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Gaurav Mittal

@gauravmittal.bsky.social
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Urban Political Geographer | Researcher @tsuoxford.bsky.social | JRF @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social | Early Career Editor @rsa-tpg.bsky.social | Secretary @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social | Research interests: transport governance, just transitions, political economy

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Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com · 24/03/2026
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies ✍️ @gauravmittal.bsky.social 🔍 This article examines #transport interventions in #Shillong, northeastern #India, to show how the publicness of transport has become fragmented despite, and often through, successive state-led interventions. 📖 buff.ly/S03mYOa
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Drawing on TSU’s ongoing research on urban labour and mobility under the JusTIS project, @gauravmittal.bsky.social Mittal reflects on recent delivery worker strikes and debates around the gig economy in India. @oxfordgeography.bsky.social scroll.in/article/1089...
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‘The doorbell is not the problem’: Why government regulation is necessary for the gig work sector
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal’s defence of his company’s economic model collapses under its own contradictions.
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Comparative fieldwork in Bengaluru, Delhi and Kolkata for the JusTIS project is used to foreground workers’ lived experiences. @gauravmittal.bsky.social @timschwanen.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/listeni...
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Listening to the Streets: Reflections from JusTIS Introductory Workshops in Bengaluru, Delhi, and Kolkata
Between September and November 2025, the JusTIS project team held three introductory workshops in Bengaluru, Delhi and Kolkata, bringing together over 130 stakeholders from workers unions, civil socie...
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
@tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social is happy to present the series of essays from award-winning postgrad presentations at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social conference. The winner was @yifan-liu.bsky.social from @tsuoxford.bsky.social. Please read her post on why gender matters in car-sharing services here:
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PGR Prize at RGS-IBG 2025: Yi Fan Liu
At this year’s RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Yi Fan Liu, a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, won the PGR Prize for Best Postgraduate Presentation. We are delighted to shar…
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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
We're excited to announce a series of guest blog posts by our PGR prize winners from this year's #RGSIBG25 conference! ✍️ 📜 First post, first place, Yi Fan Liu @yifan-liu.bsky.social: 🚘Why does gender matter in car-sharing services? 🚗 Read her post here! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/10/20/p...
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Great to see recent research from @sgyucel.bsky.social & @timschwanen.bsky.social highlighted in Nature Climate Change. bsky.app/profile/sgyu...
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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
We have officially published our list of sponsored sessions for @rgsibg.bsky.social AC2025! 🎉🎉 Repost if you're presenting with us, or if you're just dead excited to attend... We'll see you all there 👋 full list on our website below! transportgeography.org.uk/2025/07/23/t...
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚨 We’re hiring for the Just Transitions on Indian Streets project! 🔹 2 Postdoc positions (Deadline: 11 Aug) 🔹 2 Research Associate positions (Deadline: 4 Aug) 📍 Hosted at NLSIU, Bengaluru with Dr Anwesha Ghosh. Apply & share! www.nls.ac.in/news-and-eve...
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Work With Us - National Law School of India University
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚨 New project! Just Transitions on Indian Streets (JusTIS) explores how Indian cities can centre street-based workers in climate action. Led by @timschwanen.bsky.social of @tsuoxford.bsky.social with three collaborators in India. Postdoc & RA openings soon! www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/streets...
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From the Streets Up: New Project Tackles Urban Inequality in India’s Climate Action
India is facing the twin challenges of climate change and ongoing growth of its urban population. The pressures both challenges create play out first and foremost on city streets. They are places wher...
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This event is scheduled for tomorrow, between 12:30 and 2:00 pm UK time, or between 5:00 and 6:30 pm India time. Please register and join!
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨 Webinar Alert | Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport We ask, "How can informal mobility systems be transformed to be both low-carbon & socially just?" 🗓️ 26 June | 12:30–14:00 BST 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
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Beyond the EV Fix: Rethinking Low-Carbon Transitions in Popular Transport
This webinar explores the political economy of low-carbon transitions in popular transport systems
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Partha Mukhopadhyay writes about the urban governance in India: "Not only is urban governance not representative, it is often also performative. Like anti-smog guns, they have limited effectiveness but look modern and give the appearance of action." Read: www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/202...
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Why bigger may not be better for Indian cities
Disparate events in recent weeks have offered a window into how India’s governing class, regardless of party, sees our cities.On May 15, the Greater Bengaluru A
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Join us to explore the political economy of low-carbon transitions in popular transport systems that underpin everyday mobility across much of the Global South. Book now! @oxfordgeography.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My humble contribution to the “taxi mafia vs ride-hailing apps” debate — why we need to move beyond binaries & rethink mobility governance in India, for both drivers & passengers. scroll.in/article/1083...
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The key question missing in India’s debate over ‘taxi mafia’ and ride-hailing apps
Cities have failed to build mobility systems that are fair and accountable towards drivers and passengers.
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
There's still time to sign up for next week's panel session.
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David Bissell @davidjbissell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Social & Cultural Geography is seeking a new Editor. We hope that you might be keen to join our lovely team! 🙏 ⏰ Closing date for applications is Friday 20 June 2025 📬 Applications should be sent to the journal’s editorial office at scg-jrnl@unimelb.edu.au 📄 Full details: go.unimelb.edu.au/uy8p
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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
‼️Do you know a talented undergraduate student who has recently completed their dissertation on a transport topic?🗒️💯 We are seeking nominations from departments for our undergraduate dissertation prize! 🏆🚈✨ Deadline 15 July - more information on submissions here: www.rgs.org/research/res...
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Transport Geography Research Group @tgrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Hello Bluesky! We are the @rgsibg.bsky.social Transport Geography Research Group. 🗺️🚇 Follow us for updates on our sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference and posts on the latest research across transport geography...
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This event is in two days. Registration is compulsory. Please register and join us!
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This event will take place on 15th May. The authors will discuss their newly published book, Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan. Maryam A. Malik will chair the session. Please register to learn about various facets of Lahore's first metro rail corridor.
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wrote a short piece for Australian Outlook with my colleague Festival Boateng on Africa's changing vehicle end-of-life burden. www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
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Africa’s Used Vehicle Dependency: A Complicated Double-Edged Phenomenon - Australian Institute of International Affairs
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Please read @valenmontoya.bsky.social’s powerful piece on women cross-border commuters between Venezuela and Colombia. We need to pay more attention to how illegalities/informalities are socially produced!
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
@tsuoxford.bsky.social's next Leadership programme is focused on Climate Change. Great opportunity to learn from leading scholars and practitioners. Scholarships, subsidies, and bursaries available for applicants in need. Last date to apply: 10th March. www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/course/clima...
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Global Challenges in Transport: Climate Change mitigation and adaptation
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
It is definitely a huge win for small apps in India such as Namma Yatri. But this decision should be scrutinised further. If Uber thinks SaaS is the future model in ride-hailing space, why not implement it for taxis as well? www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ub...
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Uber introduces zero-commission model for auto drivers
Uber introduces subscription model for auto drivers in response to industry trend, aligning with competitors Namma Yatri and Rapido.
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It happens in two days. Please register if you haven't!
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We, at @tsuoxford.bsky.social, are excited to host Dr Daniel Agbiboa from @harvard.edu for our first seminar of the Public Seminar Series 2025 on 23rd January. The session will be chaired by @valenmontoya.bsky.social. Please join in! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transport-...
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Transport Aliveness and Social Imagination in an African Megacity
Dr Daniel Agbiboa, Harvard University kicks off the TSU Seminar Series for 2025
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
A little late in posting this, but happy to share my recent article with Prerona Das and Jasnea Sarma on borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Entangled exclusions: Borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India
An epicentre of ethnicity-based identity politics and exclusions, India's northeastern region has long been politically imagined as both a ‘frontier’ and ‘borderland’ for state control, territorializ...
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Gaurav Mittal @gauravmittal.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I am deeply grateful for the growth, discoveries, friendships, and the moments 2024 offered to me. I am filled with excitement and ambition for the new paths and challenges that await in 2025. Wishing everyone a year of progress, purpose, and the courage to embrace the journey ahead.
An electric bus and a few people walking on a street lit with the Christmas and new year decorations.
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Sign up for a lunchtime discussion and book launch on "Cities rethought" chaired by @timschwanen.bsky.social www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/citie...
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‘Cities rethought’: a book launch and lunchtime discussion
In a short discussion, Professor Fran Tonkiss , LSE and Professor Gillian Rose , School of Geography & the Environment, will comment on the book’s place…
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