This article by Dr Myfanwy Taylor outlines some of the work of Understanding and Enhancing the Community Value of Traditional Retail Markets in UK Cities (Markets4People), an ESRC-funded project that explores the challenges facing retail markets…
Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe’s Refugees (GLIMER) will be hosting an evening of presentations and discussion as part of Refugee Festival Scotland in Edinburgh on 26 June 2019. The event, ‘Housing for…
The Jam & Justice Action Research Collective are getting to ready to share findings and wider lessons, and celebrate the outcomes of our projects in Greater Manchester. Places are limited, so register now to reserve a place here.…
This blog by Nereida Ripero-Muñiz describes some of the participatory methodologies employed with Somali migrants in Johannesburg as part of the activities of the project Security at the Margins (SeaM): Spaces and Strategies for Negotiating Security…
The three-year Healthy Urban Mobility (HUM) project took place in Oxford (funded by the ESRC) and three cities in Brazil (funded by FAP) and explored the links between health, wellbeing and mobility. The event on 12…
In this blog post, Lauren Andres and Stuart Denoon-Stevens describe the findings of the South African Planning Education Research (SAPER) project and some of its key implications for the future of South African cities. The SAPER…
The ESRC is pleased to announce the call for proposals as part of the 6th call of the Open Research Area (ORA). The 6th round of ORA is based on an agreement between the Agence Nationale…
The Centre for Urban Research on Austerity at De Montfort University is hosting an international workshop on ‘Urban Informality’ on Thursday 27 June 2019 at De Montfort University, Leicester. This event will seek to trace the…
Turning Livelihoods to Rubbish? Assessing the Impacts of Formalization and Technologization of Waste Management on the Urban Poor is a recently completed three-year project ESRC-funded project that investigated the impacts of changes in waste management in…
This blog by the STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre’s Becky Ayre describes some of the work of the TAPESTRY project, led by Lyla Mehta and exploring climate change adaptation in marginal urban…
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