A Blog

Geographies and flights

I am full Professor of Economic and Political Geography at DIST in Turin and Visiting Professor of Urban Studies at the Urban Institute, Sheffield. With AbdouMaliq Simone, I co-direct the Beyond Inhabitation Lab. I am also a co-founder and Editor of the Radical Housing Journal and Corresponding Editor at IJURR. Here is my CV. Get in touch @michelelancione

Università & Militarizzazione in Palermo and in Messina

This weekend, we continue to talk about the relationship between #university and #militarisation, about #war, the intermingling of research and the military sector, and the ethics of university practice. This time in #Sicily! – #Messina,

Interview on RadioBlackout on Università e Militarizzazione (ITA)

Questa mattina in onda su Radio Blackout 105.250 Grazie anche ai compagn* per questa intervista sui temi della #guerra e del finanziamento #militare alla ricerca https://radioblackout.org/2023/11/universita-e-militarizzazione-quali-rapporti-e-come-combatterli/ Eris Edizioni: https://www.erisedizioni.org/prodotto/universita-e-militarizzazione/

Review of Università e Militarizzazione on il Manifesto

IT Il Manifesto ha pubblicato una bella recensione del mio libro Università e Militarizzazione sul numero di oggi, 11 novembre. Gennaro Avallone, che ringrazio di cuore per averla scritta, dice: È evidente l’utilità di questo

Beyond Inhabitation @ICCG 2023 in Mexico City

The week of 23-28 October Beyond Inhabitation Lab’s members moved to Mexico City to attend the 9th International Congress of Critical Geography. Lab members, Michele Lancione, Chiara Cacciotti, Daniela Morpurgo and Rodrigo Castriota, organized the panel

Stop Border Violence – European Citizens’ Initiative, sign now

New European Citizen Initiative to #Stop #BorderViolence Today “we call for appropriate regulations to ensure that Article 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is applied effectively” Sign our petition https://eci.ec.europa.eu/032/public/#/screen/home Info in ENG:

Radical Housing Justice Within and Beyond Caring @Antipode

Here is a short commentary I wrote on a terrific special issue curated by Desiree Fields, Emma Power and Kenton Card on #housing #movements and #care “Radical Housing Justice Within and Beyond Caring” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.12958 The

Abolish Frontex International Action Day

Why we need to #AbolishFrontex now: https://abolishfrontex.org/how/ List of demands – please circulate: https://abolishfrontex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ENG_Abolish-Frontex-demands.pdf On fighting to keep Frontex outside of our Universities, two of my recent interviews: In English, on Borders Criminologies with Maurice

A random list of living things I love

Today I am turning 40, and I am in love with so many living things. A random mix to feed the algorithm. Chickpeas, with lemon | kneading pasta | the colours Yellow, Purple | trees

Discussing of Universities and Militarization, 8th May 10am in Salerno (Italy)

Università, industria delle migrazioni, controllo militare 8 maggio, 10am, Salerno In Italian – online link: https://www.unisa.it/unisa-rescue-page/dettaglio/module/87/row/9493/id/529?fbclid=IwAR131iHY-P1tqswDPOGAXBd318dZduDZDdLP9RN-zgpZVVzhOd3VPuTom7I Grazie Gennaro Avallone for organising! #AbolishFrontex

Interview on Frontex and the academy with Maurice Stierl for Border Criminologies

Originally appeared at: https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/blog-post/2023/04/frontex-campus-interview-professor-michele-lancione Thanks to Maurice Stierl for the care and support. Frontex off Campus! An Interview with Professor Michele Lancione Michele Lancione works as a Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the Polytechnic

Happy birthday, Beyond Inhabitation Lab!

One year ago his day, out of nowhere, from the semi-periphery with love, with AbdouMaliq Simone we launched the Beyond Inhabitation Lab. 9 ERC post-doc researchers 2 Marie-Curies 1 Urban Studies Foundation Fellow 1 FARE

Beyond Inhabitation – 2023 Spring-Summer Events

Today, AbdouMaliq Simone and I are pleased to announce the Beyond Inhabitation Lab’s 2023 Spring-Summer Seminar Series, as well as my ERC Inhabiting Radical Housing project conference. All events are free to attend in person

Call for Papers – ICCG Mexico 2023 – Beyond Inhabitation Lab

9th ICCG MÉXICO 2023 International Conference of Critical Geographies Mexico City, October 23 to 29, 2023 https://iccg2023.org/en/english/   Inhabiting radical housing: on the politics of inhabitation and intersectional struggles A Beyond Inhabitation Lab session, organised

Call for The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies (8-10 nov 2023)

With thanks to Simone Tulumello and colleagues for the invitation to join their wonderful workshop, check below for basic info on how to apply and attend. To get the full picture, please visit: https://urbantransitionshub.org/events/the-lisbon-early-career-workshop-in-urban-studies-3rd-ed-ics-ulisboa-8-10-nov-2023/ The

Book review of ‘Global Urbanism’ in IJURR

Thank you Michele Acuto for your generous review in IJURR of the book I’ve done with Colin McFarlane! 56 authors across the globe, for a non-totalising & grounded reading of ‘global urbanism’… It took a

Blog categories
Blog timeline