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Sharing Lessons from Dhaka’s Wetlands – ReWET ReVIEW 2024–25

Urban Institute Associate Tanzil Shafique is excited to share the first edition of the ReWET ReVIEW — a reflection on a year of collective learning from learning and action from the The ReWET Consortium.

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New article on infrastructure as territorial stigma

Urban Institute Associate Dr Nebeela Ahmed has published a new open access article entitled "Infrastructure as territorial stigma: labour migrant exclusions in the Indian city" in the International Journal or Urban and Regional Research.

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Simon Marvin gives keynote at the Technocratic Governance Conference, Singapore

Simon Marvin delivered a keynote for a session on ‘Speculative Futures’ at the Technocratic Governance and the Politics of Smart City Knowledge Transfer Conference on 22-23 April 2025 hosted by the Singapore Management º£½ÇÉçÇø Urban Institute.

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Untranslatable? The Linguistic Knowledge Politics of Southern Urban Theory

This online workshop will take place on 7 October 2025 between 0900-1700 and is co-organised by the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield, Karachi Urban Lab/IBA Karachi, and Lund º£½ÇÉçÇø. Short abstracts (200-250 words) need to be submited by 23 May 2025.
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Realising Just Cities: A Video Interview with Professor Beth Perry

Realising Just Cities was a programme of research and action hosted at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield -- a partnership aimed at supporting progressive social, economic and environmental change in the North of England.
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CESET awarded impact funding

Congratulations to Community Energy and the Sustainable Transition project Principal Investigator, Professor Vanesa Castán Broto, on successfully applying for funding from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).

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New publication on Splintering Urbanism and Climate Breakdown

Professor Vanesa Castán Broto has recently published an open access article in the Journal of Urban Technology entitled "Splintering Urbanism and Climate Breakdown".

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Dr Lorraine Dongo joins the UI team

We are delighted to introduce the newest member of the Urban institute team!
Lorraine is a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will work on the Low Carbon Action in Ordinary Cities (LO-ACT) project.

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Cities in an era of climate crisis: Prospects for transformation and justice

Learn about urban climate governance, and the unequal vulnerability to the climate crisis amongst urban dwellers.