12-15 November 2018, Kampala International workshop This workshop develops new research questions that think through the heterogeneity of infrastructure provisioning in cities across sub-Saharan Africa.
“Housing informality in Italy: marginality, criminality, activism or speculation?“ A seminar by Professor Francesco Chiodelli (Gran Sasso Science Institute) 12th December 15:30 – 17:00 Teaching Room 1, Geography and Planning Building This seminar will provide an overview of housing informality…
Videos from conference: ‘The Good City: Urban Transformations, Comparison and Value’ now available!
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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
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…
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’…