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New report and policy brief on facilitating inclusive and just energy transitions

On 25 September 2024 the ESRC funded CESET project held a workshop at the Royal Society London to launch its policy recommendations on the role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions. Watch the 'live' report of discussions.

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UI welcomes new research associate Dr Zhengli Huang

The UI is delighted to introduce their newest team member Dr Zhengli Huang. Zhengi will be working with Dr Jon Silver and other members of the UI team on the European Research Council project GlobalCORRIDOR.

Credit: Tom Goodfellow

Book Launch: Living the urban periphery

This event is cohosted by Institute for Global Sustainable Development and the Urban Institute to celebrate the new open access book "Living the urban periphery: Infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions.

Credit: Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza
Urban Transitions and Popular Economies: How to Inhabit Differently?

Urban Transitions and Popular Economies: How to Inhabit Differently?

During the week of the 4-9 November, AbdouMaliq Simone will be delivering the 'El Alto Sessions' in Bolivia as an initiative of the Urban Institute's oldest Sheffield School "Urban Popular Economy Collective", in partnership CLACSO and CIDES-IDIS/UMS
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Cyclone Kristine accentuates the necessity of the RURBANISE project

Our thoughts are with our RURBANISE partners as tropical cyclone Kristine causes severe flooding and damage across the Philippines resulting in death, injuries and leaving thousands of people displaced following landslides and torrential rainfall.
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Rowland Atkinsons’s new blogs, articles and panel session at RC21

Congratulations to UI Associate Rowland Atkinson who has written a couple of blogs and articles on the urban elite and super rich and is also organising a conference session on elite cities at RC21 Regional and Urban Development in July 2025.

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The Power of Space: Consecration and Premier Elite Community

The Urban Institute Urban Riches research theme is organising a seminar on "The Power of Space" delivered by Professor Mikael Holmqvist, Stockholm Business School on 26th November 2024 1pm-2pm, Ron Johnson Room, School of Geography and Planning.

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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

The Urban Institute is now accepting applications from outstanding post-doctoral researchers for the 2025 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme.
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Liz Sharp’s article selected for the JEEP's 25th anniversary edition

Congratulations to Liz as her 2001 publication “Reflections on Foucauldian discourse analysis in planning and environmental policy research” is selected by editors to be part of the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 25th anniversary edition.