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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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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.

Geography in Motion: Road-Filming as a genre

Professor AbdouMaliq Simone is commentator on the new film “Not Just Roads“ by Nitin Bathla.
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New paper: Towards a Postcolonial Perspective on Climate Urbanism

Congratulations to Enora Robin and Vanesa Castán Broto on their new paper “Towards a Postcolonial Perspective on Climate Urbanism” in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
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India’s Role in Sub-Saharan Africa: COP-26 Expectations
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Linda Westman interview for Breakfast BBC Radio on COP26