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The university and the city: Spaces of risk, decolonisation, and civic disruption

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  • Donald McNeill

    (School of Architecture, Design and Planning, 4334University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

  • Michael Mossman

    (School of Architecture, Design and Planning, 4334University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

  • Dallas Rogers

    (School of Architecture, Design and Planning, 4334University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

  • Mark Tewdwr-Jones

    (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, 4919University College London, London, London, UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Abstract

This paper responds to a recent EPA Exchanges paper by Eric Knight, Andrew Jones and Meric Gertler ( Knight et al., 2021 ). It concurs with their argument for the significance of economic geography for explaining the “local-global†dilemmas facing the university in contemporary society. In response, it will propose three additional optics for understanding the role of the university in the contemporary city. First, as a space of risk, where the neo-liberal university is now undertaking various modes of financing their real estate models, drawing on bond markets to finance future growth, soliciting politically risky philanthropic donations, and betting on future student recruitment trends – including the high-risk international student sector – as being sufficient to fund capital investments in buildings and facilities. Second, as a space of decolonisation, where the university must seek to locate campus development within discussions about the university's responsibilities within systems of settler colonialism, and racially inflected gentrification. Third, as a civic disruptor, where the university campus is seen as more than just a backdrop or context to the university's governance, culture, and business models, but also as a front door to understanding the city and economy within which it is embedded.

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  • Donald McNeill & Michael Mossman & Dallas Rogers & Mark Tewdwr-Jones, 2022. "The university and the city: Spaces of risk, decolonisation, and civic disruption," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 54(1), pages 204-212, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:54:y:2022:i:1:p:204-212
    DOI: 10.1177/0308518X211053019
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    1. Eric Knight & Andrew Jones & Meric S Gertler, 2021. "The public university and the retreat from globalisation: An economic geography perspective on managing local-global tensions in international higher education," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 53(1), pages 210-218, February.
    2. Giuliana Viglione & Nidhi Subbaraman, 2020. "Universities scrub names of racist leaders — students say it’s a first step," Nature, Nature, vol. 584(7821), pages 331-332, August.
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