지난 해 10월부터 12월 사이 두 차례 한국을 방문하였고, 지내는 동안 젠트리피케이션을 화두로 많은 만남을 가졌습니다. 앞서 가졌던 고민의 깊이가 더욱 깊어졌고, 답답하고 아픈 현실에 마음 아팠지만 수 많은 실천의 몸짓을 통해 긍정의 에너지도 얻었습니다. 앞으로 해야할 일을 생각하며 신발끈을 다시 고쳐 맵니다. 아래 글은 희망제작소 (http://www.makehope.org) 에 초청기고한 것 입니다. 희망제작소 웹페이지에 게시한 글은 […]
In my previous post in August 2015, I was happy to note the confirmation of the cover visual of my new book co-authored with Loretta Lees and Ernesto Lopez-Morales. I am pleased that the book Planetary Gentrification is just published and my first advanced author copy has arrived today! It is great to have this […]
Pleased to confirm that a paper of mine, entitled Unequal Cities of Spectacle and Mega-events in China and originally published in 2012 from the journal CITY, is going to be republished in French from the journal Alternatives Sud (AS) in March 2016. The republication is part of the journal’s themed issue on globalisation of sport, with […]
In December 2015, I will be leading a series of seminars in Seoul on gentrification. This is to take place at Asia Centre, Seoul National University once a week and starting on 2 December. Gentrification has recently become a social and politically hot topic in Seoul, having seen frequent media coverage from late last year […]
The Urban Research Group at the Department of Public Policy is recruiting a new postdoctoral fellow in urban studies, to start from 1 March 2016. This is an exciting group that has attracted strong post-doc researchers, one of whom was Dr Sin Yee Koh who completed her PhD in my department (I was her review […]
This is the editorial department of the journal of China City Planning Review (CCPR). We are glad to inform you that your nomination as a member of the Editorial Board of CCPR has been approved by the Urban Planning Society of China at the 3rd Meeting of the 2nd Editorial Board Committee of CCPR. Your […]
Happy to see the final cover visual for the forthcoming new book of mine, co-authored with Loretta Lees (Leicester) and Ernesto López-Morales (University of Chile, Santiago). This book reflects on our collective project to rethink gentrification outside the usual Western suspects, and to locate gentrification in wider processes of urbanisation. Book description: At the beginning of […]
A very exciting position for early career scholars with a focus on urban China. This is an announcement of a postdoctoral fellow position to be based at the Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, working with its urban research group. Please contact Dr Bart Wissink at b.wissink@cityu.edu.hk if you are interested. Postdoctoral Fellow at […]
Urban Salon seminar Learning from China and Questioning China Exceptionalism: An interdisciplinary debate I am organising the next Urban Salon seminar, which is to take place at the LSE as a half-day workshop. The event will provide a space for a unique opportunity to listen to academics working in various disciplines, who are to reflect on […]