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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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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.
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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'.

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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.

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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.'
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Community energy projects in Africa

An online exhibition looking at the people and projects bringing sustainable energy solutions to communities in Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique features in Sheffield's Festival of Social Science from 23 October to 9 November 2025.