December 5, 2018
Videos from “The Good City” Conference
Videos from conference: ‘The Good City: Urban Transformations, Comparison and Value’ now available!
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May 23, 2018
29 June 2018 – Making Music, Making Communities
Friday 29th June 2017, 09:30 - 16:30 Seminar room G14, 9 Mappin Street, The University of Sheffield Musical groups and organisations shape and are shaped by their localities in a plurality of ways, reaching in and through communities to achieve tangible…
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May 15, 2018
25 June 2018 – Workshop: Sustainable Energy Access in Mozambique
25th June 2018 (10:30am – 5:00pm) Pam Liversidge Building, Room PLB-D06 Workshop: Sustainable Energy Access in Mozambique and Wider Perspectives on Infrastructure/service Access in sub-Saharan Africa. This workshop represents one of the culminations of our British Academy project, led by…
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May 12, 2018
11 June 2018 – Jam and Justice Discuss Devolution at Manchester Histories Festival
Monday, June 11, 2018 - 12:00 to 13:30 Manchester Central Library Devolution promised to open up new opportunities for community engagement and empowerment, shifting power from Whitehall to the Townhall. One year on since the election of Andy Burnham as Mayor of Greater…
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May 11, 2018
5 June 2018 – Department of Geography Seminar: Urban energy landscapes- comparative analyses
Location: Department of Geography, Ron Johnston Research Room (C Floor) Date: Tuesday 5th June 2018 Start Time: 1pm (Refreshments available from 12.45pm) All Welcome Professor Vanesa Castan Broto (University of Sheffield) Biography: Vanesa joined the Urban Institute in September 2017,…
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May 10, 2018
16 May 2017 – Governing in and against austerity: reflections from an eight-case international study
Professor Jonathan Davies (De Montfort University) 'Governing in and against austerity: reflections from an eight-case international study' This event is jointly hosted by USP and The Urban Institute. For more information, see the Urban Studies and Planning website
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March 26, 2018
1-2 May 2018 – Symposium on Moral and Ethical Challenges in Research
2 day event: Tuesday 1st May (10.30-17.00), Wednesday 2nd May (10.20-16.00) The symposium will focus on the breadth of moral and ethical challenges raised by the research process, including activist research, research with vulnerable groups, research that engages with elite and…
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March 25, 2018
18 April 2018 – The Good City: Urban Comparison, Transformation and Value
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 16:00 to Friday, April 20, 2018 - 15:15 Oxford University The ESRC-funded Urban Transformations network will be hosting a conference in Oxford, UK between April 18 and 20, 2018. ‘The Good City: Urban Comparison, Transformation and Value’…
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February 2, 2018
13 March 2018 – Thinking about urban infrastructure: what can we learn from intersectionality?
Urban services do not just mirror urban inequalities, but they are also key in reproducing social, political and spatial exclusions. Inequalities in service provision relate to questions of access, use, and control, which translate in the lack of adequate and…
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December 14, 2017
30 January 2018 – Book Launch with Professor Tim May and Professor Beth Perry
Date: Tuesday 30 January 2018 Time: 1700-1900 ICOSS Hosted by The Sheffield Methods Institute and the Urban Institute at The University of Sheffield, this event celebrates the launch of two books by Professor Tim May and Professor Beth Perry: Reflexivity:…
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