This post outlines the main findings from the first round of research carried out by Dr Niamh Gaynor and Dr Eamonn McConnon in Dublin as part of the Collaborative Governance under Austerity project. It forms part…
Madeleine Pill reports on the findings from the exploratory research in Baltimore, carried out as part of the Collaborative Governance under Austerity project, sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of its Urban Transformations Network, and led by Prof. Jonathan…
Ioannis Chorianopoulos and Naya Tselepi report the findings from the exploratory research in Athens, carried out as part of the Collaborative Governance under Austerity project, sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of its Urban Transformations Network, and led…
This post summarizes the main findings of the case study of Barcelona from the Collaborative Governance under Austerity project, a comparative study of the impacts of austerity in eight cities in Europe and North America sponsored…
This post outlines the main findings from the first round of research carried out by Prof. Jonathan Davies and Dr. Adrian Bua in Leicester as part of the ESRC-funded Collaborative Governance under Austerity project. It will be…
We are pleased to launch a series of 8 further publications outlining the findings from exploratory research in our 8 case study cities – Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Dublin, Leicester, Melbourne, Montreal and Nantes. In this initial…
Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa and in Africa more broadly. It is said to provide livelihoods and…
Nick Malleson I recently attended a conference, hosted at Wilton Park, called “Disrupting cities through technology”. The event brought together a diverse group of people, from business, academia, and the public sector, all from a variety…
Caroline Moser The Habitat III negotiations offer a unique opportunity to recognize the centrality of gender in urban policy and practice. But these will not be successful unless fundamental changes are incorporated. In the build-up to…
Michele Acuto Pressing problems such as climate change, pandemics, and inequality significantly affect cities in an urbanizing world, and in turn impact a growing proportion of humanity living in urban areas. For these reasons we now…
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