CESET team members Enora Robin and Vanesa Castán Broto have recently published a new journal article entitled ‘Towards a postcolonial perspective on climate urbanism’ in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Whilst Enora and Vanesa applaud efforts to offer critical perspectives on climate urbanism,…
A ‘Minifesta’ as the promise of collective voice is an article that reports the experience of writing a collective manifesto by a group of urbanists and activists from Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK in a workshop in Kampala in November…
We are delighted to announce that our Research Associate Enora has been awarded a three-year Early Career Fellowship (2020-2023). “Off-Grid Cities: the financial mediations of life off the grid in African cities” will explore how different forms of finance mediate the uptake of off-grid solar energy in…
We are delighted to announce that the first Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series is now available on YouTube. For those who missed it first time around or those who want to listen to the lectures again, please access via the links below The…
We are excited to announce the launch of the new Community Energy Systems for Just Energy Transitions (CESET) website! Funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, CESET is a 3-year international project exploring the potential of community energy to accelerate inclusive…
Professor Vanesa Castán Broto of the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield and local Sheffield film maker to Sean Lovell have produced a film called ‘Life of a cookstove: energy stories from Mozambique’. Funded by the Festival of the Mind 2020, the film explains how cooking happens in…