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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.
Aya Rajab

UI supports Sheffield students gain work experience

Over the last 3 months the Urban Institute has received part-time event and administrative support from Aya Rajab, a 3rd year student studying Economics and French at TUoS. We asked Aya to share her experiences of working with us.

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UI welcomes Serena Tagliacozzo as part of the ERC Visiting Fellowship Programme

Dr Serena Tagliacozzo is a researcher at the Italian National Research Council and is being hosted at the UI for the month of July 2024 under the direction of Professor Vanesa Castán Broto as a PI of the ERC funded project Lo-Act.

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Congratulations to UI Associate Madeleine Pill on two new publications!

Dr Madeleine Pill, Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography and Planning has published an open access article in the Local Government Studies' journal and a book chapter both around the theme of urban governance and policy.

Podcast

Urban Political Podcast on Waste and the City is now published

Professor Vanesa Castán Broto recently participated in a podcast hosted by Nitin Bathla with Julia Wesely in a book review of Colin McFarlane's new book "Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife".

RURBANISE launch

RURBANISE project officially launched!

On Friday 21st June 2024 the RURBANISE - Building resilience in the context of rapid urbanization: a view from informal settlements in the Philippines project was officially launched at a hybrid event.