Socio-technical practices for just cities: E&U special issue celebration

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This event presents the online celebration of a special issue of Environment & Urbanization exploring socio-technical practice: a form of urban practice in which technical knowledge from architecture, planning and related disciplines is mobilised in allyship with communities.

The special issue examines how practitioners collaborate with residents, grassroots organisations and social movements to support more just cities, while critically engaging with questions of power, knowledge, and legitimacy.

Contributions highlight a diversity of practitioner experiences, demonstrating how technical expertise can be brought into dialogue with community-led priorities to co-develop strategies, actions and advocacy. The issue also foregrounds practice-based research, emphasising the reciprocal relationship between reflection and action in socially transformative urban practice.

The event will showcase key insights from the issue, provide a platform for discussion among contributors and explore emerging debates on the role of socio-technical practice in addressing urban inequality, displacement and climate challenges.