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Multilocal mobility in times of polycrisis
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Multilocal mobility in times of polycrisis: Reworking centre and periphery

Call for papers for a two-day workshop on 15-16 December 2026 bringing together scholars interested in multilocal practices across the world and related implications for centre-periphery thinking. Deadline 1st November.
Call for papers AAG 2027NYC: Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corrido

Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor

Call for papers AAG 2027NYC: Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor
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Writing the City

Delivered by the University of Sheffield Off the Shelf Festival of Words is one of the most vibrant literary festivals in the UK, bringing the best in local, national and international literary talent to Sheffield.
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Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026

The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture series is an initiative of the Urban Institute to stimulate dialogue, discussion and understanding of processes of urbanisation and urban life.

The dark city economy

Illicit finance and the dark city economy

Rowland Atkinson has been writing about the role of illicit finance in harming everyday communities and people in what he calls the dark city economy.
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New episode of the Urban Radar podcast available

In this episode - Seeing the City - Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry are joined by visiting researchers to the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhães.
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Call for Papers for The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026

The Urban Institute Team have a series of CfPs for the Conference later this year on a range of research themes – spatial inequalities, mapping and exploring how just transitions unfold within and beyond China and the geographies of inequalities.

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New open access Interventions Essay published

Simon Marvin, Colin Mcfarlane and Jonathan Rutherford have published a new article 'Infrastructural Extensions: Rethinking Infrastructure in Urban Studies in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 10 Issue 1.

The Relational Edge

The Relational Edge: Unlocking Lasting Community Transformation

How can place-based funding create genuine, lasting change that extends far beyond the funding cycle?