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JustGESI researchers highlight inclusive approaches to just energy transitions at RGS-IBG Conference 2026

Researchers from the JustGESI project brought critical discussions on gender equality, disability and social inclusion in energy transitions to the forefront at the RGS Annual International Conference 2026.
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New publication: Capitalising urban futures

Professor Simon Marvin and colleagues have published a new open access article entitled "Capitalising urban futures: digital twin cities and the simplification of urban prototyping" in City.

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Urban Lifelines: The Future Between Foreclosure and Foreshadowing

UI Emeritus Professor Maliq Simone and colleagues have published a new book on Urban Lifetimes with Polity Press.

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Multilocal mobility in times of polycrisis: Reworking centre and periphery

Call for papers for a two-day workshop on 15-16 December 2026 bringing together scholars interested in multilocal practices across the world and related implications for centre-periphery thinking. Deadline 1st November.
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New evidence of barriers to co-produced research

The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.
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JustGESI project website launched

We are delighted to announce that the new project website for JustGESI, a 3-year interdisciplinary project funded by the UKRI’s Ayrton Challenge Programme and led by Professor Castan Broto is ‘live’.

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Radar 7: Urban Politics of Truth and Wealth (+AI data centres, +extreme heat, +pick pocketing, +more)

In this episode we are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Professor Rowland Atkinson to explore how political and wealth elites are reshaping cities from New York to London and beyond.

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Urban Radar - New episode

In this month's special feature - Cyborg Rights & the City - Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry are joined by Simon Marvin and Allan McCay for a conversation on tech and urbanism and advances in neurotechnology.

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Elites in cities, elite cities: Processes of (dis)affiliation, (dis)connection and distinction

Rowland Atkinson and Sharda Rozena convened two panels at the Regional and Urban Sociology (RC21) meeting at the conference of the International Sociological Association in Rabat in July.