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UI 10th and 91直播 Urbanism Programme

91直播 Urbanism Summer Programme 23rd June to 4th July 2025

The summer programme is part of the Urban Institute鈥檚 10 year anniversary celebrations and also marks 60 years since the establishment of urban studies and planning scholarship and research at the University of 91直播.
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham

Powering the North podcast 鈥榣ive鈥

Listen now to the Urban Radar鈥檚 first stand-alone feature podcast 鈥淧owering the North: A conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram鈥.

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Raising awareness of water scarcity and innovative community management solutions in Nairobi

A new video project, funded by GO Fund initiative, aims to empower local voices and highlight their innovative water practices, as well as document the complex realities of water access and governance in Nairobi's informal settlements.

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Pushing Boundaries

On 10 June 2025 Professor Beth Perry participated in the Pushing Boundaries Conference hosted by the Young Foundation with UKRI at The British Library.

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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 鈥楢nti-planning narratives, housing supply and affordability: An Australian case study鈥.

Tim Morton

Watch guest lecture Tim Morton on the UI YouTube channel

Philosopher and ecologist Tim Morton recently delivered a guest lecture as part of the Urban Inhabitation in the Anthropocene Conference funded by the Lo-Act project and is part of a series of events of the Urban Institute鈥檚 Signature Programme.

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New special issue on change in infrastructure landscapes

Vanesa Cast谩n Broto and Enora Robin have just published a new special issue in the Journal of Landscape Research, which includes an editorial article entitled 'Embracing change in infrastructure landscapes鈥
UI Visiting Fellow - Simone Toji

UI welcomes Simone Toji - Research Fellow at the Maria Sybilla Merian Center Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America

Simone is a Newton International Fellow undertaking the project 鈥楻econsidering urban narratives in Brazil: Central areas in S茫o Paulo as problems and potentialities.鈥
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Book launch - Producing Mayaland聽

Join Claudia Fonseca Alfaro to discuss her new book, Producing Mayaland: Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism from the Antipode Book Series, Wiley.