@ERC_Research Adv Grant (2022-2026) PI: @AyonaDatta researching #digitalisation-as-#urbanisation in #globalsouth #regionalfutures #Horizon2020 Tweets: Gabriela
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5 Aug 2025
Congratulations to @ayonadatta and Fenna Imara Hoefsloot!
Their #OpenAccess book 'Informational Peripheries' is now published by @UCLpress
Read & download free at: bit.ly/4l76QR4 #UrbanTheory #Digitalisation #DataPolitics @UCLgeography
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Congratulations to @ayonadatta and Fenna Imara Hoefsloot! Their #OpenAccess book Informational Peripheries published today. Read & download free at: bit.ly/4l76QR4 #UrbanTheory #Digitalisation #DataPolitics
ALT Cover of the book 'Informational Peripheries: Rethinking the urban in a digital age' edited by Ayona Datta and Fenna Imara Hoefsloot. Features a cityscape with densely packed buildings and a prominent tower in the background under a hazy sky.
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9 Apr 2025
Our PI @AyonaDatta has been awarded a Visiting Chair Professor position under the Recruitment of Visiting Science and Technology Personnel Program supported by the National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
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Professor Stefan Bouzarovski (@stefanbuzar), Professor of Human Geography @OfficialUoM
Professor Ayona Datta (@AyonaDatta), Professor in Human Geography, University College London @ucl
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🙌Congratulations to the six geographers recently elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences this Spring.@AcadSocSciences
⬇️ Read more
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1 Apr 2025
PI @AyonaDatta among 7 UCL academics elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences | UCL News - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/apr/seve…
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Our @ERC_REGFUT Mexico workshop on “DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TERRITORIAL JUSTICE: THE FUTURE OF REGIONAL PLANNING IN THE GUADALAJARA METROPOLITAN REGION’’ is about to start. Bilingual in ES/EN. Join us on zoom.
ucl.zoom.us/j/93621295952?pw…
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8 Jan 2025
📅📣Remember you can still join our workshop on digital technologies and the future of regional planning in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Region, to take place on Tuesday 14th at 9am (Mexico City time). Book your place here: eventbrite.com/e/regional-fu… #digitalisation #urbanspace
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8 Jan 2025
📣📅 Recuerden que aún pueden registraste a nuestro taller sobre tecnologías digitales y el futuro del la planeación regional en el Area Metropolitana de Guadalajara, a realizarse el próximo martes 14 a las 9am. Registro gratuito en el siguiente link: eventbrite.com/e/regional-fu…
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5 Dec 2024
Forthcoming publication
PERIPHERALISED LABOUR: THE DIGITISATION OF NAIROBI’S LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM
by @AyonaDatta @UCLgeography and Dennis Mbugua Muthama @The_BIEA
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28 Nov 2024
Save the date for our online workshop on digital technologies for territorial justice in the Mexican context.
Participant institutions include @CUAAD_UdeG @GuadalajaraAyto @InnovacionJal and more!
Date: January 14th, 2025.
Scan QR code for registration!
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21 Nov 2024
¿Quieres saber más sobre el impacto de las tecnologías digitales en el ordenamiento del territorio? Únete a nuestro taller el próximo 14 de enero de 2025. Regístrate gratis usando el código QR. Organizado en colaboración con @CUAAD_UdeG #digitalizacion #territorio #MapeoDigital
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20 Nov 2024
Our PI @AyonaDatta will be delivering a research seminar in @IGeographies in Cambridge on 28 Nov.
Title: Discretionary power and the technologies of seeing urbanisation in the global south.
20 Nov 2024
Discretionary Power: @AyonaDatta from @UCLgeography will be speaking on seeing urbanization in the #GlobalSouth.
Our final seminar this term: 28 November, 16:00. All welcome!
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18 Nov 2024
Curious about the intersections of digital technology and land politics in Mexico? Join us in January for a day-long workshop exploring territorial justice, land demarcation, and the roles of public and private sectors. The event will be online w/ English interpretation available
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12 Sep 2024
Ayona Datta: “En las manos equivocadas, la IA puede hacer más daño que otras tecnologías previas”
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18 Sep 2024
.@Des_bordes entrevista a Ayona Datta:“En las manos equivocadas, la IA puede hacer más daño que otras tecnologías previas” elsaltodiario.com/tecnologia… a través de @elsaltodiario
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23 Sep 2024
New Article published from our project by PI @AyonaDatta
My article 'Distant time: The future of urbanisation from ‘there’ and ‘then’ @DialoguesHG
Through planning archives of Shimla, India, I conceptualise how temporal ordering of a colonial state is reflected in postcolonial imaginaries of smart urban futures
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4 Nov 2024
📢Our PI @AyonaDatta will be speaking in the 2025 Summer Institute of Urban Studies in Belgium.
Send your applications if you want to be part of this.
We are now accepting applications for the Summer Institute in Urban Studies 2025!
#SIUS2025 takes place in Belgium (7-11 July 2025) & is organized collectively by @KULeuvenUSI @urbanstudiesBXL @UrbanStudies_UA Stadsacademie @ugent & @OfficialUoM
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5 Nov 2024
📢 Happening today! Join us for the Cambridge City Seminar Series as @FennaImara presents Informational Peripheries: Seeing from the Margins of Place, Flow, and Data. Dive into how digital and geographic peripheries impact urban life and inclusivity. 🌍📊arct.cam.ac.uk/research/rese…
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