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JustGESI: Feminist Ways of Knowing
JustGESI Event: Feminist Ways of Knowing

Feminist Ways of Knowing: From Institutional Ethnography to Ethnography in Practice

The JustGESI XChange programme is organising engaging online conversations with Dr Órla Meadhbh Murray and Dr Serena Saligari on feminist, critical, and decolonial methodological approaches on Tuesday 13th January 2026, 1pm-3pm.

UI Epistemic Tangles
Paroj Banerjee

The Epistemic Tangles of Urban Inhabitation by Professor Beth Perry

On Friday 16th January 2026 at 11:30 Professor Beth Perry will deliver an online lecture in which she will excavate foundational ideas, lexicons and practices of a new research field around ‘urban epistemics'.

MPs: UK must protect aid for community-led energy access

MPs: UK must protect aid for community-led energy access

In December 2024, Vanesa Castán Broto submitted evidence to a call from the International Development Committee in Parliament based on research and findings from the ESRC GCRF/UKRI-funded project CESET.

Ceset WP4 KIOSK
CESET Community Energy Laboratory

Living energy lab in Maputo complete

The project involved creating a Community Energy Laboratory – non-commercial microgrid within the city of Maputo – serving as a practical demonstration site to deliver theoretical and empirical evidence into what works for community energy systems.

Uncover the Hidden World of 'Elite Spaces'

New Edited Collection to Uncover the Hidden World of 'Elite Spaces'

Rowland Atkinson and Mikael Holmqvist (University of Stockholm) have been contracted by Agenda Books to publish new scholarly work "Elite Spaces: Social prestige, spatial obscurity, political”.

Co pro futures

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: What would a good experience of working with the university as a community researcher look or feel like?

We would like to invite community researchers and community organisations with experience of co-produced research partnerships with universities to participate in an online workshop as part of The Co-Production Futures Inquiry.
Credit AbdouMaliq Simone, Mexico City

Feature 9: Humanity’s Urban Future - with Ash Amin and AbdouMaliq Simone

In this month’s podcast feature Tom and Beth are joined by two leading scholars of the urban condition - Ash Amin and AbdouMaliq Simone - to reflect on questions of inclusion and belonging in the search for the 'good city'.

UI Panel on China

China, the Global infrastructure race and its urban impacts

In this feature, Tom and Beth discuss the Global Infrastructure Race with colleagues from the Urban Institute, recorded live as part of the UI’s 10 year anniversary celebrations.

The cage without border

Rowland Atkinson presents on Secure elite mobilities

In October 2025 Rowland presented at the Post-Smart City symposium, hosted by the University of Ottawa in Canada on his work on secure elite mobilities, introducing the conceptual framework of the 'cage without borders.'