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USF Fellow Dr Junia Cambraia Mortimer joins the Urban Institute

The UI is excited to welcome Dr Junia Cambraia Mortimer as an Urban Studies International Fellow for 9 months under the mentorship of professors Dr Beth Perry and Dr AbdouMaliq Simone, working on visuality, urbanisation and environmental history.
Co Pro Futures Inquiry

Co-Pro Futures Inquiry – Call for Evidence and Ideas (Online Event)

Join us for an information-gathering exercise to harness expertise from people with insights about co-producing research. This online event will take place on Thursday 5th December 2024 0930-1100. Sign up via Eventbrite on the link below.

New report and policy brief on facilitating inclusive and just energy transitions

On 25 September 2024 the ESRC funded CESET project held a workshop at the Royal Society London to launch its policy recommendations on the role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions. Watch the 'live' report of discussions.

Zhengli Huang

UI welcomes new research associate Dr Zhengli Huang

The UI is delighted to introduce their newest team member Dr Zhengli Huang. Zhengi will be working with Dr Jon Silver and other members of the UI team on the European Research Council project GlobalCORRIDOR.

Portal frames at a Greek port

Global Corridors Seminar Series: The Contested Politics of Ports in Greece - Event Information

Seminar title: The Contested Politics of Ports in Greece
Date: Friday, 27 January 2023.
Time: 14:00-16:00 (GMT); 16:00-18:00 (EET).
Friday itinerary for Freedom is a Place

Freedom is a Place: Honoring Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Professor AbdouMaliq Simone was honored to be invited to a day celebrating the scholarship, writing and organizing of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, sponsored by Queens College and the Antipode Foundation and Program in Black Studies, Queens University.
Electricity in Malawi

CESET presents a new short film on community energy in Malawi

Last week was the premiere of the new CESET short film “community energy in Malawi: on the ground experiences” as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science at The University of Sheffield.

Why should urbanists care about co-production

Why should urbanists care about co-production – available on the UI YouTube channel

On 2nd November 2022 Urban Institute Director Professor Beth Perry launched the third Sheffield Urbanism lecture series “Co-production and the Future of Urban Epistemics”.

Cardiff University

Boundary Work and the University in Collaborative Inquiry

A new special issue of Methodological Innovations has been published by Professor Beth Perry with collaborator Professor Tim May, Visiting Professor at the University of Cardiff.