An online seminar and roundtable discussion featuring Anna-Louise Milne (ULIP), AbdouMaliq T Simone (The University of Sheffield) and Alan Latham (UCL). The event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Historical Sciences (IHSS) and The City Centre. It will be chaired by Simon Reid-Henry (QMUL). Thursday 14th May, 4pm. …
Speaker: Prof. Oren Yiftachel Professor of Urban Studies and Political Geography at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Visiting Leverhulme Professor, Department of Geography, UCL When? 16.00 to 17.30pm, Wednesday 20 November 2019 Where? Arts Tower, 16th Floor, The Well…
16 October 2019 Prof. Caren Levy, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL Critical Conversation in KNOW (Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality) 16 October 4pm, Arts Tower – 13.19 (13th floor) 20 November 2019 Prof. Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University and…
— Professor Lyla Mehta. Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK;Visiting professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences A Realising Just Cities lecture The scale and impacts of climate change remain deeply uncertain. This is particularly true at the…
Liza Rose Cirolia, Tom Goodfellow and Jonathan Silver present Financing infrastructure in cities of the global South, a full-day workshop on 17 October 2019 at the Urban Institute (The University of Sheffield, UK). The ‘infrastructure turn’ within Urban Studies has resulted in growing scholarly attention on…
The rapidly growing number of people moving into cities all over the world presents a challenge of unprecedented size. It is crucial to find ways to make urbanisation a source for wealth, health and sustainability – which is shared. Mistra…
An exhibition produced by Urban Institute researcher, Vicky Habermehl, Visiting Associate Liz Mason Deese and community researchers in Greater Manchester has been opened at the Manchester Central Library. Part of the Whose Knowledge Matters project, led by Professor Beth Perry, the exhibition explores the themes of protest,…
How might cities be better governed? As part of a dedicated National Co-Production Week programme, Jam and Justice researchers are getting ready to share key insights from three years’ work in Greater Manchester. Led by Professor Beth Perry of the…
12 June, 3-5pm Classroom 12 in 38 Mappin Street This occasional seminar series is run by the ‘Infrastructure in Action’ research theme at the Urban Institute. It is built around discussions on infrastructure, centred on one particular city and exploring…