It is often said that we are living through another period of mass urbanisation – an age in which more and more people, in all regions of the world, are moving from rural towns and villages and trying to make their lives in cities
The Urban Living Partnership is seeking applications from consortia which bring together leading cross-disciplinary research expertise, city leaders, businesses, civic organisations and community groups, public, third sector and other urban innovators. Each of the consortia will…
The ESRC is investing more than £15 million in research to understand the best ways to help cities to thrive both economically and socially over the next five decades.
Professor Michael Keith, Urban Transformations Portfolio Co-ordinator, discusses the city today. He asks how should we make sense of our contemporary city and the city that is yet to come.