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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
Credit: Philipp Horn

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.
Why should urbanists care about co-production

Why should urbanists care about co-production – available on the UI YouTube channel

On 2nd November 2022 Urban Institute Director Professor Beth Perry launched the third Sheffield Urbanism lecture series “Co-production and the Future of Urban Epistemics”.

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Boundary Work and the University in Collaborative Inquiry

A new special issue of Methodological Innovations has been published by Professor Beth Perry with collaborator Professor Tim May, Visiting Professor at the University of Cardiff.

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Positive Urban Transformations podcast available to listen again

A 30-minute podcast on Positive Urban Transformations recorded by Urban Institute Director Professor Beth Perry is now available to download.

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Film screening: Community Energy in Malawi

This event is to showcase community energy in Malawi through project examples and experiences on the ground. The event can be attended both in person or online and sign up is free via Eventbrite.

Visit to Chipopoma mini hydro plant

CESET team supports the Chipopoma mini hydro plant

Last month the CESET team returned to Malawi to re-visit the Chipopoma mini hydro plant to see how they could provide additional technical support to increase its sustainability.