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Linda Westman has published a new journal article in Urban Geography

The open access article entitled "The discursive construction of urban climate policy" mobilizes the concept of discourse coalitions to showcase how cities were framed as an arena of intervention in the context of international climate policy.

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Call for Chapters: The Routledge Handbook of Just Transitions

Linda Westman and colleagues are excited to announce a new book project which will capture the complexity and richness of just transition research through a comprehensive interdisciplinary exploration. s
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UN DESA Open Call for Stakeholder Inputs

To support the work of the Independent Group of Scientists drafting the 2027 GSDR, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is launching an Open Call for Stakeholder Inputs.
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Borg urbanism: emerging neural infrastructures of urban governance

Simon Marvin has published a new article in Urban Geography that explores the concept of Borg Urbanism to examine the urban implications of neurotechnologies that enable direct, bidirectional interfaces between human cognition and urban systems.
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UI welcomes Dr. Papia Sengupta, Visiting Fellow from Delhi, India

Papia is a political scientist and public policy expert who works on the intersectionality between gender, language, education, and urban living in culturally diverse societies.

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New ESRC funded project robotics as a new urban infrastructure

Congratulations to Dr Aidan While and Professor Simon Marvin on their new ESRC funded project “Experimenting with robotics as a new urban infrastructure”.

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Workshop on Schools, Communities and Sustainability

The aim of the workshop is to understand how schools may play a stronger role in place-based environmental sustainability, neighbourhood regeneration, social and economic justice and community cohesion.

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UI welcomes Dr Olivia Casagrande as an associate

Dr Olivia Casagrande is a social anthropologist and her research is concerned with society’s complex challenges such as racial inequalities, political and racial violence, and the (post)colonial city.
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Guest seminar: anti-planning narratives in Australia, Professor Nicole Gurran

In this seminar, Professor Nicole Gurran will deliver a seminar on ‘Anti-planning narratives, housing supply and affordability: An Australian case study’.