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Richard Franey
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GeneralNews
May 13, 2020

New article on energy access published in Springer Nature Energy

We are delighted to announce that Vanesa Castán Broto and Joshua Kirshner’s timely article on the importance of energy access in maintaining health during pandemics is now freely available in  Nature Energy. Energy plays a central role in responding to emergencies…
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Lucy Dunning
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GeneralOpinion
October 10, 2018

The Northern Food Network

This regional event brought together representatives from food networks across the north of England to inspire, collaborate and share best practice. Speakers and discussion focused around 2 themes: • The governance challenge of coordinating food networks - how can we…
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Lucy Dunning
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General
August 9, 2018

Welcoming new staff!

The Urban Institute are delighted to welcome three new members to the team. Charlie Spring and Kristina Diprose are both research associates working at the Sheffield-Manchester Local Interaction Platform funded by Mistra Urban Futures. Charlie will support the Self Organising Action…
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Lucy Dunning
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General
July 3, 2018

Jam and Justice – new coproduced ARC projects

Jam and Justice is a three-year research project funded by the ESRC that aims to test and learn about more participatory methods for urban decision-making. We want to seize the opportunity to make devolution matter in Greater Manchester by creating spaces…
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Lucy Dunning
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GeneralUncategorized
June 26, 2018

White Paper on Robotics, Automation and the City launched in Liverpool

In-depth reports and recommendations on key robotics sectors released as part of UK Robotics Week (21st – 29th June 2018) On the 20th July the Urban Institute's White Paper on 'Urban Robotics and Automation' was formally launched as a key…
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Lucy Dunning
0
GeneralNews
June 14, 2018

Urban Institute article commended by Urban Studies journal

Nick Taylor Buck and Aidan While were recently informed that their paper “Competitive urbanism and the limits to smart city innovation: The UK Future Cities initiative”, which was published in Urban Studies in February 2017 (Vol 54/2), reached the final…
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Lucy Dunning
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General
May 29, 2018

The 50th anniversary of the La Revolution Urbaine

Michele Lancione, Senior Research Fellow, reflects on Writing the city workshop in Paris, 3-4 May 2018. Numerous events took place across Europe to celebrate the 50 years after the backlash of ’68. Pushpa Arabindoo, Senior Lecturer at UCL, organised a…
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Lucy Dunning
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Co-producing UrbanismsGeneral
May 24, 2018

Job Opportunity: Research Impact Officer

We are seeking to appoint a part-time Research Impact Officer (80% FTE) on a 9 month contract to join a research team working on the project, Jam and Justice: Co-Producing Urban Governance for Social Innovation. You will work under guidance…
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Lucy Dunning
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General
May 5, 2018

Difficult doings: investigating the challenging practice of sustainable urban development

Hita Unnikrishnan, a Newton International Fellow, recently attending a workshop: 'Difficult doings: investigating the challenging practice of sustainable urban development' at Clare College Conferencing, Cambridge. This workshop was organized by KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and The University of Cambridge,…
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