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28 Mar 2024
The #IronCurtain fell, but what happened to the #postsocialist #cities left behind? In #CEE, rapid #urbangrowth and #shrinkingpopulations have driven the transformatios of these cities. Discover the insights in the latest issue of #UrbanStudiesJournal
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28 Mar 2024
The April 2024 issue (Volume 61, Issue 5) of #UrbanStudies is out now featuring papers and reviews by @GautamBhan80 @GwilymPryce1 @LeonWansleben @realnilsneumann @_AlexandraSandu @VoltaireVergara @_kenny_joseph @RachelOngViforJ @ersilia_v and many more
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Grand #climate #change ambitions often shatter upon the stubborn realities of #geography.
We invite submissions to a special issue of Applied Geography on how to successfully implement the #green #transition.
Long abstracts to a.sandu@lse.ac.uk by 15 May. sciencedirect.com/special-is…
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Can #Europe deliver on the #green #transition or just legislate it?
A new Special Issue of @EconPolReform, guest edited by @_AlexandraSandu, @tsouri_maria & me invites answers.
Thanks to @JudithClifton6
Abstracts due 30 March 2026, to a.sandu@lse.ac.uk
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3 Oct 2025
Looking back at our Spring Seminar on Central Europe’s urban boom, rural decline, and Ukraine’s path to post-war recovery with keynotes by @rodriguez_pose & @_AlexandraSandu.
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3 Sep 2025
Financial inclusion is often imagined as a personal failing. It is not.
@_AlexandraSandu & I show in @economyandspace that, in #CEE, local #trust & #geography outweigh financial literacy & national policies in determining who gets access to banking. doi.org/10.1177/0308518X2513…
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3 Aug 2025
From the blue coasts to neglected interiors, #banking deserts carve invisible wealth divides across #Europe.
As @_AlexandraSandu & I show in @economyandspace a geography of exclusion persists; a simple bank account divides the fortunate from the forgotten. doi.org/10.1177/0308518X2513…
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
29 Jul 2025
#Banking deserts persist in #CEE. There, #geography dictates financial fate.
My new research with @_AlexandraSandu in @economyandspace shows that financial #inclusion remains hostage to place and, without trust, #DigitalBanking cannot bridge the gap.
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
12 May 2025
Nuevo artículo publicado por investigadores de la Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi en nuestra revista ETFVI: Monitoring Land-Use Dynamics in Romania’s Major Metropolitan Areas revistas.uned.es/index.php/E…
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
5 Jun 2025
Amazing keynote by Alexandra Sandu (@cardiffuni) at our Spring Seminar on the development of post-socialist cities in Central Eastern Europe, and how they can be made into good places to live - despite many having expanded while losing population.
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
2 Jun 2025
Don’t miss tomorrow, 3 June, 09:00 CET, @ Vienna City Hall: Growing Cities vs. Shrinking Countrysides in Central Europe. What are the causes, what are the consequences?
Join our Spring Seminar, organised in cooperation with
@Stadt_Wien & @KDZ_Austria.
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
25 Nov 2024
#Populism is making all dominoes fall.
#Romania, once spared the tide, has voted a hard-right outsider top of the presidential race—his rise fuelled by those he says "do not matter."
No country is beyond the reach of #discontent.
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12 Nov 2024
"Pupils at private #schools perform better, not because the schools are better, but because the average student comes from a wealthier, more educated family."
@PEPForum opinion piece on the individual returns of private #education.
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
8 Nov 2024
Access to #banking in Central & Eastern Europe is shaped by trust in #institutions, geography & socio-economic factors. Greater trust encourages account ownership, yet rural & lower-income areas remain financially excluded.
Excellent presentation by @_AlexandraSandu at #RSAWinter
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Alexandra Sandu retweeted
8 Nov 2024
Really interesting presentations in the "Designing the Regions, Cities and Rural Areas of the Future", which I was the chair. Digital skills in the countryside, Cellular Automata for analysing urban expansion, geography matters to financial access, and so on.
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5 Nov 2024
Just published ! 📣
Our new paper on #digitallearning in #Wales during #COVIDー19, co-authored with @profchristaylor, explores how school sector and socio-economic status influenced #Hwb Learning Platform #logins during the pandemic
Read more ⬇️
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28 Oct 2024
Thrilled to share that this Friday will mark my start as a #Lecturer in Human #Geography with the brilliant team at @CUGeogPlan. Excited and ready to contribute to their exceptional #teaching and #research 🎓📚 🌍
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26 Oct 2024
"Political #trust and economic #development in European #regions," jointly written with @thoughtcapital & @fitjar, out today in Annals of Regional Science.
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19 Oct 2024
Presented at #CantemirSeminar2024: Why do some people still prefer "under the mattress" savings in #CEE ? New research done together with @rodriguez_pose reveals how #trust in #institutions and #localcontext shape #bankingaccess
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18 Oct 2024
Presenting at #CantemirSeminar2024 on the need of #place-sensitive policies to address #educationalinequalities in #Wales
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18 Oct 2024
A thought-provoking presentation by @Bourdin_Seb on #localdiscontent and the #socialacceptability of the energy transition at #CantemirSeminar2024 📚📈
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8 Oct 2024
Today with the support of British Academy Early Career Researcher Network: Bridging disciplines in social sciences
#ECRs explore intersections of #geography, #education #datascience, #society & #ethics.
Fostering collaborations across #socialsciences fields
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