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31 Oct 2023
Global population living in cities is 56% and rising...
Making cities sustainable matters
#WorldCitiesDay2023
#sdg11
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James Evans retweeted
26 Sep 2022
Join @OfficialUoM user workshops across the country, and take part in building @NERCdsh. Help us bring 40 petabytes of @NERCscience’s #FAIR natural environment data to data providers, consumers &
endusers.
Find your nearest city!
@UKRI_News @BESTUoM
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James Evans retweeted
9 Dec 2021
We're hiring more! 4 researchers to work on our @NERCscience #NERCdsh. Do you have skills in #Geospatial #DSS environmental data services, user needs, developing use cases? jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displa… Working with @gisplanner @lanky_manky @JZCOS @Sarah_J_Lindley
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James Evans retweeted
6 Jan 2022
WE ARE HIRING A RESEARCH TECHNICIAN! Come and join our fabulous Geography team!! Half field based working on @BBSRC funded Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project & half supporting our world class #SEED #Geography Laboratories. @GeographyUOM @JPRitson
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James Evans retweeted
6 Jan 2022
How can we address the challenges of urban development, public health and climate change?
Read recommendations from:
@JZCOS
@dukester24
@sheencr
@urbanflourish
@lanky_manky
@Mell_GIPlanning
@ClaireHoolohan
@caglarkoksal
Claire Brown (@TyndallManc)
#BuildingUtopia
17 Dec 2021
Our publication #BuildingUtopia contains policy recommendations on how to address the interlinked challenges of urban development, public health and climate change.
Read it here: policy.manchester.ac.uk/publ…
ALT Building Utopia banner illustration with overlaid text: "Our latest publication Building Utopia brings together thought leadership and expert analysis on how to make housing developments work for everyone."
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James Evans retweeted
9 Dec 2021
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James Evans retweeted
18 Nov 2021
** POST-DOC JOBS **
I am hiring x3 researchers on 3 yr contracts for my @ERC_Research project GlobalCORRIDOR based @Urban_Inst
Investigating corridor urbanization in East Africa, South Asia the Med
Please share widely >> tinyurl.com/3jpck9kw
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29 Oct 2021
Loving this new book from Federico Cugurullo- inspired stuff using frankenstein to understand the allure and challenge of #SmartCities and #urban #AI routledge.com/Frankenstein-U…
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30 Sep 2021
Our #Sustainable #Cities #MOOC is now ranked in the best online courses of all time by Class Central - wow! classcentral.com/report/top-… The ranking contains 250 courses from 100 universities based on 170,000 learner reviews @IIIEElund @Lundsuni @harrietbulkeley @JZCOS
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James Evans retweeted
6 Oct 2021
Join @GeographyUOM experts as they share innovative solutions to the biggest climate questions at Manchester Festival of Climate Action.
Free, online and taking place next week, take a look at what we have on 👇👇👇
manchester.ac.uk/climate-fes…
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James Evans retweeted
27 Sep 2021
As temperatures rise and heavy rainfall becomes more frequent, what long term measures can we take to protect our communities and make them more resilient?
Join @GeographyUOM experts on 12 Oct, 6pm - 7pm at the Festival of Climate Action to find out:
manchester.ac.uk/climate-fes…
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James Evans retweeted
22 Sep 2021
WHO cuts guideline limits on air pollution from fossil fuels theguardian.com/environment/…
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James Evans retweeted
19 Sep 2021
Well that’s the #Keswick #fieldcourse over for another year! Massive thanks to @peat_ryan for organising a brilliant seamless trip under challenging circumstances and for 2 year groups this year!! It’s been a blast! 🙌🌎❤️
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James Evans retweeted
17 Sep 2021
Less pictute postcard than the fieldwork photos perhaps, but it has been a pleasure to welcome our incoming @GeographyUOM First Years & honour our IOU to our Second Years on our pre-registration Keswick fieldtrip. See you next week for Welcome!
#Keswick21 #talentpool
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James Evans retweeted
In African cities, walking 🚶🏿♀️ is the primary mode of transport with over 78% walking for travel every day. Yet walking remains marginalised as a transport mode in policy and practice.
Read the latest research from @Walk21Network to learn more.
transport-links.com/download…
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13 Sep 2021
Good to be back in the field with our fantastic second year students! Hello Keswick... @GeographyUOM @RGS_IBGhe
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James Evans retweeted
23 Aug 2021
Updated and refreshed with new materials and podcasts - check out the #sustainable #cities #mooc coursera.org/learn/gte-susta… @cec_lund @sustforum_LU @Agenda2030_LU @LUCSUS_LU @PufendorfL @CIRCLE_LU @Lundsuni @Lunduni_LUSEM 80,000 learners and counting!
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