Diganta Das
@digantakd
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Urban Studies scholar, faculty@ Nanyang Technological University, work on Smart Urbanism /Indian cities/ policy mobilities and political economy of urban space.
Singapore
Joined May 2009
The tail art of this brand new @AirIndiaX #B737Max spotted by @avgeekwithlens is inspired by Shaphee Lanphee - a traditional textile fabric woven and embroidered generally by Meitei women of #Manipur. @UNESCO identified it as one of the Indian textiles to be preserved. #AvGeek
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Editors' Featured Articles: 'Rethinking urban utopianism: The fallacy of social mix in the 15-minute city' debates paper by @CasarinGiada, Julie MacLeavy, and David Manley https://t.co/ATvyBfOlWg
#EditorsPicks #FreeAccess #SocialMix #15MinuteCity
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📢Delighted to announce the publication of our scholarly work on “Varanasi—The Making of a Smart Heritage City” in @SageJournals📚Funded by @snsf_ch as part of @provsmartcities project! Esteemed collaborators @digantakd @MishraSwati
https://t.co/Kvxjn5S5DO
journals.sagepub.com
One of the oldest cities in the world, Varanasi is home to more than one religion. It is an acclaimed centre of spirituality for Hindus and Buddhists while bein...
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Happy to share the publication of our new paper on Varanasi in relation to the making of a smart heritage city! We wrote how the ideas of smart urbanism had been provincilaised towards placemaking efforts. @anwesha_aditi @MishraSwasti
https://t.co/m9kBhVeBJR
journals.sagepub.com
One of the oldest cities in the world, Varanasi is home to more than one religion. It is an acclaimed centre of spirituality for Hindus and Buddhists while bein...
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🎤 Our Human Geography seminar series continues this week with @digantakd (Nanyang Technological University). Seminars are free and open to all! https://t.co/WVR6ouFvv8
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Happy to share our new publication on Smart and Sustainable University Campus https://t.co/XTm8DanEsR
#Smart #Singapore #Sustainable
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It was wonderful seeing old friends and meeting new at #RGSIBG2022. Now it’s time to go back and start putting the ideas from conversations into texts. Adieu Newcastle. Hope I see you again sometime!
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Very interesting workshop on urban intelligence and AI urbanism at RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2022. #RGSIBG22 #AIUrbanism
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Fantastic to be at RGS-IBG Conference and presenting our work on AI Urbanism. #RGSIBG2022 #SmartCity #AIurbanism
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I am especially excited about the next workshop in the series titled 'Tackling the Challenges of Technological Equity' as I will be speaking alongside @AyonaDatta @mistaricks and @digantakd. Register via:
eventbrite.com.au
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities Virtual Workshop Series
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#DYK #nisthfellow @digantakd is Co-Chair of the #NIE #Sustainability #LearningLab (SLL) a centre that focuses on #sustainabilitylearning research & #communityengagements & the Vice-Chair of the #AsianGeographers Specialty Group (AGSG) of the @AAG
#nisth #sociology #nturesearch
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#nisthfellow @digantakd Assoc Prof of #Geography & #UrbanStudies at Humanities & #SocialStudiesEducation #NationalInstituteofEducation @ntu_sg His work focuses on issues of urban #Asia esp #smarturbanism #urbanpolicy #waterscapes of urban Asia & #sustainability issues #nisth
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For more on our research on #smartcities, visit the website https://t.co/4yQ0mBDP5m
@AyonaDatta @ArunimaGhoshal @anwesha_aditi @NancyO_UCT
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Pandemic burnout will slow restart of research – universities must accept that overworked scholars cannot simply resume their research careers overnight. My piece on the difficulties of research in Covid times [free to read if you register]
timeshighereducation.com
Universities must accept that overworked scholars cannot simply resume their research careers overnight, says Jenny Pickerill
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Call for applications — now open! 🚨 The @USForg will fully fund up to 5 x three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, globally! Please share this opportunity with your urban scholar networks, colleagues and friends. 🏙️ More info: https://t.co/98rD9uoyHz
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