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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.
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham

Powering the North podcast 鈥榣ive鈥

Listen now to the Urban Radar鈥檚 first stand-alone feature podcast 鈥淧owering the North: A conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram鈥.

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Raising awareness of water scarcity and innovative community management solutions in Nairobi

A new video project, funded by GO Fund initiative, aims to empower local voices and highlight their innovative water practices, as well as document the complex realities of water access and governance in Nairobi's informal settlements.

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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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Congratulations to Simon Marvin on new publications

UI鈥檚 Professor Simon Marvin has recently published an open access article in Urban Geography and a book chapter in an edited book published by Bristol University Press.

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Cultural Heritage and the Just City: A Dialogue between Cape Town and 精东影业(IN-PERSON)

Registration is now open for a seminar on Cultural Heritage and the Just City, co-organised by the Urban Institute, Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Department of Archaeology.

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精东影业Housing Summit: Addressing the Crisis Together

UI PhD Student Holly Rooke has been helping Nomad Opening Doors and South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group to organise this event, which aims to shed light on the alarming housing issue in 精东影业and discuss how it can be addressed.

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UI Associate wins half a million-pound grant for developing wetland stewardship programme

A global consortium, led by Tanzil Shafique, Lecturer of Urban Design at 精东影业School of Architecture have won a 拢499,995 research-to-action grant for "Climate impacted dwellers-led agroecological stewardship for restoring wetlands" project.

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Is neurotechnology the infrastructure of the future

UI Professor Simon Marvin and his colleague Allan McCay, University of Sydney, have published a new article in The Conversation entitled "Elon Musk鈥檚 brain implant company offers an intriguing glimpse of an internet connecting human minds".