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’…
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…
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:…
Location: Africa Research Institute, 55 Tufton St, Westminster, London SW1P 3QL Africa’s urban transition is throwing up new challenges for international development assistance. Yet, at the same time, ‘non-traditional’ development partners are creating unprecedented opportunities for urban Africa. Older donors…
Date: 5:30pm, 24th May 2017 Venue: Lecture theatre 3, The Diamond, 32 Leavygreave Rd, Sheffield S3 7RD In major cities around the world, councils and governments are faced with the problem and possibilities of ‘volume’: the stacking and moving of…
An International Workshop University of Sheffield and University of Western Sydney Sheffield, United Kingdom, 24-26th May 2017. Organisers: Simon Marvin, Urban Institute, Rowland Atkinson, Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield and Donald McNeill, Institute for Culture and Society, Western…
Date: Tuesday 4 April, 2017 Location: University of Massachusetts, Boston. A roundtable talk on the historic legacy and future impacts of infrastructure in (re)shaping globaisation in turbulent times. Organised by Alan Wiig, University of Massachusetts, Boston Community Development Program and…
The Scenarios of Climate Change research network is exploring how society understands and imagines climate-changed futures. Scenarios are a common method for getting a better grip on the future. Many strands of climate research and action deal with uncertain futures…
National policy makers and researchers examine the comparative experiences of the ESRC funded Urban Living Labs in European cities project to learning the critical lessons for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of urban experimentation in the UK context. More details…
REFURB uses EPSRC support to bring together eight leading specialists in urban metabolism with representatives from 6 cities and the UNEP for a 3 day workshop, to examine the research and societal challenge of sustainably resourcing future urbanisation. More details…