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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 3d

Listen to the latest episode of Urban Radar
In this episode 'Urban informality and trans-local learning' Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin discuss the value of translocal learning to address poverty and inequality

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In this episode 'Urban informality and trans-local learning' Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin discuss the value of translocal learning to address poverty and inequality for women in low income communi...

Join our team - Research Project Administrator

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 10d

Join our team - Research Project Administrator
The University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated administrator to support a number of research projects and activities hosted by the Urban Institute.

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The University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated administrator to support a number of research projects and activities hosted by the Urban Institute.

JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 13d

JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield
- Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

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During Urban October the Urban Institute is delighted to be organising two in-person launches for the JustGESI project - Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition...

Vanesa Castán Broto joins new group of scientists to advance SDGs

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 14d

Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of th...

Book Launch - The Gated City

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 15d

This is happening online today, free for everyone to join

The Gated City: Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in Mexico, from Emma Regina Morales

Wednesday 24th September, 5-6pm BST

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The Gated City: Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in MexicoThis book launch is being organised by the Urban Riches theme group, at the Urban Institute.

UI welcomes Junia Mortimer USF International Fellow

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 16d

UI welcomes Junia Mortimer USF International Fellow
Following a competitive and successful application process the Urban Institute is delighted to welcome Junia Mortimer as an International Fellow from the Urban Studies Foundation (2025-2026)

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Following a competitive and successful application process the Urban Institute is delighted to welcome Junia Mortimer as an International Fellow from the Urban Studies Foundation (2025-2026).

Celebrating our brilliant post-docs!

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 17d

Celebrating our brilliant post-docs!
As the National Post-doc Appreciation Week comes to a close, we want to shout out to some of our current post-docs working within the Urban Institute!

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As the National Post-doc Appreciation Week comes to a close, we want to shout out to some of our current post-docs working within the Urban Institute!

Co-production of Knowledge in Action

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 23d

New book from Vanesa Castán Broto + collaborators

Co-production of Knowledge in Action
Emancipatory strategies for urban equality

(OPEN ACCESS with UCL Press)

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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...

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 24d

"The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion"

Jon Silver in the Conversation

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The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion

The leaked redevelopment plan pays homage to mega projects in the Gulf.

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 28d

New Paper

“No More Proletariat, or Unhappy People, or Oppressed”: Living Besides and the Collective Sensibilities of “Urban Popular Territories” Open Access

AbdouMaliq Simone

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“No More Proletariat, or Unhappy People, or Oppressed”: Living Besides and the Collective Sensibilities of “Urban Popular Territories”

Abstract. If not resilience, rebellion, or redemption; if not the last will become first; if not the romance with the wretched, how to characterize the pla

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Radar 8: Schooling and surviving in England and Sudan (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 28d

Online Book Launch: The Gated City: Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in Mexico, from Emma Regina Morales

🕰️ Wednesday 24th September, 5-6pm BST

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...

#UrbanRiches

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 9

A new academic year, a new episode of Urban Radar Podcast.

Radar 8: Schooling and surviving in England and Sudan (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)

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A new academic year, a new episode of Urban Radar Podcast, brought to you from across our urban studies community at the Social Sciences at The University of Sheffield.

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fugitive Planning and Black Studies: Critical Experiments
October 29 and 30, 2025

"Let us create spaces of knowledge, experimentation and listening where we can study, live and imagine in common"

Further information on the call, eligibility and how to apply here: lnkd.in/e7VNdbiX

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 5

'Global Corridor' offers a regular round up of some of the most interesting news, stories, data, opinion + academic work on global infrastructure.

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New evidence of barriers to co-produced research

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 3

New evidence of barriers to co-produced research
The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.

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The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.

Urban labs in times of conflict and post-truth

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Sep 1

Urban labs in times of conflict and post-truth

In this month’s feature of the Urban Radar Podcast, hosts Beth Perry and Tom Goodfellow are joined by Professors Nausheen Anwar and Mona Fawaz, Directors of the Karachi Urban Lab and Beirut Urban Lab respectively.

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In this month’s feature of the Urban Radar Podcast, hosts Beth Perry and Tom Goodfellow are joined by Professors Nausheen Anwar and Mona Fawaz, Directors of the Karachi Urban Lab and Beirut Urban Lab ...

Elites in cities, elite cities: Processes of (dis)affiliation, (dis)connection and distinction

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 29

URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH
- New Urban Radar podcast available now... 🙊 💰

In this month's episode Tom and Beth are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Rowland Atkinson to examine the impacts of political and wealth elites on urban life.

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 22

Elites in cities, elite cities: Processes of (dis)affiliation, (dis)connection and distinction

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Rowland Atkinson and Sharda Rozena convened two panels at the Regional and Urban Sociology (RC21) meeting at the conference of the International Sociological Association in Rabat in July.

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 21

New paper from the GlobalCORRIDOR project based here in Sheffield is out in the latest edition of Urban Studies journal

"The unending corridor: Critical approaches to the politics, logics and socio-technics of urban corridorisation"

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Interview with Dr. Juan Miguel Kanai (University of Sheffield) at the Institute for Urban Research

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 17

Interview with Dr. Juan Miguel Kanai (University of Sheffield) at the Institute for Urban Research, Malmo as part of the Nordic Network of Global South Urbanisms, moderated by Yénika Castillo Muñoz

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YouTube video by Institute for Urban Research

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New film on Renewable Energy Short Course for Female Technicians & Engineers

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 16

New film on Renewable Energy Short Course for Female Technicians & Engineers

This short film provides an overview of renewable energy training delivered at Mzuzu University in Malawi for two cohorts of female technicians and engineers.

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This short film provides an overview of renewable energy training delivered by The Test and Training Center for Renewable Energy Technologies at Mzuzu University in Malawi for two cohorts of female te...

Feature 6: CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY? A conversation on tech & urbanism with Simon Marvin & Allan McCay

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 15

CYBORG RIGHTS & THE CITY:
New UrbanRadar podcast now available

A conversation on tech and urbanism with Simon Marvin and Allan McCay

Available on open.spotify.com/episode/297T... - or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · Jul 11

Workshop on Urban crisis in South African and Colombian cities

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Workshop on Urban crisis in South African and Colombian cities

Urban Institute Associate Melanie Lombard recently ran a final project workshop in Cape Town, collaborating with South African and Colombian scholars and activists as part of her British Academy Urban...