This blog by Christopher Yap has been reposted from the Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) website. All images are by David Heymann. We know cities are unequal places. The global GINI Index describes decreasing…
Our Festival of Social Science 2019 will run from 2-9 November 2019, with events being held across the UK. Events will cover a wide range of topics. The call for the 2019 Festival is now open. Applications close on 10 May 2019. There…
UKRI-GCRF is pleased to invite proposals for a new Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) research grants call which is focussed on the human-infrastructure interactions of the world’s most marginalised urban residents, specifically in the context of…
Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe’s Refugees (GLIMER) is a three-year ESRC-funded project exploring how the migration crisis can be translated into opportunities for European cities through the implementation of sustainable integration strategies…
Louise Reardon outlines some of the work of the programme UNDERstanding Indian Urban Governance REFORM: A Comparative Analysis of the Smart City Mission Reforms and Their Impact on Sustainable Urban Mobility. This blog is reposted from the…
A forthcoming joint event on 17 April (10.00 – 12.00), organised by SHLC and SUEUAA, will explore creative research methods. Creative methods are those that go beyond the traditional methods of focus groups, surveys, and interviews.…
By Neil Adger, Ricardo Safra de Campos and Tasneem Siddiqui. This text outlines the work of the Safe and Sustainable Cities: Human Security, Migration and Wellbeing project and was first given as a lecture in October 2018 at…
The programme for the University of Manchester’s Healthy Cities 2019: Urbanisation, Infrastructures and Everyday Life in East Asia, between 1 and 3 May, is now available. The keynote speakers include Urban Transformations portfolio coordinator Professor Michael…
Conventional analyses of crime, based on European research models, are often poorly suited to assessing the specific dimensions of criminality in Africa. Development Frontiers in Crime, Livelihoods and Urban Poverty in Nigeria (FCLP) aims to provide an alternative…
Conventional analyses of crime, based on European research models, are often poorly suited to assessing the specific dimensions of criminality in Africa. Development Frontiers in Crime, Livelihoods and Urban Poverty in Nigeria (FCLP) aims to provide an alternative…
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