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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.
Regions in Recovery

Regions in Recovery: from climate action to cultural heritage

During the week of 21st March 2022, UI staff Linda Westman and Beth Perry were invited to contribute to the Regional Studies Association Conference 2022
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IPCC report release

The report of the Working Group II for the 6th Annual Assessment Report of the IPCC has been published. It examines the evidence on impacts of climate change and adaptation actions, published in scientific work since 2014.

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Blaming ghosts of the past not productive in protecting Bengaluru lakes

The latest IPCC report cites work on postcolonial urban trajectories in Bengaluru, India conducted by UI researchers Vanesa Castan Broto and Hita Unnikrishnan.
Urban Inhabitation and the Urban Technical

Urban Inhabitation and the Urban Technical: An Inception Meeting

On Friday 18th March 1600-1800 GMT we will be hosting an online inception meeting to generate reflections and discussions around Urban Inhabitation and the Urban Technical with leading interdisciplinary scholars.
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New CESET briefing on intersectionality published

The CESET project team has just published its fourth briefing paper on “Towards an intersectional perspective on community energy: work-in-progress within CESET”.