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Sheff Ubanism

Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026

The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture series is an initiative of the Urban Institute to stimulate dialogue, discussion and understanding of processes of urbanisation and urban life.

Call for papers AAG 2027NYC: Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corrido

Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor

Call for papers AAG 2027NYC: Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor
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Writing the City

Delivered by the University of Sheffield Off the Shelf Festival of Words is one of the most vibrant literary festivals in the UK, bringing the best in local, national and international literary talent to Sheffield.
Handbook on Financialisation and Space

Handbook on Financialisation and Space Published

Two of our associates have contributed chapters to the recently published Handbook on Financialisation and Space.

Michele Lancione in ICOSS

Global Urbanism book edited by our visiting Prof Michele Lancione + colleagues by features writing from our team

Global Urbanism is an experimental examination of how urban scholars and activists make sense of, and act upon, the foundational relationship between the ‘global’ and the ‘urban’.
People travelling on a donkey cart

New debates paper on the importance of the urban transition

Our Associate Researcher Dr Tom Goodfellow and his colleague have published a new discussion paper “On the conditions of ‘late urbanisation’ in the journal of Urban Studies.
UI in blue green bubbles

Urban Institute @ the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference 2021
CESET

CESET and the Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership
LOACT

UI members shortlisted for an Early Career Innovation Award