out the map in our show notes.   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast

Solutions, mobility and getting on the road Show notes for Episode 6 are available here.   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Sergio’s work in Urban Studies: Montero S and Baiocchi G (2022) A posteriori comparisons, repeated instances and urban policy mobilities: What ‘best practices’ leave behind. Urban Studies 59(8): 1536-1555. Montero S (2020) Leveraging Bogotá: Sustainable development, global philanthropy and the rise of urban solutionism. Urban Studies 57(11): 2263-2281.   Credits Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman 05969 common bicycle bell by Robinhood76 STE-160 by sergiogranadamoreno Bogota Demonstration by TheTunk Casuarinas by Dan Barracuda   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast  

Platform economy, talking to machines, the misuse of an app, and buffalo wings Show notes for Episode 5 are available here.   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Zara and Mike’s work in Urban Studies:  Shabrina Z, Arcaute E and Batty M (2022) Airbnb and its potential impact on the London housing market. Urban Studies 59(1): 197-221. Cottineau C, Batty M, Benenson I, Delloye J, Hatna E, Pumain D, Sarkar S, Tannier C and Ubarevičienė R (2024) The role of analytical models and their circulation in urban studies and policy. Urban Studies. Epub ahead of print 16 April 2024. DOI: 10.1177/00420980241237410. Zhong C, Schläpfer M, Müller Arisona S, Batty M, Ratti C and Schmitt G (2017) Revealing centrality in the spatial structure of cities from human activity patterns. Urban Studies 54(2): 437-455. Batty M and Milton R (2021) A new framework for very large-scale urban modelling. Urban Studies 58(15): 3071-3094.   Credits nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman 05969 common bicycle bell by Robinhood76 carrying case of beers by Tiisetso190171 Jogja Campursari Music - Java by RTB45 jalan_cikini_edit by maarten_wez Billy on the Hill by Ben McElroy   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast    

The urbanisation of China, and speculative enterprise of city villagers Show notes for Episode 4 are available here.   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Shenjing’s work in Urban Studies: He S and Qian J (2017) From an emerging market to a multifaceted urban society: Urban China studies. Urban Studies 54(4): 827-846. He S (2015) Consuming urban living in ‘villages in the city’: Studentification in Guangzhou, China. Urban Studies 52(15): 2849-2873. He S and Lin GC (2015) Producing and consuming China’s new urban space: State, market and society. Urban Studies 52(15): 2757-2773. He S and Cai R (2023) Negotiating the exclusive right to public schools in China’s education-featured gated communities under multiscalar and multidirectional urban entrepreneurialism. Urban Studies. Epub ahead of print 10 November 2023. DOI: 10.1177/00420980231204714.   Credits Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman Hall Station Nanjingnan 1 by lulocasero BR_007-3_China_strings by kevp888 City Park - All sounds of the park by dibko   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast    

Spooky concepts, sounds, global real estate circuits and a quietness with an edge Show notes for Episode 3 are available here.   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Dallas’ work in Urban Studies: Gibson C, Legacy C and Rogers D (2023) Deal-making, elite networks and public–private hybridisation: More-than-neoliberal urban governance. Urban Studies 60(1): 183-199. Shrestha P, Young A, Morton A, Shafique T, Rogers D and Simone A (2023) Book review forum podcast: The Surrounds. Urban Studies 60(12): 2515–2523. Rogers D (2022) Book review: Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban Question. Urban Studies 59(2): 466–468.   Credits Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman Camden Library ambience by deleted_user_1654820 Charing Cross Library by deleted_user_1654820 Library Ambience by Wihan98 Emotional Piano by tictac9 Library Foyer Steps by Razzvio   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast  

Elsewheres, middles and comparisons Show notes for Episode 2 are available here.   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Julie’s work in Urban Studies:  Ren J (2022) A more global urban studies, besides empirical variation. Urban Studies 59(8): 1741-1748.   Credits Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman Ambience_Berlin_Balcony by danner berlin_car_bell_footsteps by uair01 Berlin beggars busking by uair01   If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website: urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast

Densities and crowds, fragments, and sanitation Show notes for Episode 1 are available here.   If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Colin’s work in Urban Studies: McFarlane C (2023) Critical Commentary: Repopulating density: COVID-19 and the politics of urban value. Urban Studies 60(9): 1548-1569. McFarlane C (2012) The entrepreneurial slum: Civil society, mobility and the co-production of urban development. Urban Studies 49(13): 2795-2816. McFarlane C (2019) Thinking with and beyond the informal–formal relation in urban thought. Urban Studies 56(3): 620-623.   Credits Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman St James Park - Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace by Kalou Shri-Kumar-Mardu-Mumbai-1 by xserra Berlin-Market1.mp3 by Raman Coco no woman no cry (busker) by Owdeo    If you liked this episode, please rate our podcast, leave a review and share with a friend!   Visit the Urban Studies Podcast website:  urbanstudiesonline.com/podcast