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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Call for Papers AAG 2027 // NYC Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor globalcorridor.eu/news/cfp-aag... Alan Wiig + I are excited to bring together a dialogue centring corridors in geographic scholarship + debate. Please do circulate and think about submitting a paper

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Call for Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at the Urban Institute. We invite proposals from postgraduates who wish to pursue rigorous, innovative research in urban studies that aligns with our current research activities. sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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Call for Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at the Urban Institute.

The Urban Institute (UI) at the University of Sheffield welcomes expressions of interest from outstanding early-career researchers wishing to apply for the 2027 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early Car...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Out now: GlobalCORRIDOR #14 'Mapping the Corridor Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative' The BRI is a world transforming vision but info on its six corridors remains unclear so we've assembled routes + $551.7 billion of infra projects See here: globalcorridor.substack.com/p/globalcorr...

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GlobalCORRIDOR #14

Mapping the Corridor Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We are launching our GlobalCORRIDOR Atlas today, alongside our project website....as part of our ERC funded project This beta version features dozens of corridors, hundreds of infrastructure projects, nearly a trillion dollars of investment. globalcorridor.eu/atlas

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Excited to participate in this GlobalCORRIDOR event organised by Catherine Ngahu in Nairobi. Join us in person/online for some great talks on global infrastructure projects in East Africa on Tues 26th May biea.ac.uk/events/globa...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Global Corridor newsletter #12 "Bomb/Blockade/Bypass" is focused on the emerging geographies of the infrastructural blockade and attempts at establishing bypass infrastructures. globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Global Corridor #12

Bomb/Blockade/Bypass: How the War on Iran turned into an Infrastructure War

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We've worked with the Geographical Association to develop some school learning materials for A-Level students to think through financialisation, displacement, gentrification etc 'Post-industrial urban change in the UK: A Manchester case study' geography.org.uk/resources/po...

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Post-industrial urban change in the UK: A Manchester case study - Geographical Association

These resources for A level students and teachers consider urban change in Manchester, UK, and include a guided urban walk around the city centre to explore the nature of this regeneration.

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I have a new short piece out in Environment and Planning A journal 'The multipolarity and geo-politics of climate finance' A response to Bryant and Webber's (amazing) book: Climate Finance: Taking a Position on Climate Futures journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Global Corridor Newsletter #11 is out Continuing analysis of the infrastructural geographies of the US/Israeli war on Iran... 'A war on water is a war on life, damaged oil and gas infrastructures, the 'blockade', UAE air hub's uncertain future' globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Global Corridor #11

A war on water is a war on life, damaged oil and gas infrastructures, the 'blockade', UAE air hub's uncertain future, more reading

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Excited to be hosting a book talk by Austin Zeiderman in Sheffield on his book 'Artery: Racial Ecologies on Colombia’s Magdalena River' - 23rd March More details inc link to Open Access copy of his book here 👇 sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The Infrastructural Geography of the US/Israel War on Iran… …From data centres to logistical bottlenecks, supply chains to real estate markets, shipping to petroleum networks globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Excellent data interface showing collapsing real estate prices in Dubai (5-15%) and Abu Dhabi (3-10%) in real time 👀 www.luxurypricedrops.com

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A new phase of warfare / destroy the data centre, destroy the cloud, destroy the capacity of the enemy to operate More on the infrastructural geographies of the Israel/US attack on Iran here: globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My Global Corridor Newsletter 10 is out now The Infrastructural Geography of the US/Israel War of Iran Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf real estate economy shattered?, Oil and gas crisis, data centre wars, Indian port investors + more globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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zhengli-huang.bsky.social @zhengli-huang.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

✒️How do financing models reshape politics and spatial effects of infrastructure? Comparing two projects in Kenya, I show how G2G-PPP redistributes risk and control and essentially, who benefits. Please check out my new article in @urbanstudiesjournal.com: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 28/02/2026

The Israeli and US attack on Iran is morally repugnant. It is calculated only to benefit an elite of racist, Islamophobic warmongers. It will not benefit Iranians or ordinary people anywhere on earth. We must build the grassroots capacity to interrupt the war machine or things will only get darker.

A photograph of smoke rising over Tehran, Iran.

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A big wk in beating back the Far Right in Manchester with massive antifascist mobilisation taking on Britain First while a broad left electoral front working with/in Green Party dominate Reform A clear roadmap on the streets + in the polls against the Fascist future in the UK

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

'Sensorial Methodologies, Extended Urbanization' Excited to be involved in this event in Sheffield (12 March) at the Site Gallery inc film screening, book launch + panel discussion w/ @nitin-bathla.bsky.social, Junia Mortimer and more More info here: sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

My GlobalCORRIDOR newsletter 9 is out now Featuring.... New Horn of Africa corridor, the 'Lobito model', Alphabet's digital $15 billion investment in India, EXIM Bank's outstanding $289bn loans, new maritime based readings, data centre film globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our new piece out today in Times Higher Education about the threats to Geography in the UK - particularly fieldwork - please do share. It links to a recent snapshot survey on the challenges being faced in UK HE, which highlights the inequities of the challenges, but also fears of what is yet to come

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The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings

From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We have a new paper in @ijurresearch.bsky.social ‘ 'EVERYTHING IS BEING DISTURBED’: Unsettling the Spaces of Global Infrastructure along the Northern Corridor Special economic zones, railway projects + more with Sydney Nsubuga onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Lots of new excitement about the 'Manchester model' but it's built an extractive economy that benefits capital, not labour. Read our data-led report "Centripetal Cities A critique of supply-side urban development" - t.co/Dec4wIkGGe

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Catch up on my Global Corridor newsletter #8 featuring... US races for DRC minerals, return of the Trans-Saharan pipeline? JD Vance’s TRIPP, tensions on the Panama canal, Italian tunnels, riding the Mauritania Railway, Silicon Elsewhere + Lunar roads 👉 tinyurl.com/5x64u25w

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Global Corridor #8

US races for DRC minerals, the return of the Trans-Saharan pipeline? JD Vance’s TRIPP, more tensions on the Panama canal, Italian train tunnels, Mauritania Railway, Silicon Elsewhere and Lunar roads

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Global Corridor newsletter #8 is out now featuring... US races for DRC minerals, the return of the Trans-Saharan pipeline? JD Vance’s TRIPP, more tensions on the Panama canal, Italian train tunnels, Mauritania Railway, Silicon Elsewhere and Lunar roads lnkd.in/duf4gE4K

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Global Corridor newsletter 7 is out now featuring... New book on the Belt and Road Initiative, Burkina's revolutionary road, Destiny, a new special economic zone in the Caribbean, Foster design transport hub in Poland, Venezuelan oil, Pakistani railways globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

New Film/Report on Pakistani Railway Infrastructure/CPEC FILM: "Tarakiyati Kaam Jari Hai/Developmental Work in Progress" by Zainab Farid REPORT: "Navigating Displacement + Inequality along the ML-1 Railway Corridor" by Toheed Mohammed 👉 karachiurbanlab.com/assets/downl... youtu.be/njSGg_OqY5s?...

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Tarakiyati Kaam Jari Hai - Developmental Work in Progress (Full film)

YouTube video by Urban Institute

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Launch event at the Karachi Urban Lab for a new film and report on railway led displacements in urban Pakistan as part of our Global Corridor project. Community members, activists, and researchers will discuss how big infrastructure projects hit up against everyday lives. Register via the QR code

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The 'Manchester Model' in one story...public money subsidising private profit Renaker borrowed £700+ million from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) + its affiliates to build high end skyscapers... Now it's owner is fleeing with the profits to tax-free Monaco

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Global Corridor newsletter 6 is out now covering... BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism... globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

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Global Corridor #6

BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism...

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 20/11/2025

In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes. In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Publication Day for our Open Access book w/ Bristol Uni Press "The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures + Political Ecologies on the New Silk Road" Edited w/ Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng + Alan Wiig Link here >> bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Yet again Sheffield University management are forcing sheffielducu.bsky.social members out on strike f/ Monday to protect staff jobs, student educ, + research progress which are under threat by major (and financially unnecessary) change management processes. Another university has to be possible!

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Great to be on the latest episode of the Urban Radar podcast talking about the global infrastructure race, corridors, transforming urban geographies, China and more with Zhengli, Linda and hosted by Tom/Beth Have a listen!

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

A link to a petition to save Geography, its staff, department and degree programmes at Leicester University, UK

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Looking forward to releasing this report with the Karachi Urban Lab, led by Muhammed Toheed + exploring the ways technical standards for a major railway project will shape the urban lives of thousands of people... Launch event coming up in Karachi soon

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Glad we have such critical journalism in Manchester

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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A reminder that Sudanese activists inc in Manchester have been calling to boycott the UAE, now even more vital given the UAE backed RSF militia captures El Fasher War crimes + blood on the hands of Abu Dhabi + the UAE More info: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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BankTrack @banktrack.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New research for the Briefing shows the project companies, Total and CNOOC, have been forced to lend money to their own project. The project sponsors are self-financing almost 90% of the #EACOP in the face of large scale rejection from the banking sector. www.banktrack.org/article/tota...

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TotalEnergies financiers beware: EACOP is eating up money, nature and livelihoods

A new analysis shows that the developers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, led by France’s TotalEnergies, are being forced to self-finance the project almost entirely. The analysis,…

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Not a great look and shows how close Labour Party in MCR is with the real estate industry Lucy Powell issues statement after reports she urged Angela Rayner to rethink legal case against property developer donor www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

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Lucy Powell issues statement after reports she urged legal rethink against donor

She has defended the move

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

And coming tomorrow online as our birthday celebrations continue... Keynote Lecture 2: Beyond Splintering Urbanism Professor Simon Marvin Tuesday 21 October 2025 - 10:30am to 12:15pm sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Great weekend of radical politics at The World Transformed learning + discussing about imperialism, state violence, red/green alliances, the role of the party. Stand out was the Kids transformed space which was full of fun and care (and crafting!)

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Looking forward to The World Transformed Festival of radical politics, art and culture kicking off tomorrow... I'm involved in two sessions, a panel looking at the power of Abu Dhabi in the UK/MCR + a walking tour of financialised MCR More info here theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...

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