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Urban Lifelines: The Future Between Foreclosure and Foreshadowing

UI Emeritus Professor Maliq Simone and colleagues have published a new book on Urban Lifetimes with Polity Press.

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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Living energy lab in Maputo complete

The project involved creating a Community Energy Laboratory – non-commercial microgrid within the city of Maputo – serving as a practical demonstration site to deliver theoretical and empirical evidence into what works for community energy systems.

Uncover the Hidden World of 'Elite Spaces'

New Edited Collection to Uncover the Hidden World of 'Elite Spaces'

Rowland Atkinson and Mikael Holmqvist (University of Stockholm) have been contracted by Agenda Books to publish new scholarly work "Elite Spaces: Social prestige, spatial obscurity, political”.

Co pro futures

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: What would a good experience of working with the university as a community researcher look or feel like?

We would like to invite community researchers and community organisations with experience of co-produced research partnerships with universities to participate in an online workshop as part of The Co-Production Futures Inquiry.
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Feature 9: Humanity’s Urban Future - with Ash Amin and AbdouMaliq Simone

In this month’s podcast feature Tom and Beth are joined by two leading scholars of the urban condition - Ash Amin and AbdouMaliq Simone - to reflect on questions of inclusion and belonging in the search for the 'good city'.

UI Panel on China

China, the Global infrastructure race and its urban impacts

In this feature, Tom and Beth discuss the Global Infrastructure Race with colleagues from the Urban Institute, recorded live as part of the UI’s 10 year anniversary celebrations.