Wow! This is quite big news

Congratulations!

Thank you Laurent@

I won a prize! Thank you very much for the great honour.

@tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social the 19th Brian Hoyle Lecture in Transport Geography is underway, with Professor Lucy Budd discussing aerial geographies

Foundations First: has the Modern Industrial Strategy delivered on Industrial Decarbonisation? With the publication of The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy last week, our answer is broadly positive, though...

Has the Modern Industrial Strategy delivered on Industrial Decarbonisation?

Imogen Rattle and Peter Taylor examine the positive changes, though questions remain on delivery timelines, funding, and whether it will be sufficient to decarbonise the sector.
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Looking forward to this annual TGRG tradition.

Were you hoping for something specific?

Also, aircraft noise. Looking at you Leeds-Bradford Airport

In my book I don't care how many miles of rail a transit system has. What I want to know is how good the local bus system is? The humble bus is the real workhorse of transit. Going places rail will never go and unlocking access for so many people. Let's get the basics right.

My good friend and excellent academic is on Bluesky! Please give her a follow.

Four things to say about the £23bn Thames Water needs for infrastructure repair:
1. As I understand it, this covers only extreme, emergency repairs, for infrastructure that’s about to fail or has already done so.
2. It’s almost certainly an underestimate.

Another short privatisation🧵

And it's only Tuesday

This is an exciting initiative. Prof Middlemiss and Dr Owen are very very good academics.

I love this

A Motorhead tankard of beer next to an emptied can of ale to mark the end of a working week.

Happy #MetalFriday Blueskyers 🤘🖤
Loving a bit of Gojira right now - Another World. If only the billionaire rocket boys had some sense.

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The ESRC IAA funding call is open - next application deadline is 27 November. Visit our website for details of how IAA funding can maximise the impact and influence of your research bit.ly/48zPuXk

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If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.

Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!

True everywhere

I'd love to be added please

I am not looking forward to this.

Since I am under 60, a single bus fare for the only route of any use to me costs £5.90 for 12 miles in Aberdeenshire; frequency/reliability are woeful. In Edinburgh I can get around at reasonable cost. It needs fixing.

Anglesey otters being killed by traffic increase, charity warns An orphaned otter cub left to fend for himself after his mum was run over survives by a

When we think about animal conservation and plans to introduce/reintroduce animals in the UK we don’t talk enough about how to mitigate the impact of traffic. This sad story is repeated across our pervasive road network and we need a proper strategy to address the harm of roads on nature

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Looking forward to our joint event with Social Research Methods Centre next week. We will be discussing a range of co-production methodologies & insights into the use of co-production in research.
Co-production methodologies: Opportunities and challenges is now ‼️FULLY BOOKED‼️

Important work for a more ethical and just world

Coming to the UK: ‘aggressive’ pick-up trucks that duck safety rules Dodge is launching a right-hand drive model of a car so tall that drivers can’t see young children in front of them

These vehicles are a risk to everyone, especially children.

They are too large, lethally designed and have a huge environmental impact.

Regulations in UK and EU have to urgently be updated to stop more of these being driven on our roads.

Next Generation Co-Production Impact Scheme - Leeds Social Sciences Institute LSSI are pleased to announce the second call of the Next Generation Co-Production Impact Scheme, which will offer an opportunity for Early/Mid-Career Researchers to pursue opportunities to develop res...

📢 Reminder that the LSSI Next Generation Impact Scheme call closes on 2nd October. The amount of interest shown in this from Leeds colleagues has been fantastic.
Full details here bit.ly/47e9AXp
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The housing crisis is global. What are other countries doing about it? | Alan Kohler Australia is not the only country facing a housing crisis. Alan Kohler takes us on a whistle-stop tour of five governments trying to make homes more affordable

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