Migration and Urban Transformation: boundaries in an age of resentment
The Pauling Centre 58a Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomHilary term COMPAS seminar series; Thursdays at 2pm
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The making of a permanent city for temporary residents
64 Banbury Road, Oxford, United KingdomThis seminar, part of a series on 'Space and place' organised by Professor Elisabeth Hsu and Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva, is presented by Andreza de Souza Santos. Andreza is a Post-doctoral Research Associate within the Urban Transformations…
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Smart Cities & Communities: Achieving Smart Urban Growth
The Studio 51 Lever Street, Manchester, United KingdomAt Smart Cities and Communities: Achieving Smart Urban Growth you will have the opportunity to learn how International city projects are using frontier technology to tackle some of the biggest problems and use existing resources smarter.
The 2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies (SmartGIFT 2017)
London London, United KingdomThe smart grid is envisaged to be the next generation electric grid for Smart Cities. It enables the smart integration of conventional power generation, renewable generation, distributed generation, energy storage, transmission, distribution and demand management. The…
Metro Mayors: next steps for devolution in England
Royal Geographical Society 1 Kensington Gore, London, United KingdomWill metro mayors trigger wider public engagement and renewal by providing more accountable, transparent and inclusive local politics?
Urban Living Labs for public space – a new generation of planning?
KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture Campus Sint-Lucas, Paleizenstraat 65-67 , Brussels, BelgiumWhile participatory planning is widely hailed as a prerequisite for well-managed urban development and sustainability, this ideal can be difficult to implement in practice, due to the complexity of interactions between stakeholders and the difficulty of…
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New London Vernacular/Urban Qualities
The Bartlet 22 Gordon Street, London , United KingdomPublic Lecture and workshop Wednesday 26 April 2017 G12 - 22 Gordon Street One of the challenges of London's real-estate led urban development model is to build new urban places with good qualities within the current…
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Cities and the Political Imagination
Manchester Museum Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomThe Sociological Review is pleased to announce that the 2017 Annual Lecture will be given by Rivke Jaffe, University of Amsterdam
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Oxford Spring School UK City Futures
Vincents Club 1A King Edwards St, Oxford, United KingdomThe “cities agenda” in the UK has undergone major changes of late. The new government’s priorities for restructuring the British model of growth will foreground the roles of cities in shaping the UK’s economic future in…
Shaping Data Standards for Future Cities
Still Room, IET Glasgow Teacher Building 14 Saint Enoch Square, , Glasgow, United KingdomFriday 19th May 2017, 09:30 – 16:00 BST Still Room, IET Glasgow: Teacher Building, 14 Saint Enoch Square, Glasgow, G1 4DB The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) and SASNet, in collaboration with BSI, invite you to…
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The Great Regional Awakening: New Directions
Trinity College Dublin College Green, Dublin, IrelandA ‘Great Regional Awakening’ is underway. There is a growing realisation that regional inequalities have both contributed to, and amplified, the ‘Great Recession’ that shook advanced and emerging economies alike. It is also becoming apparent that…
Beyond Smart & Data-Driven City-Regions? Rethinking Stakeholder-Helixes Strategies
Trinity College Dublin College Green, Dublin, IrelandSmart City-Regions and Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are now driving significant policy development in city regions in Europe. However, the ‘smartness’ in these strategies is dominated by a technological hegemonic understanding of the city region. The…
Research workshop: the economic evolution of Birmingham
Birmingham city centre BirminghamThe City Evolutions research has selected five different cities for an in-depth exploration of the role of institutional arrangements and policy initiatives in dealing with economic change over the past 5 decades, including Birmingham. Economic change has…
Research workshop: the economic evolution of Bristol
Bristol city centre Bristol, United KingdomThe City Evolutions research has selected five different cities for an in-depth exploration of the role of institutional arrangements and policy initiatives in dealing with economic change over the past 5 decades, including Bristol. The workshop…
Globalisation in Crisis? The Urban and Regional Challenges of the Great Instability
St Catherine's College Trumpington St, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomThe Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society will be running its fourth conference, ‘Globalisation in Crisis? The Urban and Regional Challenges of the Great Instability’ on 13-14 July 2017. As well as being a chance…
£150 – £260
5th RC21-IJURR-FURS Summer School in Comparative Urban Studies
London & Leeds, United KingdomThe Research Committee 21 (RC21) of the International Sociology Association, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR), the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (FURS) in collaboration with scholars from University College London (UCL) and Leeds University invite applications for 25 places on our 5th Summer School.
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Urban transformation – roundtable discussion (RGS-IBG Annual Conference)
Royal Geographical Society 1 Kensington Gore, London, United KingdomThis seminar is part of the 2017 RGS-IBG annual conference, running from 30 August to 1 September 2017, and will take place on 30 August. More information on the seminar is available here. A roundtable discussion…
Building health into developments – How planning and public health can build a healthier future
Taunton Rugby Club Hyde Lane, Taunton, United KingdomOrganised and hosted by PHE SW in partnership with South West Public Health Network, with coordination from the ESRC-funded project Reuniting Planning and Health: Tackling the Implementation Gaps in Evidence, Governance and Knowledge. For additional information and…
Scaling Migration Through the European City-Regions
Co-organised in partnership by the University of Oxford – Urban Transformations (www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk) and VUB – Brussels Centre for Urban Studies (www.urbanstudies.brussels) To register at the event, please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-migration-through-european-city-regions-tickets-35661064203 Venue: Maison des Cultures et de la…
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European Week of Regions and Cities
BrusselsThe European Week of Regions and Cities is hosting its annual series of events, workshops and knowledge sharing sessions in Brussels between 9 and 12 October. Bringing together a wide variety of policy makers, practitioners and…
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UT Panel at European Week of Regions and Cities
Urban Transformations (UT) have become increasingly interested in the institutional form that urban experimentation might take, the role of research in this process and how democratic and citizenship concerns may be balanced with policy and industrial…
Festival of the Future City
Bristol Bristol, United KingdomThe second Festival of the Future City will take place 18-20 October 2017. Set over three days the festival – which aims to be the largest public debate about the future of cities – brings together politicians,…
Birmingham Policy Lab: Financing Local Public Services
University of Birmingham Birmingham, United KingdomThe University of Birmingham and City-REDI is hosting a Birmingham Policy Lab workshop to explore the theme of the financing local public services. As demands on public services grow and austerity looks set to continue, the need to reform and look afresh at…
Research and Metropolitan Health in Unequal Cities
Rio de Janeiro , BrazilRio de Janeiro 22-24 Nov 2017 Key theme: urban health and wellbeing Sub-themes: Public health, city life, re-thinking urban wellbeing The full programme can be downloaded here. An edited volume of contributions, based on the presentations around…
Brutalist Architecture and Creative Activism
School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, South Parks Road,, Oxford, United KingdomSchool of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY 23 January 2018, 16.00 - 17.30 Christoph Lindner is Professor and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Oregon and…
Cities in transition: unequal innovation in African cities
Cape Town, South AfricaUrban Transformations Workshop Cape Town, 31st January 2018 Download the full programme here. An edited volume of contributions, based on the presentations around the event, is forthcoming: for more information, please contact Andreza de Souza Santos at andreza.desouzasantos@compas.ox.ac.uk. …
Rethinking the Urban Commons in European City-Regions
Visit Brussels Koningsstraat 2-4 (Agora Room), Brussels 1000, BelgiumBridging European Urban Transformations Workshop Series in Brussels 2016-2018 Co-organised in partnership by the University of Oxford – Urban Transformations and VUB – Brussels Centre for Urban Studies Monday 12 February 2018, 10:00-15:45, Visit Brussels, Zinneke Room, Koningsplein 10-11 Place Royale – 1000 Brussels, Belgium. To…
The Good City: Urban Transformation, Comparison and Value
University of OxfordFrom 18-20 April, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Urban Transformations (UT) network hosted an international conference in Oxford offering a gathering space for researchers focusing on issues of comparative urbanism across Global, European and…
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Cities and mental health: Interdisciplinary experiments
Lausanne , SwitzerlandDuring the last 15 years, a flowering literature has investigated in different disciplines across the social and the life sciences the relations between urban living and mental health. One of the important research foci has been…
50 eyes on a scene
St. John’s College Auditorium St. Giles St.,, Oxford, United KingdomSt John's College, Oxford, OX1 3JP Shannon Mattern from the New School (NYC) will be delivering an exciting talk, titled Fifty Eyes on a Scene. This talk replays a single urban scene from the perspective of…
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Creating Diverse Coalitions for Equality in Neoliberal Times : Locating the Emancipatory City
De Montfort University, Leicester, UK , United KingdomPanel: Professor Chrissie Rogers (Bradford), Francis Ryan (The Guardian), Professor Kathleen Richardson (DMU) and Kitt Bolton (DPAC) – other speakers tba https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/creating-diverse-coalitions-for-equality-in-neoliberal-times-locating-the-emancipatory-city/ Call for Abstracts We are seeking abstracts for paper presentations that fit with the…
Urban Transformation and ‘New Style’ Urbanisation in China
University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom9 - 12 July 2018, University of Glasgow The 2018 International Conference on Urban Development will bring together researchers from urban studies, geography, sociology, political science, urban planning, urban management and public policy as well as…
£60 – £150
City Futures and contemporary urban research
BeijingBeijing 11-12 July 2018 This workshop will bring together senior researchers from the UK and China whose work focuses on thinking about city futures. The globe is increasingly urban. The future of China and the future…
New Horizons for Cities and Regions in a Changing World
Abstract submission deadline has been extended: 3rd September 2018 We are living through a period of profound change. Fundamental shifts occurring economically (increasing leadership in Asia, new opportunities in Africa, raising connectivity through global investment flows), demographically…
Post-Doc Early Career Workshop: Methodological Issues and Emotional Labour in Co-Produced Research
Sheffield UniversityThis workshop, taking place over one and a half days, is for post-doctoral early career researchers in universities who engage in co-produced research with varying external partners and pursue different topics. The focus is upon learning…
Academy of Science of South Africa / British Academy ‘Urban Lives’ Workshop
Gauteng, South Africa, 21-23 February 2019 Introduction The Academy of Science of South Africa and the British Academy are inviting applications from early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to attend a research collaboration…
The Economic Implications of Brexit on European Regions
European Committee of the Regions 101, rue Belliard/Belliardstraat, Brussels,, BelgiumBrussels: 22nd February 2019, 09.30 – 17:00 (registration begins at 9h) City-REDI, supported by ESRC and The UK in a Changing EU, are hosting a Brexit Workshop at the European Committee of the Regions. The workshop…
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Security on the Move: Exhibition and Panel Discussion
The Arch, the African Centre 66 Great Suffolk Street, LondonSummary/description Large scale migration and forced displacement are among the most dramatic consequences of war and political instability. In the research project ‘Security on the Move’, forty people who have been displaced to cities took pictures…
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EU Research and Innovation for Cities of the Future
European Parliament Brussels, BelgiumThis joint event will show how EU funded Research and Innovation actions are driving Sustainable Urban Development to address major urban challenges. The event aims to: Inform Members of the European Parliament, City Leaders, policy makers,…
Urbanisation, Infrastructures and Everyday Life in East Asia
University of Manchester Barnes Wallis Buiding, ManchesterUniversity of Manchester, 1-3 May 2019. The conference invites contributions concerned with the design, planning, implementation, maintenance and use of urban infrastructures (including, but not limited to, sanitation, transportation, health care and education); the social meanings…
Housing for asylum seekers and refugees in Europe
Chrystal Macmillan Building, The University of Edinburgh 15a George Square, Edinburgh, United KingdomHow can new arrivals contribute to the revival and regeneration of urban areas, thus making them more inclusive, vibrant and accessible? A part of Refugee Festival Scotland, a team from the Governance and the Local Integration…
Urban Informality: An International Workshop
This workshop will seek to trace the possible relationships between dynamics of informality that cut across governance, work and ordinary life. It will explore relations between longstanding community practices of survival beyond (but without excluding) the…
An Evening with Jam and Justice
Ziferblat Edge Street 23 Edge Street Manchester M4 1HW 23 Edge Street, Manchester, United KingdomThe 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…
Short-Term Lets: Evidence and Experiences from Scotland, Ireland and Australia
The Lighthouse 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, United KingdomThe rapid growth of the collaborative economy has connected individuals and communities via online platforms and enabled the sharing or provision of goods and services, assets and resources without the need for ownership. These developments have…
Creating a Movement for Change: Transforming Construction Network Plus
The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, United KingdomThe Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+) is hosting its 2019 Annual Conference, 'Creating a Movement for Change', on Thursday 19 September at the Royal Society in London. This one-day conference seeks to stimulate new perspectives, new ideas…
Making Cities Work
Brussels , BelgiumCities of Making has partnered with Cosmopolis and Building Brussels to host ‘Making Cities Work’, a series of events, from 6-11 September 2019, aimed at contributing to new ways of thinking about the urban economy. How…
ISA-RC21 Conference: In and Beyond the City: Emerging Ontologies, Persistent Challenges and Hopeful Futures
India Habitat Centre Delhi, IndiaAcross the globe, cities surpass their own contours. Urban cores expand and intensify in size and height, and we see connectivities, nodes and enclaves involving new technologies, information flows, migrations, time/space compressions and everyday rhythms and…
2019 Realising Just Cities Conference: Lessons, Impacts and Outcomes
Cutlers Hall Church Street, Sheffield, United KingdomThe rapidly growing number of people moving into cities all over the world presents a challenge of unprecedented size. It is crucial to find ways to make urbanisation a source for wealth, health and sustainability –…
The Northern Housing Summit 2019
Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel Blackfriars Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis year the Northern Housing Consortium launched #OurNorth, a celebration of the role local authorities and housing associations play in creating the communities in which 15 million people live. But #OurNorth is not just about highlighting…
The politics of memory: Urban cultural heritage in Brazil
Latin American Centre St Anthony's College, 2 Church Walk, OxfordBook launch: The Politics of Memory in Brazil Venue: Latin American Centre Author: Andreza de Souza Santos in conversation with Sandra Jovchelovitch (LSE) and Katerina Chatzikidi (Graduate Institute Geneva) Chair: Elizabeth Ewart, Head of School of…
Borderland Urbanism: Infrastructure for Fragmented Cities
ETH Zurich UNO B 11, Universitätstrasse 41 , Zurich, SwitzerlandUrban transformations in many countries of the Global South produce fragmented cities. These are characterised by the coexistence of fortified enclaves on the one hand, and informal settlements on the other. Everyday life is often radically…
Wales Housing Research Conference 2020
Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, United KingdomCo-hosted by the WISERD Wales Housing Research Network, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, Shelter Cymru and Welsh Government. This conference is sponsored by Pobl. About the conference Housing and homelessness are high on the…
ISULabaNtu end of project event
University of Westminster First Floor (Board Room), 309 Regent Street, LondonThe ISULabaNtu project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) and the National Research Foundation (South Africa) under the Newton Fund Urban Transformations Programme. The project explores community-led upgrading processes in environmental management…
Third Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN)
BrightonThe Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Third Biennial Conference will be held in Brighton, United Kingdom on 24-26 June 2020 on the theme of Contested Natures: Power, Possibility, Prefiguration. Submission deadline: All proposals must be submitted via online…