This blog by Indunee Welivita is the first in a series of blogs about the work of the Rurality as a Vehicle for Urban Transformation (RUST) project. It was originally posted on the RUST website. Safely…
The Centre for Urban Research on Austerity at De Montfort University is pleased to advertise its 2019-2020 call for short-visit fellowships. Proposals are welcomed in any area of research expertise identified by CURA including: impacts of…
The ISULabaNtu project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) and the National Research Foundation (South Africa) under the Newton Fund Urban Transformations Programme. The project explores community-led upgrading processes in environmental management…
In this blog, Henry Overman – Principal Investigator of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth – outlines some of its work around socially excluded communities. This blog was originally posted on the Centre’s website.…
The ninth and final STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability will take place on 11-22 May 2020. Applications for the Summer School are open now. The deadline for applications is 26 January 2020. Applications are invited…
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges facing society. ESRC is participating in a JPI Climate joint transnational call, SOLSTICE, which aims to enable the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research community to take the…
Jai and Ketaki Bhadgaonkar (Bombay 61) give this report from the Ideation Workshop in Mumbai for the TAPESTRY project. This blog post draws on a visit undertaken as part of TAPESTRY, a new transdisciplinary project which…
The challenges of left-behind places go well beyond the lack of economic opportunities — the solutions must too. This blog by Elena Magrini, an analyst at Centre for Cities, outlines some of the findings of the…
Take a visual journey through the changing landscapes of seven peripheral neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, and the city regions of Ethekwini and Gauteng (including Johannesburg) in South Africa. Taken by South…
Urban KNOW is pleased to announce the opening of the second round of the KNOW Small Grants Fund. The Fund will award grants that enable UK-based scholars at UK universities, policy research institutions, and NGOs with…
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