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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 16h

All about urban Brazil impressively reunited in this recent book (Open Access) edited by José Júlio Ferreira Lima & Raul da Silva Ventura Neto: "ANPUR 40 years. New times, new challenges in a diverse Brazil". anpur.org.br/wp-content/u... #urban #sociology

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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 1d

CRACKED FOUNDATIONS by @m-r-glass.bsky.social (out this week!) examines how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities. Listen to Glass's conversation with Jenna Pittman on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to learn more! newbooksnetwork.com/cracked-foun...

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Sixteen refugees attended a collaborative mapping workshop in Berlin. Their goal: reconstitute the city of Homs, Syria, through overlapping memories of a place they once called home.

As music by Lebanese singer Fairuz played in the background, memories poured forth of a city leveled by war. (1/5)

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 19h

FinGeo School and Workshop at Bologna (Italy) from the 31st January to 3rd of February 2026. Deadline to apply: 15 October 2025. www.unibo.it/sitoweb/s.gr... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 19h

🔔 The Iméra Call for Applications 2026–2027 is open!
6 fellowships available in Marseille, in an interdisciplinary, international, and bilingual research environment.

📅 Deadline: October 20, 2025
📍 Duration: 5 or 10 months in Marseille

www.imera.fr/en/applicati... #urban #sociology

General call for applications for Iméra 2026-2027

For 2026-27, Iméra is opening six 5- or 10-month residency places for academic researchers. Among these, the Fulbright / Iméra chair in migration studies and the Friche La Belle de Mai / Iméra residen...

www.imera.fr

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 20h

"Cities at War" – Online Lecture Series

🔸 By scholars from war-torn cities

🔸 Sharing embodied knowledge of conflict & urban life

📅 Fully online | Free & open to all

👉 ow.ly/6eiM50X2pZz

#urban #sociology

Online Lecture Series: Cities at War - Urban Studies Foundation

The online lecture series "Cities at War" is jointly organized by scholars from war-torn cities focusing on how military conflicts and their aftermath have produced and re-produced their cities.

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 21h

Swiss Habitat Conference (12-13th Feb. 2026 in Lausanne). Abstracts to be submitted by Oct 20th 2025. mcusercontent.com/edbc5eae91ed... hashtag#urban hashtag#sociology

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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 2d

VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025

Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 2d

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION /// Intensive Short PhD/ECR Course “DISCLOSE”, 27-30 October 2025, Pavia (Italy): De-commodifying cIties towards SoCiaL and envirOnmental juSticE (DISCLOSE). Deadline for registration: 10 October 2025. Link for registration: forms.gle/TqZpfHJ9RR7t... #urban #sociology

RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 2d

Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Social Sciences at The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) on cross-border housing governance. jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 3d

Lecture series of the DFG Research Training Group 'Societal Transformation and Spatial Materialization of housing' in the winter semester 2025/26. Topic: How does war affect housing? On site (Frankfurt) and online attendance. gewohnter-wandel.de/veranstaltun... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 14d

New book: ‘Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care Lessons from Europe' edited by Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia, Aimee Felstead, Jim Hudson, Misa Izuhara, Kath Scanlon and Karen West. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/collaborativ... #urban #sociology

Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care

Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care - Lessons from Europe; As ageing populations continue to grow worldwide, the increased need for adequate housing and social care comes into stark focus. T...

policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

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ijurresearch.bsky.social @ijurresearch.bsky.social · 20d

📢 The September Issue of IJURR is out!

Explore cutting-edge research on urban politics, housing, mobility, inequality, and resistance from across the globe.

🔗 Read the full issue here: www.ijurr.org/issue/vol-49...

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 14d

Two open posts: Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban Planning in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Deadline: 26 October 2025. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 14d

Fully-funded 3.5 year ESRC PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge on the topic “Climate urbanism: sustainability for the affluent?” Deadline to apply: 2 Dec., 2025. www.geog.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 14d

Postdoctoral position to investigate whether subsidized affordable housing promotes social integration across the United States, using large-scale cell phone mobility data. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. Deadline: Oct 6, 2025. recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03012 #urban #sociology

Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Geography

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.ucsb.edu

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 15d

Open Access book edited by Claire Cameron: Urban Childhoods. Growing up in inequality and hope. uclpress.co.uk/book/urban-c... #urban #sociology

Urban Childhoods

Urban Childhoods puts children’s and families’ voices centre stage while investigating ways of bringing children’s wellbeing to the fore in planning for urban life. The book explores themes that start...

uclpress.co.uk

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 15d

@isa-sociology.org Webinar: Global Cities, People and Crises, on the reactions to several crises through alternative ways of knowing and organizing in urban communities. October 10, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30 GMT. Organized by RC20, RC21 and RC26. www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferenc... #urban #sociology

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urbanfutures.bsky.social @urbanfutures.bsky.social · 17d

⏰ Don’t miss your chance to contribute to the RC21 Conference 2026!

📅 Deadline: 6 October 2025
👉See the guidelines and details: rc21-vienna2026.org/call-for-ses...

#rc21 #rc21vienna2026
@univie.ac.at
@ifswien.bsky.social
@rc21.bsky.social
@kazepov.bsky.social

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 21d

Call for applications to the Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE) two-week residential workshop in Sofia (Bulgaria), June 3-19, 2026. Apply by: December 2, 2025. www.acls.org/competitions... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 21d

Seminar: Managing ordinary life: (Im)predictability, Violence and Solidarity in Latin American Urban Margins, by Ana Beraldo de Carvalho, on 2 October 2025 – 5-6:30 pm (online). Sciences Po. www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit... #urban #sociology

2025-2026 Programme

Full programme of the Cities are Back in Town seminar series

www.sciencespo.fr

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 23d

PhD position on urban studies at the University of Barcelona. Deadline to apply: 7 October 2025 seu.ub.edu/ajutsPublic/... #urban #sociology

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 23d

New open access book: "Co-production of Knowledge in Action: Emancipatory strategies for urban equality", edited by Cassidy Johnson, Vanesa Castán Broto, Wilbard Kombe, Catalina Ortiz, Barbara Lipietz, Emmanuel Osuteye and Caren Levy. uclpress.co.uk/book/co-prod... #urban #sociology

Co-production of Knowledge in Action

Co-production of actionable knowledge as a development strategy entails working in partnership with different institutions and sharing power so that communities can participate in planning urban futur...

uclpress.co.uk

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 29d

The Nuffield College Sociology Group invites applications for a Visitorship at the College during the 2026-27 academic year (between early October 2026 and late June 2027). Deadline: 29 September 2025. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research... #urban #sociology

Sociology Visitorships - Nuffield College Oxford University

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 29d

CfP: Cartographies of Platform Labour in the Digital City
5th–7th November 2025. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED, Madrid, Spain). Deadline for submission: 30th September 2025. estudioscriticosurbanos.com/2025/09/04/i... #urban #sociology

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