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UI 10th and 精东影业Urbanism Programme

精东影业Urbanism Summer Programme 23rd June to 4th July 2025

The summer programme is part of the Urban Institute鈥檚 10 year anniversary celebrations and also marks 60 years since the establishment of urban studies and planning scholarship and research at the 精东影业.
Pushing Boundaries
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Pushing Boundaries

On 10 June 2025 Professor Beth Perry participated in the Pushing Boundaries Conference hosted by the Young Foundation with UKRI at The British Library.

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Re-framing a semi-periphery: The making of Lisbon as a global real estate market

Urban Institute Research Associate Rafaella Lima has published a new open access journal article on the Lisbon global real estate market for Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space.

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REBEL

REBEL! Recognising learning and skills in the community

How can universities help volunteers in the community to identify and recognise their learning and skills in social action projects? This was the focus of our community workshop held at the 精东影业 on Monday 19th June.
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Congratulations to UI Associate Madeleine Pill on two new publications!

Dr Madeleine Pill, Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography and Planning has published an open access article in the Local Government Studies' journal and a book chapter both around the theme of urban governance and policy.

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Urban Political Podcast on Waste and the City is now published

Professor Vanesa Cast谩n Broto recently participated in a podcast hosted by Nitin Bathla with Julia Wesely in a book review of Colin McFarlane's new book "Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife".

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RURBANISE project officially launched!

On Friday聽21st聽June 2024 the RURBANISE - Building聽resilience in the context of rapid urbanization: a view from informal settlements in the Philippines project was officially launched at a hybrid event.
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Simon Marvin and colleagues have published new journal article on AI

Congratulations to Simon et al on their new open access journal article in the journal of Urban Geography entitled "Why does urban Arti铿乧ial Intelligence (AI) matter for urban studies? Developing research directions in urban AI research".
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Publication chosen by the Editor of Urban Studies journal as a featured article.

Congratulations to Simon Marvin and colleagues on having their article "The Urbanisation of Controlled Environment Agriculture: Why does it matter for urban studies?" chosen by as one of this quarter's Editors' Featured Articles in Urban Studies.