Research fellow at UCL Geography researching the digitising state, urban infrastructure, and data justice. Currently working on Regional Futures and Digitalising Commons in Nairobi, Mumbai, and Guadalajara. (she/her) www.fennahoefsloot.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3mspqrgbifc2eNew paper out with @ayonadatta.bsky.social in @proghumgeog.bsky.social: we use topology (yes, the maths of doughnuts) to rethink how digital tech reshapes territory. Boundaries stop being lines and start being stretchy continuums. Presence is relational. Land stays stubborn. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132526147569510 Aug 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspqrgbifc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3moumwv2pec25New article out w/ Oksana Zaporozhetc, Annegret Haase, Valeria Lazarenko & @moritzkasper.bsky.social. We chart out how disruption has been discussed in urban, social, and political theory & propose a more hopeful theory that fosters collective action for better urban futures. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.1170822 Jun 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3moumwv2pec25https://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3mmqwgopsus26Some exciting news! 🎉 Our paper 'Urbanizing commons lands: Ambiguous tenure regimes and the challenges of land regularization in Guadalajara Metropolitan Region, Mexico' has been published in Land Use Policy, w/ Mariana Reyes Carranza, @ayonadatta.bsky.social & Raul Agraz. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.10809526 May 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqwgopsus26https://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3mgudntxeys2vIf you have time this afternoon (or evening or morning, depending on where you are), join us for this session of the Digital Infrastructural Urbanism(s) debate series. During this talk, Sheema Fatima and I will present work on building the digitalising state at the peripheries in India and Kenya.12 Mar 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgudntxeys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3mbysve54fs2i📢 CfP 'Researching the Digitalising State' RGSIBG 2026, London 2026. We will explore methods for researching the digitalising state and its challenges: restricted access, confidentiality barriers, outsourced governance, and rapidly changing technologies. https://www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/rgs-cfp-202609 Jan 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbysve54fs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3m2jxn6a7rc2yLooking forward to this session next week, discussing our recently published book 'Informational Peripheries' as part of the @unibas.ch Critical Urbanisms lecture series. Give me a shout if you'd like to join, and I'll share the Zoom link!06 Oct 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jxn6a7rc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lvnso36d2c2vInformational Peripheries is out now with @uclpress.bsky.social! It brings together critical perspectives on how information flows (or doesn’t) across the edges of systems: archives, infrastructures, digital divides, and more. Edited with @ayonadatta.bsky.social 🙌 https://uclpress.co.uk/book/informational-peripheries/05 Aug 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnso36d2c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lqetppopuk2wHappy to share our research on developing an inclusive digital tool for urban planning in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. With Johannes Flacke and Karin Pfeffer @utwente.bsky.social and a fantastic group of co-researchers from Toegankelijk Zwolle https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.10231030 May 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqetppopuk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lnuj3ksm3k2nCover reveal! ✨ Our new book, 'Informational Peripheries: Rethinking the Urban in a Digital Age,' will be available this August! Get a first look here: https://uclpress.co.uk/book/informational-peripheries/ There will also be a digital open access version 🙌 @uclpress.bsky.social @ayonadatta.bsky.social28 Apr 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuj3ksm3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lmyoyfe2s22nExcited that our research article with commentaries and response is out now in the inaugural issue of @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social! Honoured to be amongst so many people I look up to in the launch of this great new journal. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/29768640241295479 @ayonadatta.bsky.social17 Apr 2025 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyoyfe2s22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lm7uzuj53c2nJoin our team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7uzuj53c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lj32egllkk2mDelighted to see my review of @jpaddie.bsky.social @mrglassphd.bsky.social & @jen-nelles.bsky.social excellent 'Infrastructural Times: Temporality and the making of global urban worlds' out. Empirically specific and theoretically expansive, this book deserves to be read! https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2025.246772526 Feb 2025 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj32egllkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lim5x5eizc27📣 We're still accepting abstracts! Reach out if you've got an interesting paper on the tensions between creativity and codeability in digital urban governance. We'd love to hear from you! @ayonadatta.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lim5x5eizc27https://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lijotot3ts2k🙌 Our research led by Mariana Reyes and in collaboration with Neha Gupta, Dennis Muthama, and Jesus Flores is out in @ijurresearch.bsky.social! We hope it serves others working in international and intercultural research projects. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.1330919 Feb 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijotot3ts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3li2p2k4upk2f👋 CfP for 'Algorithmic refusal: creativity and codeability in digital urban governance' @rgsibg.bsky.social in Birmingham. Organised with @ayonadatta.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes and sponsored by DGRG! Submit your abstracts by the 21 Feb 2025 ✌️ https://www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/rgs-cfp-202513 Feb 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:chnwteukthi2uystbco3lo55/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2p2k4upk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/fennaimara.bsky.social/post/3lguqvynal22n🙌 Till the 31st to submit an abstract! Please share with anyone who might be interested in joining. We look forward to seeing you in London in September! 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