Sheffield Urbanism

And here's @simonrushton.bsky.social chatting to the very same @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on Nepal's uprising and local peace-building processes in Colombia

Sneak preview of @samburgum.bsky.social speaking to #urbanradar podcast hosts @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social on this month's radar

It was a great pleasure and privilege to have this small book review forum on ‘Politics and the Urban Frontier’ in @urbanstudiesjournal.com. Thank you to all involved!

Radar 9: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)

New episode of #UrbanRadar!

In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:

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JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield During Urban October the Urban Institute is delighted to be organising two in-person launches for the JustGESI project - Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition...

JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield
- Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

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New episode out now! A great listen for researchers, students, and advocates for knowledge coproduction

Featuring Diana Mitlin, Melanie Lombard, myself & @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

@coprofutures.bsky.social @africancities.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social

This is phenomenal news! Congratulations to @vanesilla.bsky.social and @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social for this prestigious accolade.

Vanesa Castán Broto joins new group of scientists to advance SDGs Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of th...

Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin

New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

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@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

Andy Burnham, the man who would be king The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles

I was fortunate enough to interview @andyburnham.bsky.social for #urbanradar podcast and hear first-hand about broken Britain & what is needed to rewire systems and rebalance power

I was convinced by much of it - listen here

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www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu:

FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Moving trailer for @invisiblemapper.bsky.social new GLOBALCORRIDOR film directed by Spyros Gerousis

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Co-production of Knowledge in Action Co-production of actionable knowledge as a development strategy entails working in partnership with different institutions and sharing power so that communities can participate in planning urban futur...

New book from Vanesa Castán Broto + collaborators

Co-production of Knowledge in Action
Emancipatory strategies for urban equality

(OPEN ACCESS with UCL Press)

uclpress.co.uk/book/co-prod...

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion The leaked redevelopment plan pays homage to mega projects in the Gulf.

"The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion"

Jon Silver in the Conversation

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What drives land value change in African cities? Unlocking value and the prospects for progressive reform - ACRC The urgency of developing more effective mechanisms to capture rising land values for urban infrastructure and services is now widely acknowledged. It is also accepted that this is highly challenging.

📍 What really drives land value change in African cities?

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social explores how findings from our land and connectivity research challenge some of the dominant notions on which ideas of value capture are based 👇
www.african-cities.org/what-drives-...

"This article examines the doubleness of precarity as an atmosphere of both how life is made marginal and how life exceeds the margins imposed."

@xazaaradjame.bsky.social

Check out new article below

Upcoming launch event for a C40 Cities special issue that @zacjtaylor.bsky.social & I have edited on climate risk, finance, and adaptation! We’ll speak with some stellar panelists: @pmbigger.bsky.social, @lindashi.bsky.social, @kellyhereid.bsky.social & Kayin Venner.

Register here: bit.ly/4m7kCDo

What kinds of epistemic violence or justice might we foster when we translate words, concepts and ideas in, out and between places?

Register now for the @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social's #urbanepistemics workshop on "Untranslatable?"

Tues 7th Oct, all day, online

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Not in Sheffield? This one is for you

Online book launch of "The Gated City"
Wednesday 24th September, 1700-1800 BST

Register below...

@qurbanist.bsky.social @shardarozena.bsky.social @invisiblemapper.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

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In Sheffield - in person event on 18th September - register below

@africancities.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

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'Global Corridor' offers a regular round up of some of the most interesting news, stories, data, opinion + academic work on global infrastructure.

Subscribe to Jon Silver's new Substack newsletter here
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@sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social

Radar 8: SCHOOLING AND SURVIVING IN ENGLAND AND SUDAN (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)

If you missed #urbanradar over the summer, here is a bumper episode

- Christina Tatham on #multilingualism and #play in and out the classroom in superdiverse urban communities

- Cathy Wilcock on #civil war, #diaspora formation and music scenes in #Sudan

open.spotify.com/episode/3lcH...

We missed this over the summer! To hear @qurbanist.bsky.social talk about his work on wealth elites, tune into last month's #urbanradar here

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"China's African port expansion, the end of the Line? Trump's self-named corridor, CPEC, Not Just Roads and Pakistani gateways."

My second Global Corridor newsletter is now on Substack providing news + views on global infrastructure.

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

New evidence of barriers to co-produced research The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.

New evidence of barriers to co-produced research
The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.

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How Can We Make Our Cities More Child-Friendly? U.K.-based researchers say that we're failing children when it comes to urban design, ignoring their fundamental right to play in our cities.

😎 I was very chuffed to be interviewed by @lauriewinkless.bsky.social for her @forbes.com feature

‘How Can We Make Our Cities More Child-Friendly?’

#HelenWoolley and I reflect on our respective research on planning & designing cities that take children’s rights seriously

@sheffielduni.bsky.social

Latest Urban Radar feature now out...

With Mona Fawaz (Beirut Urban Lab) & Nausheen Anwar (Karachi Urban Lab)

"Urban Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth" - a critical, unsettling and inspiring listen...

@itsbethperry.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

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Critical work from @anomiegeog.bsky.social on eviction, property and Cape Town

URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH
- New Urban Radar podcast available now... 🙊 💰

In this month's episode Tom and Beth are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Rowland Atkinson to examine the impacts of political and wealth elites on urban life.

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