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Karen Lucas

@drkarenlucas.bsky.social
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Anti-poverty activist, transport & mobility poverty expert - academic researcher, dog lover and proud grandmother

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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Tomorrow I’m on BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth programme 12.05 talking about city transport.
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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Cc @pcastaneda.bsky.social @aag-tgsg.bsky.social @drkarenlucas.bsky.social @edabeyazit.bsky.social @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social @plyushteva.bsky.social
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I went to Bristol Zoo project today for my grandson’s 3rd birthday. Last time I was there I was 14. Look at the trousers!!!
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · 01/04/2025
🌟 Just published! "Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" in Social & Cultural Geography👉 ow.ly/zSoR50Vs18O Dr Eda Beyazit & Prof Karen Lucas, former #USFInternationalFellow & mentor

[Image description: Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the paper ""Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic" published in Social & Cultural Geography, on a Picture of a Minivan via Flickr by Vetatur Fumare]
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Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · 15/04/2025
📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now! This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte... Deadline 16th July 2025
USF International Fellowships 2025 - deadline 16th July 2025
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Eda Beyazit @edabeyazit.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Have you seen the latest volume of @journaltpt.bsky.social covering a range of discussions from on-demand services to decarbonisation. I also wrote an editorial for the section on Human Factors in Transport Full article: Editorial: human factors in transport www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
New Publication Alert 📢Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis - with @iaindocherty.bsky.social - Please read and share! @sfrost.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis
This paper examines how the UK transport governance system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what this reveals about its capacity for transformat…
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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
More car spreading news: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example
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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🚨New paper 🚨 In "beyond the 15-minute city' @caglarkoksal.com @graemesherriff.bsky.social and I draw together our experiences of working on proximity based Planning in different methodological contexts. /1 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Beyond the 15-minute city: Methodological lessons for proximity-based planning from two English case studies
The 15-minute city (15MC) popularises an older idea: that everyday destinations should be within a short, walkable or cyclable distance. Treating that…
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Great talk by Danny last night. Are we too crisis obsessed?
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
▶️ WATCH BACK: Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships Our research café with @mui-uom.bsky.social‬ is now available to watch back on YouTube. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc... @heritagemcr.bsky.social‬ @lybeck.bsky.social‬ @drkarenlucas.bsky.social‬ @uomhums.bsky.social‬
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School of Environment, Education, and Development @uomseed.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"The new buses bill will finally put a halt to the decimation of socially necessary services [...] This is a good first step in the right direction, but more local action is needed" - Prof @drkarenlucas.bsky.social, Director of @mui-uom.bsky.social reacts to the Bus Services Bill.
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Government protects thousands of miles of bus services from being scrapped
Bus Services Bill will give local leaders the power to shape the bus services their communities rely on.
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
New paper just out in Walking in informal settlements with Winnie Mitullah and others in @intalinc.bsky.social urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Did this yesterday. Hope it makes a difference parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Transport Committee
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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 16/12/2024
Registered vehicles on UK roads: 1991: 20 million 2023: 41.2 million Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist
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Maya SH @msingerhobbs.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Our transport issue of Progressive Review went live today! We've got an amazing array of authors who've covered everything from transport decarb, to the impact of transport on wildlife, to how finance is holding back a just transition The full issue is here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2573...
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
It’s getting better. My old gang are finding me here in this new space & I am grateful for that. But I had 3k flowered on X and I need then to be here to be effective. So sign up and follow and leave the old shit behind.!
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Emma Banister @emmabanister.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We now have FOUR episodes of #MethodsTalk available. open.spotify.com/show/60TyhNN...
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Methods Talk
Podcast · Methods@Manchester · Methods Talk is the methods@manchester podcast. Methods@manchester is a University of Manchester initiative focused on supporting interdisciplinary and innovative metho...
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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read
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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This study adds to the growing body of evidence about the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality. Now how to change people's minds because I still see people proudly posting pictures of their cosy fire? As I said yesterday I am that disappointed guy... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Air pollution: Wood burners more polluting than traffic - Birmingham research
Birmingham researchers say they have found wood burning at home is more polluting than traffic.
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Traffic in Towns @trafficintowns.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
“…traffic noise is steadily developing into a major nuisance, seriously prejudicial to the general enjoyment of towns, destructive of the amenities of dwellings on a wide scale ” #TrafficInTowns buff.ly/3B9204Q
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Thérèse Bajada @bajadat.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
t.ly/OlOAc #book #abstracts #tourism #research #scopingexercise #green #travel #planning #malta
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MALTA24 Mediterranean Tourism Conference Abstracts_FINAL.pdf
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Prof Charles Musselwhite @charliemuss.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
My presentation at the excellent, TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England, Cardiff, last week. This is my keynote presentation highlighting that we need to see transport much more from a person-based perspective, bring in the social and bring in community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J6...
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Putting Communities and People at the Heart of Transport Decision-Making
YouTube video by Charles Musselwhite
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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
📢Call for Papers 📢 AtGender Conf, 9-12 July, Barcelona Interested in how urban commoning and grassroots political infrastructures reimagine justice and care, reshaping the geographies of urban life? Do get in touch if you are interested! 📝Send your abstract by 18 Dec ♦️Submission guidlines 🔽
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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
📢 We are looking for someone to join us on a part-time basis to manage our Research for Transformation Lab, a new initiative to forge direct links between the research and teaching of GDI and real world solutions. More about this exciting opportunity: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Phil Jones @phil-pja.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Brilliant framing by @20splenty.bsky.social.
A post by 20sPlenty giving casualty data for Wales, showing 489 fewer people were killed or injured in the 9 months post-implementation, compared to a year before.
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Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It feels nice to see this printed! Do check it if you're interested in feminist theory and urban knowledge production. Dm if you want a copy of our chapter on women's urban activism
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Jamie Doucette @jamiedoucette.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Truly honored! Just a reminder that the book is free to download from the publisher thanks to an AKS publication grant. The last two chapters analyze some of the factors that led to the rise of Yoon. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New study from IIHS shows that car bloat is dangerous even at low speeds: If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one. If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
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Vehicle height compounds dangers of speed for pedestrians
New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds.
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
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Jamie Furlong @jwfurlong.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Come and work with me (though at Imperial!) researching the road safety impacts of clean air zones... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKY600/r... Deadline: 3 Jan.
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Research Associate in National Road Safety Evaluation Project at Imperial College London
Apply now for the Research Associate in National Road Safety Evaluation Project role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Whose knowledge matters? In her talk for the Urban Studies crew at @uofglasgow.bsky.social this week, @itsbethperry.bsky.social argued we must reframe the idea of 'co-production' in research. Rather than seeing it as a 'democratic fix', co-production must redress epistemic injustice in the city.
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Thanks to everyone who has followed me back so far. To help me get more followers would you please put a message out on your post to let people know I’m here? That would be fab!
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Karen Lucas @drkarenlucas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
If any of my X followers are her in Bluesky please join me in this new space. I’ve left X in disgust
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