Professor of Urban Geographyhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mn7o7hbou22dWe 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/atlas01 Jun 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7o7hbou22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mn7o7hbou22dWe 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/atlas01 Jun 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7o7hbou22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mmgg3ra6rc2kExcited 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 https://biea.ac.uk/events/globalcorridor-urbanization-everyday-life-techno-social-differentiation/22 May 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgg3ra6rc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3milk3preos24Global Corridor newsletter #12 "Bomb/Blockade/Bypass" is focused on the emerging geographies of the infrastructural blockade and attempts at establishing bypass infrastructures. https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-11-bb503 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3milk3preos24https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3miginpcnpc27We'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' https://geography.org.uk/resources/post-industrial-urban-change-in-the-uk-a-manchester-case-study/01 Apr 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3miginpcnpc27https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mhtcsqzyxs27I 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 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0308518X26142825924 Mar 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtcsqzyxs27https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mhaueyuwhs23Continuing focus on the global infrastructural geographies of the illegal US/Israeli attack on Iran. https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-1117 Mar 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaueyuwhs23https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgudpmm7qk25Global 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' https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-1112 Mar 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgudpmm7qk25https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgs55w7ryc2yLast shout out to join us for tomorrow's workshop, from 2pm at Site Gallery, Sheffield 'Sensorial Methodologies, Extended Urbanization; https://sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institute/news/sensorial-methodologies-extended-urbanization11 Mar 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs55w7ryc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgmjzyyxps2rExcited 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 👇 https://sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institute/news/book-talk-artery-racial-ecologies-colombias-magdalena-river09 Mar 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmjzyyxps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mghyqpi47s2tThe 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 https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-10-the-infrastructural07 Mar 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghyqpi47s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgfartonxk2wExcellent data interface showing collapsing real estate prices in Dubai (5-15%) and Abu Dhabi (3-10%) in real time 👀 www.luxurypricedrops.com06 Mar 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfartonxk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgf5c4vfy22uA 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: https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-10-the-infrastructural06 Mar 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgf5c4vfy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgdkxlktg22gMy 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 https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-10-the-infrastructural05 Mar 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdkxlktg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mgdkxlktg22gMy 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 https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-10-the-infrastructural05 Mar 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdkxlktg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mftd3vxbts2qA 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 UK27 Feb 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftd3vxbts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mfjcozm6ek2q'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: https://sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institute/news/sensorial-methodologies-extended-urbanization23 Feb 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjcozm6ek2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mf7e3pley223My 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 https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-919 Feb 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7e3pley223https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mf272sgmck2mWe 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 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/XQVXWWUCUDKCVMNJCFE6?target=10.1111/1468-2427.7007217 Feb 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf272sgmck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mexnlvpwnc22Lots 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/Dec4wIkGGe16 Feb 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexnlvpwnc22https://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mestci6gec2sCatch 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 https://tinyurl.com/5x64u25w14 Feb 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mestci6gec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3megaskmfn22wGlobal 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/duf4gE4K09 Feb 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3megaskmfn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mdgdr7ihq22cGlobal 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 https://globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-corridor-727 Jan 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgdr7ihq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mbqnvtw5m22nI've joined Caitlin Morrissey and Michele Acuto to record an episode for season 2 of the Urban Studies Journal podcast Walking the City With... You can listen here https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/8-walking-the-city-with-jon-silver-and-urban-corridors/06 Jan 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqnvtw5m22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3mboce6zfe22jNew 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 👉 https://karachiurbanlab.com/assets/downloads/Community_Report_ML-1.pdf https://youtu.be/njSGg_OqY5s?si=wQbTKO41YZA8K6Be05 Jan 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboce6zfe22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/invisiblemapper.bsky.social/post/3m7iflujbdc2xLaunch 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 code08 Dec 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:lb3knefogcyjmtnptvfp37uh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7iflujbdc2x