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New publication: Capitalising urban futures

Professor Simon Marvin and colleagues have published a new open access article entitled "Capitalising urban futures: digital twin cities and the simplification of urban prototyping" in City.

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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.

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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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New Associate Researcher Tanzil Shafique joins the UI team

The Urban Institute is delighted to welcome Tanzil Shafique as a new Associate Researcher.

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New open access publication on Zero carbon as economic restructuring

Congratulations to Aidan While and his colleague Will Eadson on a new open access in the New Political Economy Journal.

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New briefing 'Just Climate Adaptation In Cities'
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New book coming in 2022: The Surrounds Urban Life within and beyond Capture
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New BA Grant: Just Transitions on the Ground: Ecological Civilization in Urban China?

Huge congratulations to our climate urbanism team members Ping Huang and Linda Westman for securing a new research grant with the British Academy - Just Transitions on the Ground: Ecological Civilization in Urban China?