This blog by Qiujie Shi and Tao Liu unpacks some of the connections between the COVID-19 pandemic and migration – and highlights the importance of whose mobility has played the most predominant role in its spread,…
This blog by Racher Greer and Susan Pit outline some of the implications of circular economy approaches to catering in the Netherlands, drawing on their research with the WASTE FEW ULL (Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Labs…
The UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit has launched a call for experts from a range of disciplines with a relevant research background to support the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Specialists in a range of fields,…
This blog by PEAK Urban’s Jairo Alejandro Gómez Escobar describes some of the work of the project’s Colombia team to model urban growth in the future in a context where the limited available data is ‘noisy’.…
This blog by Annie Wilkinson, Principal Investigator of the project Shock Tactics: Urban Health Futures in the Wake of Ebola, discusses the implications of the coronavirus for residents of informal settlements for whom ‘crisis is already the…
As the Urban Transformations programme approaches its end, this brief introduction by Professor Michael Keith – excerpted from the longer report, The ESRC Urban Transformations Programme: An Overview – presents some of the key milestones and…
This week ESRC launches a new £2m research methods development grants call to address methodological challenges in the social sciences. Maintaining our prominent global position in social science research methods is critical if we are to respond effectively…
This blog by Professor Michael Keith, Coordinator of the Urban Transformations portfolio and Principal Investigator of the PEAK Urban project, is based on a paper presented by Michael Keith to the World Urban Forum on 10…
This interview with Neil Adger, one of the Principal Investigators of the MISTY: Migration and Sustainability project, explores some of the connections between migration, cities and sustainable development. This piece has been reposted from the T2S…
Migration is a key part of our society. With around 750 million migrants across the globe, migration should be incorporated into sustainable development planning, and in particular in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is…
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