White, Iain2024-01-182024-01-182022-01-010811-1146https://hdl.handle.net/10289/16362There is barely a field of academic research not subject to crisis claims. Many urban crises span careers and take significant emotional tolls. This is not due to a lack of effort. Academic productivity, as it is typically measured, is rapidly increasing and success claims commonplace. This article reflects critically upon the science-policy interface and interprets the work of Julia Kristeva to discuss the importance of creating “tiny revolts” able to rescale and reframe inquiry, and to problematise success. I argue these revolts hold potential in sustaining ourselves and others, as well as in creating new acts of critical thinking.application/pdfen© 2022 The Authors. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence.Journal Article10.1080/08111146.2022.20931831476-7244