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We still invite applications from early- to mid-career researchers to Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) offering an opportunity to collaborate with DGAP on various European policy issues. Apply now: buff.ly/fAhi5yw

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The #LeibnizDLGS #SummerSchool 2025 focus on policy and planning to address complex sustainability challenges. PhD candidates are invited to present their work. ⌛ Apply until 31 July 2025 👉 dlgs-dresden.de/programme/su...
@gpean-planning.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @sthlmresilience.bsky.social

Call for SPECIAL SESSIONS: World Planning Schools Congress 29.6 - 3.7.2026, Finland, is now open until 26.8.2025!
Special sessions address timely subjects not covered by the 15 congress tracks.
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#WPSC26 #urbanplanning #planningeducation #sustainabledevelopment

6th World Planning Schools Congress 2026 website has launched: wpsc2026.org

PERIPHERAL VISIONS: RETHINKING PLANNING, will take place 29 June - 3 July '26 in Helsinki and Espoo Finland, with PhD Workshop 26-29 June in Tampere. #WPSC26

CfP: International Colloquium OnDemandCity Platform Urbanism and Technified Urban Lives. October 9, 2025, Málaga. forms.office.com/pages/respon... #urban #sociology

ICYMI: Applications are open for the WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities! Join one of our upcoming webinars to learn how to submit a strong entry and what makes a project stand out.

📅 Apr 23: bit.ly/4iJpHkA
📅 Apr 24: bit.ly/4iL3K4O

Are Spatial Planning Schools across Europe Teaching Climate Change? A Survey of Curricula in the European Context - Cassidy Johnson, Richard Sliuzas, Adriana Galderisi, Massimiliano Granceri Bradaschi... It is important that the current and the next generations of planners are well equipped to contribute to the realization and upscaling of effective climate chan...

" Framing the issue in the European context, and building on studies of other global regions, this research is the first European-wide scale survey to look at the extent to which European planning schools are addressing climate change in their curricula."

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4-5 September 2025 – International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities – Paris, France - Carlos Moreno Join the International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities in Paris on September 4-5, 2025. Experts will discuss local collaboration and knowledge-sharing to build more sustainable, human-cent...

International Conference on Sustainable Urban Proximities – Paris, 4 & 5 September 2025

In partnership with @chaireetiparis.bsky.social @unhabitat-uni.bsky.social UCLG Paris

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#SustainableCities #UrbanProximities

COPED 2025 - Catania - Italy June 8th > 17th, 2025, Call for Applications - Trame di Quartiere Are you a graduate student or early-career researcher interested in how research can generate socially equitable and ecological community development? Join CoPED! CoPED is an intensive 10-day transdis...

CoPED 2025: SAN BERILLO RISING: PLANNING FOR PEOPLE: HOUSING FOR ALL, 8-17 June '25, Catania, Italy: 10-day transdisciplinary summer school. www.tramediquartiere.org/coped-2025-c...

YouTube video by UN-Habitat Learn Samson Olanrewaju - Land-use transformation and quality of life in peri-urban areas

Samson Olanrewaju: LAND-USE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PERI-URBAN AREAS. Fourth episode of Season 7 of the Global Urban Lectures launched!

View in YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtQ1...

Global Urban Lectures: unhabitat.org/uni/global-u...

YouTube video by UN-Habitat Learn Saut Sagala - Urban Resilience Approach: Rapid Risk Diagnostic to Improve Quality of Life

Saut Sagala: Urban Resilience Approach: Rapid Risk Diagnostic to Improve Quality of Life. Third episode of Season 7 of the Global Urban Lectures.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGxL...

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@unhabitat-uni.bsky.social #qualityoflife #climateaction4cities

Grassroots innovations: How to move to scale? Register now for the Grassroots Innovations webinar organised by IHS in collaboration with UN-Habitat, EUR-VCC, Closer Cities, and Justra Cities.

IHS, Erasmus Uni: Webinar on Grassroots Organizations and Marginalized Communities

📅 29 January 2025, 13:00 -14:30 CET

www.ihs.nl/en/events/gr...

Apply TODAY! (by 11:59pm)
Share your climate projects, artwork, and research. Top posters will receive cash prizes 🙌
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We are looking for a new @rsa-rsrs.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief. This interdisciplinary open access journal explores a variety of social science topics at a variety of spatial scales.

More info here www.regionalstudies.org/news/for-edi...

Closing Date: Friday 31 January 2025

We are looking for a new Editor-in-Chief for the Regions and Cities Book Series. These popular multi-disciplinary books are of interest to anyone involved in regional and urban development.

More details at www.regionalstudies.org/news/call-fo...

⏰Deadline for applications 31 Jan 2025

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
View videos:

Planning Housing for Whom and How?: youtu.be/Qns3vw-VR10

Planners in the Center of the Housing Crisis?: youtu.be/oRJB0Hu6gew

#UrbanThinkers
#HousingMatters #SustainableDevelopment #ListenToCities

🏙️Governing Urban Data for the Public Interest

Revisit our #IIPPInConversation panel with Francesca Bria, @rainerkattel.bsky.social , Theo Blackwell ( @ldncdo.bsky.social ), and @henriverdier.bsky.social on how cities can use data for the public interest.

📺Watch here: https://buff.ly/3VMDaii

UN-Habitat Arena: New Pact Between Un-habitat and Academia (World Urban Forum 12th Session) As urban areas continue to expand and evolve at an unprecedented rate, the role of academia in shaping the future of cities has become increasingly important.

Video of UN-Habitat Arena event about UNI: New Pact Between UN-Habitat and Academia from World Urban Forum 12 is available on the UN Web TV site in Arabic, English, French and Spanish: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...

Academia Roundtable (World Urban Forum 12th Session) In the eye of the storm: How research and data can help solve the climate-related urban Housing crisis. Roundtables are action-oriented events that bring together peers to exchange views and opinions ...

Video of the Academia Roundtable from @World Urban Forum 12 is available on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i...
in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

#housingmatters #itallstartsathome @unhabitat.bsky.social

Are Urban Planning Schools in the Global South Prepared for Current Challenges of Climate Change and Disaster Risks? This article undertakes an analysis of current urban planning programs at universities with a focus on sub-Saharan English-speaking African (SSA) and South East Asian countries (SEA) as comparison cas...

Wolfgang Scholz, T. Stober, and H Sassen. Are urban planning schools in the Global South prepared for current challenges of climate change and disaster risks? SUSTAINABILITY 13 (2021): 1064. doi.org/10.3390/su13... 4/4

The Importance of Climate Change Education in Urban Planning: A Review of Planning Courses at UK Universities Climate change is affecting communities and environments across the world. If immediate, concerted effort is not made to reduce levels of greenhouse gas emissions, the effects could be catastrophic. U...

A Preston-Jones.The importance of climate change education in Urban Planning: a review of planning courses at UK universities, in W. Leal Filho, et al, eds. Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options. Climate Change Management. Springer. pp. 1045-1067. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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Is climate change in the curriculum? An analysis of Australian urban planning degrees The profession of urban planning contributes to the design and spatial arrangement of cities, and has been recognized as a key potential facilitator of action on climate change. Yet, there has been...

1 of 4 studies completed in response to a call from P4CAction Others:
Anna Hurlimann, PB Cobbinah, J. Bush and Alan March. Is climate change in the curriculum?: an analysis of Australian urban planning degrees. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH 27 (2021): 970-991. doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity Preparing planners to effectively engage with climate change poses vexing multi-level challenges for instructors across content, pedagogy, and relationships. There exists an urgent need, and demand...

Much awaited results of the US and Canadian study of planning school climate action education! Bravo Elisabeth Infield Mark Seasons and Ward Lyles!

"Teaching climate change planning: fostering hope while building capacity" - doi.org/10.1080/0269...
@climateaction4cities #planningeducation 1/4

AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: World Urban Campaign Urban Thinkers Campus, Wed/Fri 18 &20 December, 13h00-15h00 UTC

Wednesday logon: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Friday logon: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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🔔 Now accepting applications for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨
Submit your proposals before the deadline on 17th February 2025. Visit the USF website for more info!
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#USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies

Habitat's University Network Initiative is on Bluesky:
UNHabitat-UNI.bsky.social

We are UN-Habitat's bridge to academia advancing research and capacity building for sustainable development.

Is your city ready to host the World Urban Forum in 2028?

UN-Habitat invites cities & countries to express interest by 15 April 2025!

✨ Showcase leadership in sustainable urban development
🌐 Gain global visibility
📈 Drive impact on urban solutions

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