In this picture blog, reposted from the SHLC website, Dr Arvind Pandey explores living conditions, from housing to craft culture, in Madurai city, India. His explorations paint a vivid picture of the beautiful city alongside some…
ESRC is pleased to announce that the Celebrating Impact Prize 2020 is now open for applications. This is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC-supported researchers who have created or enabled outstanding impact. We celebrate…
Ahead of the PEAK Urban retreat in Medellín, this blog by Santiago Mejía-Dugand gives an overview of the city’s growth and the central role of social urbanism in its development.This piece has been reposted from the…
9 February 2020, 16.30 – 18.30:Hall 2: Room 1, Abu Dhabi Exhibition Center As part of the 2020 World Urban Forum, PEAK Urban will host a networking event Future Cities and New Economy Series: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on economic opportunities…
In this blog Dr Kevin Winter describes how the WASTE FEW ULL (Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Labs – Mapping and Reducing Waste in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus) project is supporting improved water use in South Africa through…
Is Smart about infrastructure? Or about effecting social change? Insights from Indore’s waste management revolution by Dr Morgan Campbell, part of the project UNDERstanding Indian Urban Governance REFORM: A Comparative Analysis of the Smart City Mission…
This one day PEAK Urban workshop, ‘Data science for development’, on 16 Marcy 2020 in London, is designed to bring together data scientists and development experts from both the academic and public/NGO sector to explore how…
In July 2019, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) Centre’s Prof Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Dr Peter Mackie, and Dr Jenny Wood published a CaCHE policy briefing on homelessness prevention in the UK. Combining original research…
2020 RSA Student and Early Career Conference: 13.00 24 March 2020 – 16.00 25 March 2020 Abstract submission deadline: 9th February 2020 This event is the RSA’s inaugural carbon choice conference allowing both attendance in person…
PEAK partner IIHS’ proposal on estimating development indicators for India using earth observation and statistical data has been selected for the GEO-Amazon Open Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme. 21 projects across 17 developing nations have been…
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