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📢 Next week in Melbourne!
On 3–4 Dec. 2025: First workshop of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”
The event features panels, roundtables, site-based work, and concludes with a public event: Urban Visual Dialogues 3. 👉 ow.ly/oZL850Xy6QK
Flyer with USF logo for the event "Urban Visual Dialogues 3: Graffiti, Posters, and Visual Governance in the City " on a picture of Weathered green wooden panels with peeling paint and faded blue tiles, evoking urban decay and visual texture by USRN team. Also, it includes the text: 4 December 2025 (GMT+11) G26 – Biosciences 1 Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville In Person On 3–4 December 2025, the first workshop of “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces” brings together 20 scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to explore how urban surfaces shape communication, governance, and political contestation. Hosted at UniMelb, the event features panels, roundtables, site-based work, and concludes with a public event: Urban Visual Dialogues 3 Flyer with USF logo for the event "Urban Visual Dialogues 3: Graffiti, Posters, and Visual Governance in the City " on a picture of Weathered green wooden panels with peeling paint and faded blue tiles, evoking urban decay and visual texture by USRN team. Also, it includes the text: 4 December 2025 (GMT+11) G26 – Biosciences 1 Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville In Person On 3–4 December 2025, the first workshop of “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces” brings together 20 scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to explore how urban surfaces shape communication, governance, and political contestation. Hosted at UniMelb, the event features panels, roundtables, site-based work, and concludes with a public event: Urban Visual Dialogues 3
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🎥 New on the USF Blog!

Dr Telma Hoyler shares insights from her USF-funded project "Democracy on the Ground", where she uses ethnographic filmmaking to co-create "Território" (Territory), available on the USF web.
🔗 Read the full post: ow.ly/gktn50Xt3xm
#UrbanStudies #ParticipatoryResearch
Flyer with USF logo for the launching of the film "Territory" by Dr Telma Hoyler on a picture of the film and the quote "This is a film about elections. But there is no such thing as a film about elections in the abstract. There can only exist a film about a place, a person, a handful of individuals or countless living creatures experiencing elections, with all their diverse reasons, passions, and entanglements. This is how the particular becomes universal, and the general finds its ground. In this sense, this is a film about elections." Flyer with USF logo for the launching of the film "Territory" by Dr Telma Hoyler on a picture of the film and the quote "This is a film about elections. But there is no such thing as a film about elections in the abstract. There can only exist a film about a place, a person, a handful of individuals or countless living creatures experiencing elections, with all their diverse reasons, passions, and entanglements. This is how the particular becomes universal, and the general finds its ground. In this sense, this is a film about elections."
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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📚 New publication now available in Spanish!

"Comunidad urbana – Conversaciones entre Berlín y Bogotá" by Talja Blokland and Sandra Pulido-Chaparro (former #USFInternationalFellow) offers an exploration of what “community” means in today’s global urban contexts.

🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/sQXw50Xui6z
Flyer with USF logo for the Book Launch "Comunidad urbana – Conversaciones entre Berlín y Bogotá" by Talja Blokland and Sandra Pulido-Chaparro, and the text "Although community is a central idea in urban studies, it remains conceptually vague and difficult to work with. This book offers an important contribution to clarifying this key notion and theorising it in a globalised world. Urban Community: Conversations Between Berlin and Bogotá highlights the multiple ways of creating bonds and shows what we can contribute from the Global South to debates about cities that, until now, have been shaped by the North. After all, community is an urban practice, not a fixed state of affairs" On an image of the book cover Flyer with USF logo for the Book Launch "Comunidad urbana – Conversaciones entre Berlín y Bogotá" by Talja Blokland and Sandra Pulido-Chaparro, and the text "Although community is a central idea in urban studies, it remains conceptually vague and difficult to work with. This book offers an important contribution to clarifying this key notion and theorising it in a globalised world. Urban Community: Conversations Between Berlin and Bogotá highlights the multiple ways of creating bonds and shows what we can contribute from the Global South to debates about cities that, until now, have been shaped by the North. After all, community is an urban practice, not a fixed state of affairs"
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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📣 All week!
Join us in Sergipe (Br) for a series of events — part of the #USF-funded project "Urban geographies of carcerality: from Latin America to the Middle East"

🗓️ Panels, workshops, film screenings, a city tour & meetings with activists
🌎 In Portuguese & English

🔗 ow.ly/Xtjs50XtHaO
Flyer with USF logo for the Workshops and Panels on militarization and Carcerality in Sergipe, Brazil. Flyer with USF logo for the Workshops and Panels on militarization and Carcerality in Sergipe, Brazil.
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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🌟 USF Blog!

How can utopian thinking transform urban policy?
Dr Asha L. Abeyasekera shares insights from her #USF_KMA funded project "Home as Hope", where 95 residents of Colombo co-created a powerful Community Manifesto on Housing & Urban Planning.

📝 Read the full story: ow.ly/lC9n50XrGIu
Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog on a picture of a drawing by Asha L. Abeyasekera and the text “The final community manifesto – Colombo is our Home: Reimagining Colombo as Utopia – an Alternative to Relocation – attests to the success of utopian thinking and imaginative play in the form of drawings and dramas for policy discussions with marginalised communities.“ Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog on a picture of a drawing by Asha L. Abeyasekera and the text “The final community manifesto – Colombo is our Home: Reimagining Colombo as Utopia – an Alternative to Relocation – attests to the success of utopian thinking and imaginative play in the form of drawings and dramas for policy discussions with marginalised communities.“
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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📢 Upcoming #USFSeminarSeriesAwards Event

Join the second roundtable of "Phoenix-nomenon of Kharkiv", exploring the deurbanisation and relocation of the Kharkiv School of Architecture and the future revival of the city.

🗓️ 19 Nov | 10:00–14:00 (GMT)
🔗 Info: ow.ly/UIZH50XrsE9

#UrbanStudies #Ukraine
Flyer with USF logo and a picture of Kharkiv School of Architecture for the event "Second Roundtable: PHOENIX-NOMENON OF KHARKIV" USF Seminar Series Awards With the text "This series of roundtables aims is to study the process of deurbanisation of Kharkiv (second biggest city in the north-east of Ukraine, 1,5 million population) in order to understand the current processes and prospects of revival (Phoenix-nomenon) of the multidimensional significance of the city of Kharkiv, namely, what can be the core that can restore the former scientific, academic, cultural, industrial significance of the city" Flyer with USF logo and a picture of Kharkiv School of Architecture for the event "Second Roundtable: PHOENIX-NOMENON OF KHARKIV" USF Seminar Series Awards With the text "This series of roundtables aims is to study the process of deurbanisation of Kharkiv (second biggest city in the north-east of Ukraine, 1,5 million population) in order to understand the current processes and prospects of revival (Phoenix-nomenon) of the multidimensional significance of the city of Kharkiv, namely, what can be the core that can restore the former scientific, academic, cultural, industrial significance of the city"
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📢 This week on the USF Blog!

Dr Cesare Di Feliciantonio, Magdalena Moreno & Dr Gabriella Palermo introduce their #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant on feminist & queer autonomous urban spaces under authoritarian neoliberalism.

🔗 ow.ly/S7FV50XolP7
#UrbanStudies #FeministGeographies #QueerUrbanism
USF blog flyer for the series "Feminist and queer autonomous urban spaces under authoritarian neoliberalism" on a picture by Magdalena Moreno Wall covered with colorful protest posters and flyers advocating feminist and queer autonomous urban spaces, with the quote "“The aim of the project is to create an international network of activist(s and) scholars working in/with feminist and queer autonomous urban spaces, to share knowledge and practices to navigate the increasing violence of the present, imagine new ‘world-making’ practices (Muñoz 2009) and support each other.” USF blog flyer for the series "Feminist and queer autonomous urban spaces under authoritarian neoliberalism" on a picture by Magdalena Moreno Wall covered with colorful protest posters and flyers advocating feminist and queer autonomous urban spaces, with the quote "“The aim of the project is to create an international network of activist(s and) scholars working in/with feminist and queer autonomous urban spaces, to share knowledge and practices to navigate the increasing violence of the present, imagine new ‘world-making’ practices (Muñoz 2009) and support each other.”
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🔔 Hybrid Roundtable!

“Tensions in Policy Learning: Grounding Learning Practices in Urban Southeast Asia”, supported by #USF

The discussion will feature leading urban scholars: Tim Bunnell, Sulfikar Amir, and Daniel Goh.

📅 20 Nov | 4–5:30 PM (GMT+8)
📍 ARI–NUS + Online
🔗 ow.ly/b5ln50XnJMn
Blue background with text announcing a roundtable on tensions in policy learning focused on urban Southeast Asia. Flyer with USF logo and the text "is roundtable discussion explores policy mobility, focusing on Southeast Asia as a producer of knowledge rather than a case study, foregrounding its unique role in shaping global urban debates. By engaging theoretical, methodological, and practical tensions, we highlight how cities negotiate between global best practices and local socio-political realities, underscoring the messy, contested, and multi-scalar nature of policy mobility. To inaugurate the series, join us for a hybrid roundtable discussion featuring leading urban scholars: Prof. Tim Bunnell, Assoc. Prof. Sulfikar Amir, and Assoc. Prof. Daniel Goh." on a blue backround.
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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🌏 New on the USF Blog!

Dr Napong Tao Rugkhapan, Dr Tan Wenn Er & Dr Priza Marendraputra explore the politics of urban policy learning in Southeast Asia — part of their #USFSeminarSeriesAwards project.

🔗 Read more: ow.ly/2z0X50XkY2z

#UrbanStudies #PolicyMobilities #AsianUrbanism
Flyer with USF logo for the Blog "Tension in policy learning" on a picture of Curved wooden walkway over a river with lush greenery and urban buildings under construction in the background in Southeast Asia, by the Authors. And the quote "“In city halls across Southeast Asia, “learning from abroad” has become standard practice. Cue the now-ubiquitous “creative districts,” “smart cities,” and “green urbanism” playbooks – global templates imported off the shelf and quickly rebadged as prestige projects, often more aligned with elite imaginaries than everyday local needs.” Flyer with USF logo for the Blog "Tension in policy learning" on a picture of Curved wooden walkway over a river with lush greenery and urban buildings under construction in the background in Southeast Asia, by the Authors. And the quote "“In city halls across Southeast Asia, “learning from abroad” has become standard practice. Cue the now-ubiquitous “creative districts,” “smart cities,” and “green urbanism” playbooks – global templates imported off the shelf and quickly rebadged as prestige projects, often more aligned with elite imaginaries than everyday local needs.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📢 Exciting news!

The Urban Studies Foundation welcomes a new cohort of International Fellows — scholars from Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia & South Africa advancing urban research.

🔗 ow.ly/ae8Z50XjrOu

#UrbanStudies #USFInternationalFellowships #GlobalUrbanism
Text welcoming a new group of USF International Fellows over a background of a rustic building with warm orange walls and windows.
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🏙️ USF Blog!

This week, Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Michael Crilly & Dr Karina Landman share insights from their project “Co-producing alternative urban futures through experimental urbanism”, funded by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant.

🔗 Read more: ow.ly/3XRZ50Xi74C

#UrbanStudies #ExperimentalUrbanism
Flyer with the USF logo for the USF blog post on a picture by Callum Leslie “We collectively explored and questioned the point, purpose and characteristics of “experimental urbanism”. While there were many ways to classify and organise the different types of experimental projects from scale, location, design or urban form, there were clear procedural steps that many of the presenters followed in their projects from concept / inception to scoping / benchmarking and learning from similar projects prior to delivery and post competition evaluation.” Flyer with the USF logo for the USF blog post on a picture by Callum Leslie “We collectively explored and questioned the point, purpose and characteristics of “experimental urbanism”. While there were many ways to classify and organise the different types of experimental projects from scale, location, design or urban form, there were clear procedural steps that many of the presenters followed in their projects from concept / inception to scoping / benchmarking and learning from similar projects prior to delivery and post competition evaluation.”
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🌍 Between the Lines of Everyday Public Spaces
Join an immersive event exploring memory, displacement & belonging in urban life — from Chennai to Istanbul.

👉 Led by Dr Nian Paul, a 2025 #USFInternationalFellow.
📅 6–7 Nov 2025
📍 UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, London
🔗 ow.ly/i6lc50XgAnF
Flyer with USF logo for the event "Between the Lines of Everyday Public Spaces. Discussion/talk, Exhibition, Installation, Workshop on an Image by DECOLAB and Kıvıcılm Göksu Toprak" And the text "Organisers: UCL and Nian Paul (USF International Fellow) DECOLAB invites you to step into an immersive, participatory series hosted by University College London that explores the hidden stories woven into the fabric of our public spaces. This is not a conventional exhibition. It is a living archive, a collaborative exploration, and a call to re-map the city together." On 6-7th November 2025 (GMT) Bartlett School of Architecture (6th Floor), University College London In Person Flyer with USF logo for the event "Between the Lines of Everyday Public Spaces. Discussion/talk, Exhibition, Installation, Workshop on an Image by DECOLAB and Kıvıcılm Göksu Toprak" And the text "Organisers: UCL and Nian Paul (USF International Fellow) DECOLAB invites you to step into an immersive, participatory series hosted by University College London that explores the hidden stories woven into the fabric of our public spaces. This is not a conventional exhibition. It is a living archive, a collaborative exploration, and a call to re-map the city together." On 6-7th November 2025 (GMT) Bartlett School of Architecture (6th Floor), University College London In Person
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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🚨 New blog post!

Dr Basil Farraj, Ms Mai Al-Battat and Dr Hashem Abushama introduce the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Urban Geographies of Carcerality: From Latin America to the Middle East", exploring how carceral logics shape cities, institutions, and everyday life.
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/gseL50Xeakx
Flyer for USF Blog with Logo for the Seminar "Geographies of Carcerality: From Latin America to the Middle East" on a Photo: Palestine, by Mai Al-Battat, and the quote "“By taking ‘carcerality’ in the city as its vantage point, the series is concerned with clarifying how global forces of capitalist accumulation, (post)colonial violence, and patriarchy show up in urban spaces and extend to spaces of confinement. It will address the circuits and geographies structuring the circulation and mobility of carceral practices across both regions, and the ways in which these practices relate to each other.” Flyer for USF Blog with Logo for the Seminar "Geographies of Carcerality: From Latin America to the Middle East" on a Photo: Palestine, by Mai Al-Battat, and the quote "“By taking ‘carcerality’ in the city as its vantage point, the series is concerned with clarifying how global forces of capitalist accumulation, (post)colonial violence, and patriarchy show up in urban spaces and extend to spaces of confinement. It will address the circuits and geographies structuring the circulation and mobility of carceral practices across both regions, and the ways in which these practices relate to each other.”
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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💻 Webinar – Responsible and Transparent AI
📅 24 Oct 2025 | 🕑 14:00 (GMT+1) | 🌐 Online
REGISTER ➡️ ow.ly/A40c50XcQOU

Join the launch of SS25.AI4UG, a seminar funded by #USFSeminarSeriesAwards exploring how to coproduce responsible, transparent AI for urban governance.
Flyer with USF logo for the Webinar "Coproducing a research agenda for responsible and transparent AI-capabilities for decision support in urban governance" to be organized on 24th October 2025, 14:00 (GMT+1). Zoom (mandatory registration). Seminar - Online. Presentation of SS25.AI4UG research plan, detailing the purpose of each seminar (Boston, Brasilia, and Manchester) and the methods used in the training sessions associated with the seminars. We invite academics working on urban research, including PhD students and ECRs, and urban governance practitioners to register for our launch Webinar 0. Flyer with USF logo for the Webinar "Coproducing a research agenda for responsible and transparent AI-capabilities for decision support in urban governance" to be organized on 24th October 2025, 14:00 (GMT+1). Zoom (mandatory registration). Seminar - Online. Presentation of SS25.AI4UG research plan, detailing the purpose of each seminar (Boston, Brasilia, and Manchester) and the methods used in the training sessions associated with the seminars. We invite academics working on urban research, including PhD students and ECRs, and urban governance practitioners to register for our launch Webinar 0.
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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🏙️ Workshop "Commodification in Contemporary Urbanization: Global Dynamics and Local Resistances"
📍 Lima, Peru | 15–17 Oct 2025 | 🇬🇧🇪🇸 English–Spanish hybrid workshop

👉 ow.ly/gFS950XaPW0

Supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant.
#UrbanStudies #HousingCrisis #LandCommodification
Flyer with USF logo for the event "Commodification in contemporary urbanization: Global dynamics and local resistances" on 15 October 2025 to 17 October 2025 9:00 (GMT-5), Lima (Perú). On a picture by Maria Tuanama Language: English-Spanish Flyer with USF logo for the event "Commodification in contemporary urbanization: Global dynamics and local resistances" on 15 October 2025 to 17 October 2025 9:00 (GMT-5), Lima (Perú). On a picture by Maria Tuanama Language: English-Spanish
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🕊️ New on the Blog: Cities at War — a 16-week online lecture series funded by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant, begins 15 Oct 2025.
The series explores how wars destroy cities, knowledge & communities—and how scholars rebuild them.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/39tc50Xaj4Y
#CitiesAtWar #UrbanStudies
Flyer with USF for the blog "Cities at War" on a picture by Mona Fawaz. And the quote "“This Cities at War online lecture series provides a platform for academics affected by war to share their research on/in cities at war within a reflexive positionality. The series brings together 17 scholars, all of whom live in and/or have lived and were forcefully displaced from war-torn cities, and it invites them to present research about the multiple ways in which military conflicts and their aftermath have produced and re-produced their cities.” Flyer with USF for the blog "Cities at War" on a picture by Mona Fawaz. And the quote "“This Cities at War online lecture series provides a platform for academics affected by war to share their research on/in cities at war within a reflexive positionality. The series brings together 17 scholars, all of whom live in and/or have lived and were forcefully displaced from war-torn cities, and it invites them to present research about the multiple ways in which military conflicts and their aftermath have produced and re-produced their cities.”
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🏡 “Families do not fall into this trap — they are pulled into it.”

On #WorldHomelessDay, we are delighted to announce the publication of "Debt Trap Nation" by Prof Katherine Brickell and Dr Mel Nowicki, supported by a #USFPandemics&Cities grant.

🔗 https://ow.ly/Wf8m50X9xlP

FLyer with USF logo and the cover of the book "Debt Trap Nation" by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki and the inscription "Debt trap nation offers an intimate and politically-energised account of a failing state in technicolour. Government choices have created a debt trap that is consuming mothers, children and survivors of domestic abuse and is now driving local authorities to bankruptcy. Families do not fall into this trap, they are pulled into it. " FLyer with USF logo and the cover of the book "Debt Trap Nation" by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki and the inscription "Debt trap nation offers an intimate and politically-energised account of a failing state in technicolour. Government choices have created a debt trap that is consuming mothers, children and survivors of domestic abuse and is now driving local authorities to bankruptcy. Families do not fall into this trap, they are pulled into it. "
October 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🏙️ Phoenix-Nomenon of Kharkiv
Join us to discuss deurbanisation, survival & prospects of renewal.

Roundtable One of the #USFSeminarSeries
📅 22 Oct 2025, 10:00 (GMT+1)
📍 Hybrid | Newcastle Univ + Online
🔗 Read more and register: https://ow.ly/1yfG50X6NeP
Flyer with USF logo for the event "Roundtable One: PHOENIX-NOMENON OF KHARKIV" witht the inscription: "This series of roundtables aims is to study the process of deurbanisation of Kharkiv (second biggest city in the north-east of Ukraine, 1,5 million population) in order to understand the current processes and prospects of revival (Phoenix-nomenon) of the multidimensional significance of the city of Kharkiv, namely, what can be the core that can restore the former scientific, academic, cultural, industrial significance of the city 22 October 2025, 10:00 (GMT+1) Henry Daysh Building, Room 5.08 School of Architecture, Newcastle University Hybrid" on a picture of the Kharkiv School of Architecture Flyer with USF logo for the event "Roundtable One: PHOENIX-NOMENON OF KHARKIV" witht the inscription: "This series of roundtables aims is to study the process of deurbanisation of Kharkiv (second biggest city in the north-east of Ukraine, 1,5 million population) in order to understand the current processes and prospects of revival (Phoenix-nomenon) of the multidimensional significance of the city of Kharkiv, namely, what can be the core that can restore the former scientific, academic, cultural, industrial significance of the city 22 October 2025, 10:00 (GMT+1) Henry Daysh Building, Room 5.08 School of Architecture, Newcastle University Hybrid" on a picture of the Kharkiv School of Architecture
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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🏙️ How can we use AI responsibly in urban governance?

In this guest blog, Dr Nuno Pinto introduces a new #USFSeminarSeries on AI and urban governance.

📅 Launch webinar: 24 Oct, 14:00 BST
👉 Read more and register: ow.ly/mmpO50X2S8t

#UrbanAI #UrbanStudies #AI
Flyer with USF logo for the blog "Generative AI in urban governance. Addressing the challenges". On a Photo: Nuno Pinto using ChatGPT5. And the quote: “The rapid and accelerating advent of (i) big-data and machine learning and, more recently, (ii) generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has opened to those urban stakeholders many possibilities such as affordability, scope, speed of processes and, at the same time, significant challenges” Flyer with USF logo for the blog "Generative AI in urban governance. Addressing the challenges". On a Photo: Nuno Pinto using ChatGPT5. And the quote: “The rapid and accelerating advent of (i) big-data and machine learning and, more recently, (ii) generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has opened to those urban stakeholders many possibilities such as affordability, scope, speed of processes and, at the same time, significant challenges”
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🌍 Exciting opportunity! Register for "Cities at War" – Online Lecture Series

🔸 By scholars from war-torn cities

📅 Fully online | Free & open to all
👉 ow.ly/6eiM50X2pZz

Organised by #USF, BeirutUrbanLab, DKVD, Rojava Univ, Off Univ, Humboldt Uni Berlin

#CitiesAtWar #UrbanStudies #ConflictCities
Flyer with USF logo for the Lecture Series "Cities at War" With the inscription: 15th October 2025 to 11th February 2026, Online Lecture Series, 16:00 (GMT+2) “Cities at War” is a fully online and publicly accessible 16-week lecture series jointly organised by 16 scholars from war-torn cities on how conflicts have produced and re-produced their cities." Flyer with USF logo for the Lecture Series "Cities at War" With the inscription: 15th October 2025 to 11th February 2026, Online Lecture Series, 16:00 (GMT+2) “Cities at War” is a fully online and publicly accessible 16-week lecture series jointly organised by 16 scholars from war-torn cities on how conflicts have produced and re-produced their cities."
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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🔔 Upcoming online talk (Cities Agenda – Sciences Po)

📅 2 Oct 2025 | 17:00–18:30 (GMT+2)
🎙️ Join #USFInternationalFellow Ana Beraldo – Managing ordinary life: (Im)predictability, Violence & Solidarity in Latin American Urban Margins
💬 Discussant: Patrick Le Galès
👉 Register: ow.ly/F5vo50X10H9
Flyer with USF logo for the Webinar on 2 October 2025 – 5-6:30 pm (online) Ana Beraldo de Carvalho, Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow, Sciences Po Managing ordinary life: (Im)predictability, Violence and Solidarity in Latin American Urban Margins. Discussant: Patrick Le Galès, CNRS Research Professor, CEE, Sciences Po Flyer with USF logo for the Webinar on 2 October 2025 – 5-6:30 pm (online) Ana Beraldo de Carvalho, Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow, Sciences Po Managing ordinary life: (Im)predictability, Violence and Solidarity in Latin American Urban Margins. Discussant: Patrick Le Galès, CNRS Research Professor, CEE, Sciences Po
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Congratulations 🥳 to @urbanstudiesfoundation.org Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Matina Kapsali for receiving Research Staff of the Year award! 👏 👏 👏 @officialuom.bsky.social @matinakapsali.bsky.social
matinakapsali.bsky.social Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social · Sep 22
Last week was special. Honored to be awarded Research Staff of the Year for the Faculty of Humanities @officialuom.bsky.social

Grateful that efforts get recognized—and even more grateful for the incredible people beside me.
Special thanks to Sarah @smhall.bsky.social for always being there. 🌸🙏✨
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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🚌 New on the USF Blog
In “Bustling (Im)Mobility: Socio-spatial Negotiations in Delhi's Bus Terminals”, #USFInternationalFellow Dr Arundhathi examines how Delhi’s bus users navigate unreliable infrastructures.
📍 Read the full post: ow.ly/P8ZV50WZ7xq
Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog on a picture of a bus station in Delhi, by Arundhathi, with the quote “The infrastructural development of the city starts to seem hollow, as the lack of a reliable bus service and its related infrastructure symbolise how the city itself lacks the means to support some of its most socio-economically marginalised citizens” Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog on a picture of a bus station in Delhi, by Arundhathi, with the quote “The infrastructural development of the city starts to seem hollow, as the lack of a reliable bus service and its related infrastructure symbolise how the city itself lacks the means to support some of its most socio-economically marginalised citizens”
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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📢 New publication by former USF International Fellow Harsh Mittal
“Topological spatialities of policy mobility: the varied power plays governing Indian smart urbanism in a quieter register”
Published in Space and Polity
🔗 ow.ly/kyLr50WXfBi
#UrbanStudies #PolicyMobility #SmartUrbanism #India
Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Topological spatialities of policy mobility" on Photo: nhadatvideo via Flickr. It includes the cover and the quote: "“...It brings out instances of armslength manipulation of an administration reluctant to engage with mobile experts, seduction of bureaucratic leadership through topological proximity with global-metropolitan professional networks, and inducements emanating from the smart cities event industry practices, towards prioritizing performance in the global urban-policy circuit. “ Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Topological spatialities of policy mobility" on Photo: nhadatvideo via Flickr. It includes the cover and the quote: "“...It brings out instances of armslength manipulation of an administration reluctant to engage with mobile experts, seduction of bureaucratic leadership through topological proximity with global-metropolitan professional networks, and inducements emanating from the smart cities event industry practices, towards prioritizing performance in the global urban-policy circuit. “
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🔔New in the #USFBlog!
“Urban politics and negotiated stateness: comparative perspectives across Africa and Eastern Europe”
👉 ow.ly/2P6o50WVrW2

🌍Check the 1st event of the Series!
"Decentring Urban Politics: Thinking with & beyond Eastern Europe and Africa"
📅 15–16 Sept 2025
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Flyer with USF logo for the EVENT "Decentring Urban Politics: Thinking with and beyond Eastern Europe and Africa " This seminar series, funded by the Urban Studies Foundation, brings together scholars working on Africa and Eastern Europe to explore how cities are shaped by state actors and political dynamics. 15 September 2025, 9:00 (GMT+3) Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia In Person Picture taken from UCL web: https://urban-politics-and-negotiated-stateness.notion.site/Urban-Politics-and-Negotiated-Stateness-Comparative-Perspectives-across-Africa-and-Eastern-Europe-263016d5228480849395c0b07d4b978f
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM