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University of Sheffield | A research centre investigating urban life + urbanisation. Part of #SheffieldUrbanism (Photo: Andre Be/@unsplash)
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Joined December 2014
Latest Urban Radar podcast is out Feature 10: CHINA, THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE RACE AND ITS URBAN IMPACTS - A panel with Jon Silver, Zhengli Huang and Linda Westman https://t.co/FGVqKtpfEG
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Community energy projects in Africa An online exhibition looking at the people and projects bringing sustainable energy solutions to communities in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique features in Sheffield's Festival of Social Science https://t.co/OGNHdUHRlQ
sheffield.ac.uk
An online exhibition looking at the people and projects bringing sustainable energy solutions to communities in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique features in Sheffield's Festival of Social Science from...
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IT'S WORLD CITIES DAY! UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) And a new episode of #urbanradar hits the airwaves. ⭐ RADAR 10: 🌳 GREEN RESURGENCE and 🏗️ GAZA RECONSTRUCTION https://t.co/z0DvqtF6ik
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And coming tomorrow as our birthday celebrations continue... Keynote Lecture 2: Beyond Splintering Urbanism Professor Simon Marvin https://t.co/6xM6rEs1rM
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Today!!! Sign up for what will be another landmark contribution/provocation from Professor AbdouMaliq SImone..
Join us online to celebrate our 10th Birthday with Professor AbdouMaliq Simone "That which is not decided: the edges of black urbanities" Monday 20 October 2025 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm (UK time) https://t.co/Xwt8LtXheh
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Join us online to celebrate our 10th Birthday with Professor AbdouMaliq Simone "That which is not decided: the edges of black urbanities" Monday 20 October 2025 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm (UK time) https://t.co/Xwt8LtXheh
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Urban-Nature Archives: Spatial Practices of Futurity in Brazilian Amazonia On 17 September 2025, USF International Fellow Junia Mortimer, based at the Urban Institute made her first talk on her project in the context of the Urban Institute Seminar Series https://t.co/dMtP7qv9fm
sheffield.ac.uk
On 17 September 2025, USF International Fellow Junia Mortimer, based at the Urban Institute made her first talk on her project in the context of the Urban Institute Seminar Series.
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It's our 10th Birthday!!! We are pleased to share a series of events, gatherings and activities organised by the Urban Institute to celebrate ten years of urban research at the University of Sheffield. https://t.co/WjpBsxy8Br
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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 https://t.co/up01Rkq5b9
sheffield.ac.uk
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...
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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. https://t.co/44sbnDZf2Z
sheffield.ac.uk
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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JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield - Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. https://t.co/e0sJhh5jJl
sheffield.ac.uk
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 Transit...
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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 the Sustainable Development Goals. https://t.co/FbKTWZHCE3
sheffield.ac.uk
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...
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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 https://t.co/fyozTPaY2C
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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) https://t.co/9zwEaXTWZU
sheffield.ac.uk
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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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! https://t.co/8M9qpHJtQA
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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!
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New book from Vanesa Castán Broto + collaborators Co-production of Knowledge in Action Emancipatory strategies for urban equality (OPEN ACCESS with @UCLpress) https://t.co/sNmJ9JoNep
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"The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion" Jon Silver in the Conversation https://t.co/LyMaFG9rDx
theconversation.com
The leaked redevelopment plan pays homage to mega projects in the Gulf.
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New Paper “No More Proletariat, or Unhappy People, or Oppressed”: Living Besides and the Collective Sensibilities of “Urban Popular Territories” Open Access AbdouMaliq Simone (@XazaarAdjame) https://t.co/kNRdhZ48Zq
academic.oup.com
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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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 https://t.co/fyozTPaY2C
#UrbanRiches
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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) https://t.co/S8GLYXPBEa
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