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Reflections from an Urban Studies Conference

From 20-22 July, colleagues from Sheffield Urbanism attended the RC21 Urban Studies conference in Vienna, on ‘Inequalities and the City: Old Issues, New Challenges’. In this article, members of our PhD community share their reflections.

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Photo by Vanesa Castan Broto

New publication on the role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transition

Vanesa Castán Broto and colleagues have published a new open access article in Nature entitled "The role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions in East and Southern Eastern Africa".
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Image by Nicola Banks

Urban Charity Rethought

Could a new approach to charity put communities in control? Discover how One World Together is changing who decides where funding goes and helping tackle urban poverty.
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Call for Community Consultation: Help shape the Journal of Southern Theorising (JoST)

The Southern Theorising Group-STingG-has launched an open community consultation to help shape the proposed Journal of Southern Theorising-JoST, supported by the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield and Next50 Research-to-Action Platform.

Watch Sam Burgum’s Keynote: Over-exposure

Sam’s keynote “Over-exposure: Enforcement, the Climate Emergency, and Entangled Urban Inequalities” is now available on the Urban Institute’s YouTube channel.
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Black Urbanities in São Paulo and Beyond: A Conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone

In this exclusive interview conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP), the renowned sociologist and urban theorist AbdouMaliq Simone engages in a conversation with Fraya Frehse, Laura Kemmer, and Carolina Moura Lima.

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The Urban Institute welcomes new member of the team

The UI is delighted to welcome Theodor M Barry Born, an urban geographer working on housing, space, rent, speculation, and social reproduction.
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New Publication: Theorisation of Environmental Justice in Chinese Political Philosophy

Shizhi Zhang, Linda Westman, and Vanesa Castán Broto have published a new paper Political Geography that explores how classical Chinese political philosophy can contribute to contemporary debates on environmental justice (EJ) theory.