AHRC-led climate call on Living with Uncertainty: Town hall meeting – 16 December

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On 16 December, between 10am and 4.00pm in London (venue TBC), the AHRC is hosting a town meeting to discuss its forthcoming call on Living with Uncertainty, focused around climate resilience. The UK Climate Resilience programme…

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A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor

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This piece by Deljana Iossifova, Purva Dewoolkar and Youcan Ren has been reposted from The Conversation: you can view the original article here. Don’t take toilets for granted. Their connection to a managed sewage disposal system protects you…

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SPF UK Climate Resilience Programme: Call open

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Deadline for proposals is 4pm on 5 December 2019. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is inviting proposals to their second funding opportunity through the UK Climate Resilience programme, funded through the Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF). The…

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Upcoming call: ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC)

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The ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC) call for proposals, planned to open in December/January, invites researchers, cities, municipalities, businesses, civil society and other stakeholders to build transnational consortia to create challenge-driven innovation and research…

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Smart urban intermediaries: End of project findings

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As the project Smart Urban Intermediaries – Trans-European Research, Learning and Action draws to an end, the project has released a number of outputs on its website. These include, besides a series of short films and a…

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Socially smart cities: Making a difference in urban neighbourhoods

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This blog by Alison Gilchrist, written as the Smart Urban Intermediaries – Trans-European Research, Learning and Action  project draws to an end, outlines some of its key findings. This blog has been reposted from the project…

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Borderland urbanism: Infrastructure for fragmented cities (26 November)

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Tuesday, 26th November 2019, at 17.15 – 18.30 ETH Zurich, UNO B 11, Universitätstrasse 41   Urban transformations in many countries of the Global South produce fragmented cities. These are characterised by the coexistence of fortified…

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Circular sanitation economy in India: Evidence from Amberpet sewage treatment plant

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This blog by Sourav Mohanty is the third in a series of blogs about the work of the Rurality as a Vehicle for Urban Transformation (RUST) project. It was originally posted on the RUST website.  Swachh Bharat (Clean…

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Book launch – The Politics of Memory in Brazil (19 November)

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19 November book 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…

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Governance of sanitation in a rapidly changing world

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This blog by Sarah Cooper is the second in a series of blogs about the work of the Rurality as a Vehicle for Urban Transformation (RUST) project. It was originally posted on the RUST website. A video profile…

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