At Habitat III, UK-based scholarship remains at the very cusp of urban thought in international development circles, building on its rich critical, and practical tradition in a myriad of uncharted ways. Urban Transformations is working to…
The Urban Transformations Network, UK Economic and Social Research Council (UT-ESRC) is partnering with the Conversation to develop a series of articles on publicly funded UK research at the UN Habitat III summit in Quito, Ecuador. We will…
Phase one of the Urban Living Partnership, a first-of-its-kind investment by the seven UK Research Councils and the government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, brings citizens together with university researchers, local authorities and over 70 partners from…
Transforming research into practices and policies: Dialogues on implementation and evaluation of the new urban agenda A Habitat III Side Event convened by: Urban Transformations Network, United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (UK-ESRC) Time: 17…
With Brazil’s municipal elections scheduled in a few weeks time, the Urban Transformation Network, United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (UT-ESRC) has partnered with BBC Brazil to produce a series of articles exploring the challenges…
People living in the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle & Gateshead and York will benefit from a new research and innovation initiative that puts them in the driving seat to help improve their cities’ health,…
De Montfort University is advertising a fully funded PhD opportunity to research on securitisation in urban policy making. The bursary focuses on the impact of security policy on subnational levels of government and the implications for…
20-24 June 2016, São Paulo, Brazil – calls for applications ICTP-South-American Institute for Fundamental Research R. Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz 271, bloco IFT 01140-070 São Paulo, Brazil http://www.ictp-saifr.org Committee: Roberto Kraenkel, Deljana Iossifova, Ulysses Sengupta Background…