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Stirling prize 2025: Appleby Blue pioneers affordable social housing tackling elderly loneliness

For The Conversation, Professor John Flint discusses the new Appleby Blue development in London, which aims to provide community-focused, affordable housing for the elderly, via a new spin on the centuries-old concept of almshouses.

Published by The Conversation
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Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

Join us on the 9th of October 2025 for an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
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3D perspective view of a buried glacier on Mars, generated from images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Sean Doran

Dr Frances Butcher receives £1.8m Royal Society University Research Fellowship to investigate the glacial and climate history of Mars

The eight-year University Research Fellowship from The Royal Society will focus on poorly understood water-ice glaciers on Mars, which contain archives of martian climate information and could inform future human missions to the planet.
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New research project explores how collective ownership could protect, improve and democratise crucial public services

A new Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship sees Dr Timothy Joubert join the School of Geography and Planning to investigate how public-commons partnerships can be realised through collaboration between local governments and community organisations.
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Why has constitutionalising Buen Vivir failed to rethink and prevent gender-based violence in Ecuador?

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Ciara Bridgeman disputes current gender policies in Ecuador.
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How Rights-based approach to development helps to improve Gender-based violence in Asia

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Xiaoxue Weng explores gender equality in Asia.
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Why is Nigeria Food Insecure?

In our 2022-2023 masters students' blog series, Tendayi Whacha explores food insecurity in Nigeria.
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ICT4D and Buen Vivir: Indigenous Appropriations for Preservation

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Benjamin Phillips discusses global digital inequalities and the tribulations of integrating IT into Indigenous communities.
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The Violence of Being Left-Out: Buen Vivir and everyday exclusions against indigenous women

In our 2022-23 masters students' blog series, Emily May Muir explores how Buen Vivir in Ecuador failed to include indigenous women in decision-making processes.