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The Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City is hiring a postdoctoral fellow for 2026–2027 on Radical Imagination: Temporalities and Geographies of Struggle. Deadline: March 5, 2026. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/.... #urban #sociology

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📣Registration for the RC21 Conference 2026 is open now!

Secure your place at the early bird rate and be part of inspiring discussions on urban inequalities and sustainable urban futures.

Registration details: rc21-vienna2026.org/registration/

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Postdoctoral position at Rice University (Houston, US) in a project examining how social processes and the built environment jointly produce and sustain spatial inequality. Review of applications will begin February 23, 2026. lnkd.in/dZQh-QJT #urban #sociology

Hybrid Seminar: "The relational side of urban segregation" by Joanie Cayouette-Remblière. Thursday 5 February 2026 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm CET. Sciences Po Paris/Zoom. Registration: www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit... #urban #sociology

Postdoctoral Associate on Just and Equitable Cities, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA). Interests related to informal settlements in sub-Saharan African cities. Deadline: 2026/03/01. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31331 #urban #sociology

Urban Urgencies - Urban Studies Foundation The Urban Studies Foundation (USF) is pleased to launch a new research funding initiative to seed-fund collaborative primary research proposals that engage

Seed-funding for collaborative primary research proposals that engage with the theme Urban Urgencies. Up to six innovative projects will be awarded up to GBP £35,000 each. Deadline: 23rd March 2026. www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/urba... #urban #sociology

Extra/ordinary Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa, is often associated with inequality and referred to as the quintessential ‘apartheid city’. Yet this book argues that Johannesburg, part of the highly urbanized Gauteng Cit...

New Open Access book: "Extra/ordinary Johannesburg. Centrality, periphery, and the spaces between" by Lindsay Blair Howe. uclpress.co.uk/book/extra-o... #urban #Sociology

Opening space for bold ideas: NIAS fellowship calls now open | NIAS In January 2026, NIAS opens its fellowship calls - welcoming thinkers whose curiosity transcends disciplinary boundaries. Scholars, journalists, artists, and writers come together in a vibrant communi...

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) offers a wealth of fellowships: nias.knaw.nl/news/submit-.... Deadline to apply: 16 March 2026. #urban #sociology

Fully funded PhD position on cycling futures in Brussels. As the project includes fieldwork in Brussels, a good command of French is necessary and Dutch is an asset. Deadline: 08/02/2026. jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P... #urban #sociology

Writing-Up Grants - IJURR IJURR Foundation promotes urban and regional research. Within this broad field it is particularly keen to encourage an understanding of the interconnection between social, economic and political proce...

IJURR Foundation announces Writing-Up Grants. Deadline: Jan 31, 2026. Donor: IJURR Foundation. Grant Type: Grant. Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000. www.ijurr.org/ijurr-founda... #urban #sociology

IJURR Foundation Majority Regions Workshops - IJURR Applications for 2026 workshops will open on 1st December 2025. Workshop Information As part of our mission to support early career scholars in the global South, The Foundation will fund one or two wo...

Two more weeks to apply for IJURR Foundation Majority Regions Workshops. Applications close 31st January, Midnight GMT. £5000 funding. Apply here: www.ijurr.org/ijurr-founda... #urban #sociology

Another interesting book has just been published: "Claiming the Right to the City. Rethinking Urban Transformations in Brazil" by Abigail Friendly. www.ubcpress.ca/claiming-the... #urban #sociology

Interesting new book out: "Women's Empowerment Through Public Space: Gendered Urban Experiences Across the Middle East and Europe" edited by Hooshmand Alizadeh, Selda Tuncer, Josef Kohlbacher & Sonya Karami. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #urban #sociology

CfP: Special Issue of AESOP Transactions: “The Interplay Between Health, Housing and Planning: A New Challenge?” Deadline for the submission of full articles: 15 March 2026.
transactions-journal.aesop-planning.eu/index.php/Tr... #urban #sociology

Doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships on urban, housing and architecture in Sweden (for limited periods, not taxed):
www.lundbergsstiftelserna.se?lang=en #urban #sociology

The European Sociological Association (ESA) invites applications for the ESA PhD Summer School 2026, to be held on site in Warsaw from 22 to 24 August 2026. Apply by by January 30th 2026. europeansociology.org/conference/2... #urban #sociology

Only 4 days left to submit your work to the RC21 Conference in Vienna, 20-22 July 2026. www.rc21.org/en/rc21-conf... #urban #sociology

CALL FOR SESSIONS | The Common City Conference 2026.
Uppsala, Sweden, August 26-28, 2026: "Struggling for Urban Justice in a Time of Authoritarianism and Multiple Crises". Submit your proposal by 30 Jan. 2026: bit.ly/CommonCity2026 #urban #sociology

Only 10 days left to submit your work to the RC21 Conference in Vienna, 20-22 July 2026. www.rc21.org/en/rc21-conf... #urban #sociology

Call for abstracts Call for Posters Pitch your work Submit by 29 December 2025 RC21 Vienna 2026 Inequalities and the city Urban Futures

2️⃣ weeks left to submit an abstract to RC21 Vienna 2026 Conference next July, "Inequalities and the city"

#RC21Vienna2026, organised by @rc21.bsky.social & @urbanfutures.bsky.social

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Several of our researchers co-chair panels

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The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) invites doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to its 2026 Spring Academy on "Urban Scholarship and Activism." Deadline for applications: 16 February 2026. leibniz-irs.de/en/springaca... #urban #sociology

Post-doctoral position in TU Berlin on how digital technologies are involved in the socio-material production of "encapsulations“ within South Korean society (Korean language required). Application deadline is 1 January 2026. www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/en/job-posti... #urban #sociology

The INRS Centre Urbanisation Culture Société is accepting applications for a a tenure-track professor position in teaching and research on the theme of cities and immigration (French language is required). Deadline: January 19, 2026. atlas.workland.com/work/70383/p... #urban #sociology

Tenured Professor in the interdisciplinary Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, on topics such as community development and organizing, affordable housing and homelessness... jobs.chronicle.com/job/37921091... #urban #sociology

New book out "Renewing Urban Critical Theories. Rediscovering Thinkers, Reimagining Texts, and Reframing Questions" edited by Francesco Biagi. www.routledge.com/Renewing-Urb... #urban #sociology

CfP: "La perspectiva espacial crítica en las ciencias sociales", revista Encrucijadas. Fecha Límite para recepción de trabajos: 30/05/2026. recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/en... #urban #sociology

Thomas Aguilera, Francesa Artioli & Claire Colomb – Housing Under Platform Capitalism. 04.12.2025, 5:00pm-7:00pm CET Compulsory registration Housing Under Platform Capitalism: The Contentious Regulation of Short-Term Rentals in European Cities Fifteen years after the launch of Airbnb, most cities around the world ha...

Book presentation: Thomas Aguilera, Francesa Artioli & Claire Colomb – "Housing Under Platform Capitalism". 04.12.2025, 5:00pm-7:00pm CET. www.sciencespo.fr/research/cit... #urban #sociology

Special issue of Global Dialogue in memory of Michael Burawoy. globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge... #urban #sociology

Interesting new book (with the Introduction and one chapter as open access): "Informal Housing in the Global North. Exploring Practices, Actors and Processes in a Transforming Housing System" edited by Jakub Galuszka. www.routledge.com/Informal-Hou... #urban #sociology

8TH RC21-IJURR FOUNDATION-IJURR DOCTORAL SCHOOL IN COMPARATIVE URBAN STUDIES. VIENNA (AUSTRIA), 9-22 JULY 2026.

Apply by 2 January 2026 at midnight GMT. See the instructions here:

www.rc21.org/en/8th-rc21-... #urban #sociology