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JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin

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Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · 14d

New episode out now! A great listen for researchers, students, and advocates for knowledge coproduction

Featuring Diana Mitlin, Melanie Lombard, myself & @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

@coprofutures.bsky.social @africancities.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 14d

New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ...

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

Vanesa Castán Broto joins new group of scientists to advance SDGs

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 12d

This is phenomenal news! Congratulations to @vanesilla.bsky.social and @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social for this prestigious accolade.

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 13d

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...

Vanesa Castán Broto joins new group of scientists to advance SDGs

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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

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...

Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 14d

New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ...

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

Andy Burnham, the man who would be king

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Professor Beth Perry @itsbethperry.bsky.social · 17d

I was fortunate enough to interview @andyburnham.bsky.social for #urbanradar podcast and hear first-hand about broken Britain & what is needed to rewire systems and rebalance power

I was convinced by much of it - listen here

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www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 19d

New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu:

FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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"Contained:A new Silk Road Story" trailer

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 21d

Moving trailer for @invisiblemapper.bsky.social new GLOBALCORRIDOR film directed by Spyros Gerousis

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Jon Silver @invisiblemapper.bsky.social · 22d

We're excited to present the trailer for our new Global Corridor film by director Spyros Gerousis

"Contained: A new Silk Road Story"

Watch here: vimeo.com/1103055839

"Contained:A New Silk Road Story” is a brief ethno-artistic glimpse into the everyday life of one of the largest Romani communities in Greece, located…

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Co-production of Knowledge in Action

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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 22d

New book from Vanesa Castán Broto + collaborators

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

(OPEN ACCESS with UCL Press)

uclpress.co.uk/book/co-prod...

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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Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 23d

"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.

theconversation.com

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African Cities Research Consortium @africancities.bsky.social · Aug 29

📍 What really drives land value change in African cities?

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...

What drives land value change in African cities? Unlocking value and the prospects for progressive reform - ACRC

The urgency of developing more effective mechanisms to capture rising land values for urban infrastructure and services is now widely acknowledged. It is also accepted that this is highly challenging.

www.african-cities.org

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 26d

"This article examines the doubleness of precarity as an atmosphere of both how life is made marginal and how life exceeds the margins imposed."

@xazaaradjame.bsky.social

Check out new article below

Urban Institute @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social · 26d

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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Savannah Cox @savannahcox.bsky.social · 28d

Upcoming launch event for a C40 Cities special issue that @zacjtaylor.bsky.social & I have edited on climate risk, finance, and adaptation! We’ll speak with some stellar panelists: @pmbigger.bsky.social, @lindashi.bsky.social, @kellyhereid.bsky.social & Kayin Venner.

Register here: bit.ly/4m7kCDo

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 27d

What kinds of epistemic violence or justice might we foster when we translate words, concepts and ideas in, out and between places?

Register now for the @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social's #urbanepistemics workshop on "Untranslatable?"

Tues 7th Oct, all day, online

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Untranslatable? The Linguistic Knowledge Politics of Southern Urban Theory

Registration is now open for the "Untranslatable" workshop, organised by the University of Sheffield, Karachi Urban Lab/IBA Karachi, and Lund University.REGISTER HEREThe workshop brings together contr...

Book Launch - The Gated City

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 27d

Not in Sheffield? This one is for you

Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST

Register below...

@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

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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.

Lecture: The contribution of academics to urban reform coalitions

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 27d

In Sheffield - in person event on 18th September - register below

@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

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In this lecture Professor Diana Mitlin of the Global Development Institute and African Cities Research Consortium, University of Manchester, explores how academics engage in politics through their inv...

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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.

Subscribe to Jon Silver's new Substack newsletter here
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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you missed #urbanradar over the summer, here is a bumper episode

- Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities

- Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan

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Radar 8: SCHOOLING AND SURVIVING IN ENGLAND AND SUDAN (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)