The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, is now welcoming applications for a forthcoming exhibition themed around ‘Migration and the City’. The organisers are looking for photos and illustrations exploring the contemporary and…
The PEAK Urban (Building Capacity for the Future City in Developing Countries) programme is now welcoming applications for an exciting role as Researcher in Migration, based at the Centre for Migration, Policy and Society at the…
The ESRC-funded project Jam and Justice: Co-Producing Urban Governance for Social Innovation is now close to completion, and alongside a series of collaborative events the team has now released its findings in a major report. How…
In response to the increasingly complex development challenges posed by today’s cities, the ESRC-funded Building Capacity for the Future City in Developing Countries (PEAK) seeks to foster a new approach to urban policy making and research…
This blog by James Dumin and Susan Parnell outlines their work on the South African Cities Support Programme (CSP) and its lessons for future urban research. This blog was reposted from the recently launched website of…
The ESRC-funded Place-Based Climate Action Network (PCAN) Fund aims to stimulate engagement on place-based action beyond the five platforms. It provides small grants to researchers and research users, thus opening the Network to a wider community.…
“São Paulo cannot stop.” This has been the motto of the richest and most populous city in Brazil since the beginning of its industrialisation in the early 20th century. Considered today as one of the most…
The ESRC-funded project Mapping Urban Energy Landscapes (MUEL) in the Global South, focusing on low carbon, inclusive energy systems in cities in China, India, Mozambique and Peru, explored how urban areas could improve their future energy…
The PEAK Urban (Building Capacity for the Future City in Developing Countries) programme, a multidisciplinary collaboration between researchers in China, Colombia, India, South Africa and the UK, now features more than 40 interviews with team members…
The Public Accountability to Residents in Contractual Urban Redevelopment (PARCOUR) project, a three-year collaborative project between the University of the West of England (USW), the University of Amsterdam and Universidade de São Paulo, has now been…
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