News

Urban Lifelines cover

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
Credit Rhagfyr_Commons Wikimedia

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.
Houses reflected in the water during a flood

The Urban Surrounds: from extinction to abolition.
Visual of a green light bulb to indicate energy saving ideas.

New article on energy access published in Springer Nature Energy
A 'Stay safe, stay apart' notice on the ground

The City in a Time of Social Distancing
Nigeria flag

Call for Applications: Critical Thinking and Writing for Urban Studies Researchers in Nigeria
A mountain range in Negev Israel

Whose Knowledge Matters Exhibition Opens as part of Manchester Histories Festival Peterloo 2019 Commemorations

An exhibition produced by Urban Institute researcher, Vicky Habermehl, Visiting Associate Liz Mason Deese and community researchers in Greater Manchester has been opened at the Manchester Central Library.