Nooreen Fatima (She/Her)

Urban Researcher | Architect | Urban Designer
Currently obsessing over everything infrastructure
Ph.D. Candidate, Global Urban Studies
@RutgersU

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

A bit late, but I'm excited to share my first article based on my doctoral research in the Urban Matters journal special issue, "Rethinking the Multiplicity of Urban Infrastructure." Edited by @simoneveglio7 & @NikolaiAAA

https://t.co/SZ5IkxCr8C

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

Honored and grateful for the Wenner-Gren Fieldwork Grant in conducting this research

[Wenner-Gren Foundation @WennerGrenOrg]

https://t.co/Y0dIyS0FHG

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

As always, late in sharing the good news. I published an article in Dec 2025 titled "Going the Distance: Mobility as a Vector of Inequality and Injustice in the Urban Peripheries," from my doctoral work. Find the article here: https://t.co/rDFr2mCyOF
PS, I love this image

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

@JosephsonJyl and I recently published an article in the Community Organizing Journal. Read it here https://t.co/rAR4APYSoE

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

@JosephsonJyl and I recently published an article in the Community Organizing Journal. Read it here https://t.co/rAR4APYSoE

[Global Urban Studies - Rutgers @gusrutgers]

"Leaders and the Work of Democracy" was recently published in the Community Organizing Journal. Check out this new article by GUS PhD Candidate Nooreen Fatima and faculty member Jyl Josephson: https://t.co/qrfkUnbxV8

[Global Urban Studies - Rutgers @gusrutgers]

A piece with the London School of Economics’ USAPP- American Politics and Policy blog outlines some of this research: https://t.co/dO6lgW4C9w

[Global Urban Studies - Rutgers @gusrutgers]

GUS PhD Candidate Nooreen Fatima co-authored a paper with Dr. Karis Jones and GUS faculty member Dr. Jyl Josephson. "Schools can’t do more with less: reframing budget narratives in the Jersey City public schools" is available at https://t.co/pfvhcGAN7J

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

A bit late in posting this. Check out our blog piece on the politics of school funding in Jersey City. Link to our original paper https://t.co/zP3YpewcAe

[LSE USAPP blog @LSEUSAblog]

How local activism to make inequities visible can change the public conversation about school funding write Karis Jones of @Baylor and @JosephsonJyl and @Inkedscapes of @RutgersU https://t.co/yoHPexkXEv

[রাজ শেখর @DiscourseDancer]

Another day, another time that I’m thinking of this scene

[Computer @AskPerplexity]

Oxford researchers just confirmed what we feared:

The internet as we knew it is dying.

AI content went from ~5% in 2020 to 48% by May 2025. Projections say 90%+ by next year.
Why? AI articles cost <$0.01. Human writers cost $10-100.

But the real crisis is model collapse. When AI trains on AI-generated content, quality degrades like photocopying a photocopy. Rare ideas disappear. Everything converges to generic sameness.

It's recursive. Today's AI slop becomes tomorrow's training data, producing worse output, which becomes training data again.

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

Great

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Millions of Americans across the eastern U.S. are seeing their monthly electric bills spike, and many of them have no idea why. But there’s a culprit: data centers that power artificial intelligence.

The data centers consume huge amounts of electricity, and as a result, are creating intense demand on the power grid and driving up rates for residential customers. https://t.co/3y9bcoTIf2

[Global Urban Studies - Rutgers @gusrutgers]

GUS PhD Candidate Nooreen Fatima and Professor of Political Science Jyl Josephson's new article "Digital Organizing: Pivoting, Learning, and Adapting" has been published in the Community Organizing Journal. It's available here: https://t.co/qzEBpbh4D8.

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

My colleague Anubhav and I are thrilled to announce this CFP. Please consider contributing and sharing with those who may be interested.

[Anubhav Pradhan @AnubhavPradha14]

Nooreen Fatima and I have begun work towards a volume on love in South Asian cities, hoping to "foreground the solidarities, friendships, and compassion which still operates at all levels of our personal and political lives".

https://t.co/g6qjRbFw6X

@nooreen_riaz

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

Presenting my ongoing dissertation research today at this exciting workshop.

[michele lancione @michelelancione]

Today in Sheffield at @Urban_Inst with @InhabitationLab we are running a two-day workshop on The Epistemic Tangles of Urban Inhabitation

With scholars from all over UK and EU working on themes of habitation and epistemic justice.

I look forward to the conversation &amp; papers.

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

Co-presented with ever so wonderful @ShaliniWIEGO our paper "Assemblages of Home and Work Spatial Stories of Home-based Workers in Delhi's Resettlement Colonies" at the conference Foundations for Home-Based Work: A Comparative Perspective, held at @NUSingapore

[Global Urban Studies - Rutgers @gusrutgers]

GUS PhD Candidate Nooreen Fatima, @Inkedscapes, recently attended and co-presented a paper based on her dissertation at the conference Foundations for Home-Based Work: A Comparative Perspective, held at the National University of Singapore on Nov 29th-30th 2023.

[Nikolai Alvarado @NikolaiAAA]

Special Issue on urban infrastructure co-edited with my friend @simoneveglio7 out. Check it out! 👇🏽@UIUCGeogGIS @laccitiesuiuc @CLAGGeography

[Mukta Naik @MuktaNaik]

It’s not the famous speakers, nor the jargon of urban studies but the fantastic sketch of Lalita Park by urban designer Nooreen Fatima that centres me. It’s place, people, their work &amp; interactions that make our world meaningful. Musings at #RC21delhi Zoom in!

[Nooreen Fatima (She/Her) @Inkedscapes]

I'm so incredibly honored and excited to share this news. Thank you @WennerGrenOrg for this opportunity and support on this journey.

[Global Urban Studies - Rutgers @gusrutgers]

We are proud to announce that GUS and @rutgersgsn student Nooreen Fatima's work has been selected for the Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant. Learn more about the grants at https://t.co/tvVX3Pd6gl.

[WIEGO @WIEGOGLOBAL]

🥳🎈 Today is Home-Based Workers Day!

We stand with our sisters &amp; comrades in their fight for recognition of their invaluable contributions to their households, societies &amp; the economy ✊🏾