CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: MMC & the Future of Housing
Special issue of Buildings & Cities
Abstracts due 14.11.25

This SI examines the claims, processes, dynamics, outcomes associated w MMC for housing
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#MMC #housing #offsite @rachelmacrorie.bsky.social

New research: A framework of criteria for defining and assessing effective #buildingsector commitments in Nationall Determined Contributions #NDCs. Very useful for the UNFCCC #COP30 preparations & negotiations.
@bceditors.bsky.social #decarbonisation

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2025 VIDEO CHALLENGE: Calling all built environment PhD students www.buildingsandcities.org/video-challe...

You are invited to create a 2-minute video that tells the world about the significance of your research. The theme is “WHY IT MATTERS”. DEADLINE: 14.10.2025 noon GMT.

#PhD #doctoral

New! Commentary by Ray Cole on building-related research:
"A prerequisite [for researchers] therefore would be an understanding of the ways that the construction industry functions and the sway of government policy."
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Calling all built environment PhD students:
Enter the "2025 Video Challenge": create a 2-minute video to tell the world about the significance of your PhD research. Kudos, recognition, cash prizes. @bceditors.bsky.social @ARL_Hannover www.buildingsandcities.org/video-challe...

Can Nationally Determined Contributions #NDCs drive a buildings breakthrough at COP30? Thomas Lützkendorf, Greg Foliente & Alexander Passer argue why specific GHG targets for building, construction & real estate are needed in the next round of NDCs
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Embodied climate impacts in urban development: a neighbourhood case study

Most emissions in urban developments occur upfront & are from to new construction.

Implications: Planning models need to prioritise existing building inventories & limit permissible building rights
doi.org/10.5334/bc.478

NEW!! "Self-Organised Knowledge Space as a Living Lab" 
Self-organised knowledge spaces can function as #LivingLabs by fostering situated learning, collective agency & community resilience. Insights from Dhaka, Bangladesh. #participation
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@bceditors.bsky.social

Is gentrification a crime?

Ian Cooper argues that greater protection needs to be provided to built environment and to the people who live there to avoid their displacement.

Important commentary in @bceditors.bsky.social #BuildingsCities

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Authors' papers in Buildings & Cities journal are widely read.

In 2024 our peer-reviewed articles were viewed & downloaded 523,612 times from the journal's website. #journalmetrics

All content is open-access #OA

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Why the built environment research community is vital for #climatepolicy and strategy implementation:
#Research provides clear evidence for carbon budgets and targets for the buildings and the built environment. @bceditors.bsky.social
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NEW!
Climate Mitigation & Carbon Budgets: Research Challenges
Commentary by Thomas Lützkendorf
Why the built environment research community is vital for climate policy and strategy implementation.
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New CFP!
"Climate Change Risk and Decision-Making"

Special issue of Buildings & Cities
How should we respond to the increasing risks resulting from climate change? Who owns those risks and responsibilities?

Abstracts due 09 June 2025

Full details:
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Special issue! Health Inequalities & Indoor Environments

There is compelling evidence that aspects of indoor environments can adversely affect health, but the role of indoor environments in health inequalities is less understood.
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#publichealth #equity #healthpolicy #IEQ #buildings

Call for papers! THE COMPLEXITY OF DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION
Abstracts due: 24 MARCH 2025

How can the challenges of physical reconstruction across diverse disciplines, stakeholders & governance be better organised?

Buildings & Cities special issue:
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