19. THE NEW URBAN GEOPOLITICS: Inside Caracas + urban Greenland, + embassies and disinformation in London, + neighbourhood governance and more
From Urban Radar by Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry
January 26, 2026 · 54 min · Season 2 · Episode 19
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of geopolitical turmoil on urban areas, featuring an interview with Dr. Erika Garcia Fermin on the Venezuela crisis.
In this first episode of Series 2 of Urban Radar, Beth and Tom start to tackle some of the many ways in which the current moment of geopolitical turmoil is filtering down into in cities and towns across the world. We make the most of our new Sheffield-Manchester partnership by bringing on Dr. Erika Garcia Fermin (29:45 minutes onwards) from the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute, for an in-depth conversation on the Venezuala crisis and its urban dimensions. With Eri...
People in this episode
Hosts: Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow
Guest: Dr. Erika Garcia Fermin
Topics covered
- urban geopolitics
- Venezuela crisis
- neighbourhood governance
- disinformation
- geopolitical turmoil
- urban dimensions
Keywords
- urban geopolitics
- Venezuela
- disinformation
- neighbourhood governance
- geopolitical turmoil
- cities
- urban dimensions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Manchester
Places: Venezuela, Sheffield, Manchester, London
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