The programme is designed to foster collegial and supportive spaces for urban studies colleagues across Schools and research institutes to share their work, mentor the next generation of researchers and engage in topical discussions with external visitors and guests.
This year’s programme will take place between Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th January 2025.
For University of Sheffield staff colleagues, we have two internal workshops aimed at
- Mapping Urban Research Centres Globally – What are other centres of urban research excellence doing and how? What connections do we have with them? What makes them distinctive? Where does Sheffield sit within the landscape of urban research excellence?
- Urban Research Horizons: Looking Beyond 2030 – What are the critical issues facing cities and urban areas beyond 2030? What strengths in expertise do we already have at Sheffield to address them? How can we build capacity internally and through external partnerships?
We will also have dedicated collective planning meetings to develop workstreams to shape future Sheffield Urbanism activities, including how we want to engage with academic, policy, business, civil society and activist communities at different scales.
For University of Sheffield PhD students, we have a half-day work-in-progress session where students can present their work to each other and a range of supervisors to practice critical skills and get constructive feedback.
For all interested parties within and outside Sheffield, please join us at three external events:
- A guest talk from our Urban Institute Visiting Fellow David Dodman from Erasmus University Rotterdam on the urban impacts of the global climate emergency, trade-offs and unintended consequences and the emerging implications of adaptation and mitigation responses that seek to tackle this.
- A dialogue between authors of the World Cities report, David Dodman and Vanesa Castán Broto, with Liz Sharp (School of Geography and Planning) and Andy Hindmoor (Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute), on the challenges of and opportunities for shaping international urban policy agendas.
- A book launch of Isaac Rose’s new publication ‘The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis’, Sheffield City Centre, from the Urban Riches team at the UI
Detailed Programme and Registration Links:
Tuesday 28th January, Seminar Room 5, The Wave
- 1300-1500 Mapping Urban Research Centres Globally, Internal Workshop (Staff Only) – email b.perry@sheffield.ac.uk to attend
- 1530-1730 (Urban) Infrastructures, (Urban) Informalities and (Urban) Climate Policies, Lecture (hybrid) and Reception (in-person) with UI Visiting Fellow David Dodman, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, University of Rotterdam – to find out more and register to attend in person or sign up to attend online.
Wednesday 29th January, Seminar Room 14, The Wave
- 0900-1200 Sheffield Urbanism PhD Forum, Internal Workshop
- 1300-1500 Urban Research Horizons: Looking Beyond 2030, Internal Workshop (Staff Only): email b.perry@sheffield.ac.uk to attend
Thursday 30th January, Seminar Room 5, The Wave
- 0900-1200 and 1430-1630 Collective Planning Meetings – opportunity for dedicated internal planning meetings to develop workstreams to shape future Sheffield Urbanism activities (Staff Only): email b.perry@sheffield.ac.uk to attend
- 1300-1400 Shaping the International Urban Agenda: The 2024 World Cities Report on Cities and Climate Action, Dialogue (hybrid) with the Urban Institute and Guests (Open to All - Internal/External) – to find out more and register to attend in person or sign up to attend online.
- 1830-2000 Book Talk: Isaac Rose's 'The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis’, Off Campus Venue to be confirmed (Open to All – Internal/External) – click here to register and find out more.