Podcast

“Walking the city with…” is a podcast miniseries produced by Urban Studies with the editors and authors from the journal. The series takes you into an immersive experience not only hearing from some of the key voices in urban research today in a relaxed and non-jargony fashion, but also walking with them through the streets of the cities they research. Unpacking the idea that, at a time of crises, inequalities and clashes, we need a more global urban studies, the miniseries offers insights into how this ‘global urban’ works in practice through the eyes, and words, of innovative urban studies scholars. We travel with them, physically and imaginatively, to sites of inquiry and personal memories of place, in a sequence of conversations on what global urban studies mean today. The miniseries couples explorations of key ideas in urban studies, with narratives of particular places that have shaped them, but also a personal account of what an urban studies scholar is in these researchers’ own introspective accounts. The miniseries also does something untested in the world of urban academic podcasting: the episodes are peer reviewed and revised through the journal’s normal process, and mix author insights and interviews with reflection across the broader miniseries theme of walking with global urban studies – a properly peer-reviewed treat! Mixing theory, fun anecdotes and situations, with a dose of serious reflection and a sprinkling of live ambient sounds, we take you on the streets of the cities of urban studies. We ask you to get your headphones in and your feet in these brilliant voices’ shoes, and come for a stroll with us.

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The miniseries is hosted by Caitlin Morrissey and Michele Acuto, and produced by Julia Macbeth and Kate Murray.

Caitlin Morrissey is a Joint PhD candidate at the University of Manchester and the University of Melbourne where she researches the place and politics of aspirations in the making of public transport infrastructures in cities. She is also co-host of The DNA of Cities podcast.

Michele Acuto is Professor of Urban Resilience and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement) at the University of Bristol, and a Managing Editor of Urban Studies. His work focuses on the intersection of urban governance and global challenges, as well as on the urban design of the night-time economy.

Julia Macbeth is one of the Editorial Administrators in the Urban Studies Editorial office where she assists authors, reviewers and editors to produce journal content. She also manages the Urban Studies website and social media.

Kate Murray has been producing scholarly audio outputs since 2014 and still gets excited about how academic podcasting is evolving and its impact. She is passionate about the accessibility to knowledge audio provides alongside innovative uses of the medium such as peer-reviewed podcasting, generative podcasts, and locative media. Kate has an upcoming book titled The Academic Podcasting Workbook, which is a guidebook for academics who want to create scholarly audio outputs and is due for release in 2025. Kate holds a Bachelor of Communications from Griffith University, a Master of Business Administration (Executive) from Melbourne Business School, and currently works in Research Strategy at the University of Melbourne, Australia.