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Flyer with USF Logo for the 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS of the International Fellowships on a Photo by Zeke Tucker

Flyer with USF Logo for the 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS of the International Fellowships on a Photo by Zeke Tucker

Flyer with USF Logo for the 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS of the International Fellowships, on a blue background, with the following details: Open to early-to-mid-career urban scholars from the Global South; PhD must have been awarded within the last 10 years; Requires a Mentor at your chosen host university; deadline 6 July 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0; Apply online; This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.

Flyer with USF Logo for the 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS of the International Fellowships, on a blue background, with the following details: Open to early-to-mid-career urban scholars from the Global South; PhD must have been awarded within the last 10 years; Requires a Mentor at your chosen host university; deadline 6 July 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0; Apply online; This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.

📢 2026 USF International Fellowships - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.

Deadline: 6 July 2026
Read more & apply : https://ow.ly/ezMb50YILbw

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“... financing does not simply enable infrastructure—it reorganises control, redistributes risk, and reshapes access. In the case of the expressway, the PPP model effectively transforms a public infrastructure into a revenue-generating asset under private control. This shifts its orientation from a collective urban service toward a commodified, selectively accessible corridor.”

“... financing does not simply enable infrastructure—it reorganises control, redistributes risk, and reshapes access. In the case of the expressway, the PPP model effectively transforms a public infrastructure into a revenue-generating asset under private control. This shifts its orientation from a collective urban service toward a commodified, selectively accessible corridor.”

Flyer with USF logo for the blog "Estranging infrastructure through writing and publishing" on a picture of the Nairobi Expressway by Zhengli Huang; and the quote "... financing does not simply enable infrastructure—it reorganises control, redistributes risk, and reshapes access. In the case of the expressway, the PPP model effectively transforms a public infrastructure into a revenue-generating asset under private control. This shifts its orientation from a collective urban service toward a commodified, selectively accessible corridor.”

Flyer with USF logo for the blog "Estranging infrastructure through writing and publishing" on a picture of the Nairobi Expressway by Zhengli Huang; and the quote "... financing does not simply enable infrastructure—it reorganises control, redistributes risk, and reshapes access. In the case of the expressway, the PPP model effectively transforms a public infrastructure into a revenue-generating asset under private control. This shifts its orientation from a collective urban service toward a commodified, selectively accessible corridor.”

📉 How does financing transform a public service into a "commodified corridor"?

In this new #USFblog post, former #USFInternationalFellow Zhengli Huang reflects on her research in Kenya, comparing the SGR and the Nairobi Expressway. 🇰🇪

https://ow.ly/KOuZ50YH1Rr
#Kenya #Infrastructure #PPP

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Flyer with USF logo for the chapter publication "Douala, Cameroon: From Commute to Championship" on a picture by Salifou Ndam. Plus, the cover of the book and the text "The research analyses the factors that either promoted or slowed bicycles diffusion as a transport mode and the prospects for the bicycle in a context where transport systems are lagging. Former Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow Salifou Ndam and geography Professor Patrick Rérat are bringing the fascinating story of Douala’s cycling history to life." on a light blue backround

Flyer with USF logo for the chapter publication "Douala, Cameroon: From Commute to Championship" on a picture by Salifou Ndam. Plus, the cover of the book and the text "The research analyses the factors that either promoted or slowed bicycles diffusion as a transport mode and the prospects for the bicycle in a context where transport systems are lagging. Former Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow Salifou Ndam and geography Professor Patrick Rérat are bringing the fascinating story of Douala’s cycling history to life." on a light blue backround

Flyer with USF logo for the chapter publication "Douala, Cameroon: From Commute to Championship" on a picture by Salifou Ndam. Plus, the cover of the book and the text "The research analyses the factors that either promoted or slowed bicycles diffusion as a transport mode and the prospects for the bicycle in a context where transport systems are lagging. Former Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow Salifou Ndam and geography Professor Patrick Rérat are bringing the fascinating story of Douala’s cycling history to life." on a light blue backround

Flyer with USF logo for the chapter publication "Douala, Cameroon: From Commute to Championship" on a picture by Salifou Ndam. Plus, the cover of the book and the text "The research analyses the factors that either promoted or slowed bicycles diffusion as a transport mode and the prospects for the bicycle in a context where transport systems are lagging. Former Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow Salifou Ndam and geography Professor Patrick Rérat are bringing the fascinating story of Douala’s cycling history to life." on a light blue backround

📚 Publication Alert! 🚴‍♂️

"Douala, Cameroon: From Commute to Championship"

Former #USFInternationalFellow Salifou Ndam and Prof. Patrick Rérat have contributed a fascinating new chapter to Cycling Cities: The African Experience.

🔗 Order the book here: ow.ly/7ZA050Yx1oH

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Flyer with USF logo for the event "Urbicide in Palestinian Cities After the Nakba: Time, Rupture, and Remaking the Urban Space " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Destruction and the Concept of Time within the Palestinian Urban Context “Who Lives There Down Under the Rubble?” A Visit to the city of al-Lydd Before the Upheaval Deconstructing Emerging Urbanity: Redrawing the Political Arena in Haifa After 1948. Moderator: Dr Orwa Switat, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University. 26th March 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online" on a grey background.

Flyer with USF logo for the event "Urbicide in Palestinian Cities After the Nakba: Time, Rupture, and Remaking the Urban Space " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Destruction and the Concept of Time within the Palestinian Urban Context “Who Lives There Down Under the Rubble?” A Visit to the city of al-Lydd Before the Upheaval Deconstructing Emerging Urbanity: Redrawing the Political Arena in Haifa After 1948. Moderator: Dr Orwa Switat, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University. 26th March 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online" on a grey background.

Flyer with USF logo for the event "Urbicide in Palestinian Cities After the Nakba: Time, Rupture, and Remaking the Urban Space " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Destruction and the Concept of Time within the Palestinian Urban Context “Who Lives There Down Under the Rubble?” A Visit to the city of al-Lydd Before the Upheaval Deconstructing Emerging Urbanity: Redrawing the Political Arena in Haifa After 1948. Moderator: Dr Orwa Switat, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University. 26th March 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online" on a grey background.

Flyer with USF logo for the event "Urbicide in Palestinian Cities After the Nakba: Time, Rupture, and Remaking the Urban Space " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Destruction and the Concept of Time within the Palestinian Urban Context “Who Lives There Down Under the Rubble?” A Visit to the city of al-Lydd Before the Upheaval Deconstructing Emerging Urbanity: Redrawing the Political Arena in Haifa After 1948. Moderator: Dr Orwa Switat, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Brown University. 26th March 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online" on a grey background.

📢 Upcoming Seminar: Urbicide in Palestinian Cities After the Nakba

🗓️ 26 March 2026 | 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT+2)
📍 Location: Zoom
🗣️ Language: Arabic-English

Part of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards project: "Urbicide in Gaza: spatial violence, reconstruction, and resistance."

🔗 More info: ow.ly/YQcQ50YvEAV

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Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Lucrative infrastructure and intentional bypassing: Comparing two Chinese-financed infrastructure projects in Kenya" on a picture by Zhengli Huang, the cover of the paper an the quote "The paper argues that the shift in financing not only commodifies infrastructure but also institutionalises bypassing, as projects increasingly prioritise exclusive flows, tolled access, and selective connectivity over inclusive integration. It challenges the assumption that PPPs represent a more efficient financing model, and shows instead how the redistribution of risk and control through financing models shapes the socio-spatial inequalities of large-scale connectivity infrastructure."

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Lucrative infrastructure and intentional bypassing: Comparing two Chinese-financed infrastructure projects in Kenya" on a picture by Zhengli Huang, the cover of the paper an the quote "The paper argues that the shift in financing not only commodifies infrastructure but also institutionalises bypassing, as projects increasingly prioritise exclusive flows, tolled access, and selective connectivity over inclusive integration. It challenges the assumption that PPPs represent a more efficient financing model, and shows instead how the redistribution of risk and control through financing models shapes the socio-spatial inequalities of large-scale connectivity infrastructure."

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Lucrative infrastructure and intentional bypassing: Comparing two Chinese-financed infrastructure projects in Kenya" on a picture by Zhengli Huang, the cover of the paper an the quote "The paper argues that the shift in financing not only commodifies infrastructure but also institutionalises bypassing, as projects increasingly prioritise exclusive flows, tolled access, and selective connectivity over inclusive integration. It challenges the assumption that PPPs represent a more efficient financing model, and shows instead how the redistribution of risk and control through financing models shapes the socio-spatial inequalities of large-scale connectivity infrastructure."

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Lucrative infrastructure and intentional bypassing: Comparing two Chinese-financed infrastructure projects in Kenya" on a picture by Zhengli Huang, the cover of the paper an the quote "The paper argues that the shift in financing not only commodifies infrastructure but also institutionalises bypassing, as projects increasingly prioritise exclusive flows, tolled access, and selective connectivity over inclusive integration. It challenges the assumption that PPPs represent a more efficient financing model, and shows instead how the redistribution of risk and control through financing models shapes the socio-spatial inequalities of large-scale connectivity infrastructure."

👉 New paper out!
"Lucrative infrastructure and intentional bypassing..."

Former #USFInternationalFellow Zhengli Huang challenges the efficiency assumptions of PPPs in Kenya’s latest infrastructure projects.

Read more: ow.ly/n7N450YuyHl

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Flyer with USF logo for the Film Screening "Nostalgia" on a picture of a Scene from the film and the text "The town was called Meitian. In the early 1990s, however, most of its inhabitants seemed to vanish almost overnight, leaving behind little explanation of where they had gone. Nostalgia traces the story of this southern Chinese town and explores the complexities of urban development, migration, and collective memory in contemporary China. Through intimate interviews and archival footage, the film captures the nostalgic longing of former residents and reflects on what prosperity means in the context of rapid industrialisation. March 28th, 2026 Royal College, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow"

Flyer with USF logo for the Film Screening "Nostalgia" on a picture of a Scene from the film and the text "The town was called Meitian. In the early 1990s, however, most of its inhabitants seemed to vanish almost overnight, leaving behind little explanation of where they had gone. Nostalgia traces the story of this southern Chinese town and explores the complexities of urban development, migration, and collective memory in contemporary China. Through intimate interviews and archival footage, the film captures the nostalgic longing of former residents and reflects on what prosperity means in the context of rapid industrialisation. March 28th, 2026 Royal College, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow"

Flyer with USF logo for the Film Screening "Nostalgia" on a picture of a Scene from the film and the text "The town was called Meitian. In the early 1990s, however, most of its inhabitants seemed to vanish almost overnight, leaving behind little explanation of where they had gone. Nostalgia traces the story of this southern Chinese town and explores the complexities of urban development, migration, and collective memory in contemporary China. Through intimate interviews and archival footage, the film captures the nostalgic longing of former residents and reflects on what prosperity means in the context of rapid industrialisation. March 28th, 2026 Royal College, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow"

Flyer with USF logo for the Film Screening "Nostalgia" on a picture of a Scene from the film and the text "The town was called Meitian. In the early 1990s, however, most of its inhabitants seemed to vanish almost overnight, leaving behind little explanation of where they had gone. Nostalgia traces the story of this southern Chinese town and explores the complexities of urban development, migration, and collective memory in contemporary China. Through intimate interviews and archival footage, the film captures the nostalgic longing of former residents and reflects on what prosperity means in the context of rapid industrialisation. March 28th, 2026 Royal College, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow"

📢 Documentary Film Screening: Nostalgia

Join Dr Joseph Zhao and colleagues from the #USFSeminarSeriesAward project on post-industrial urban transitions for an intimate look at Meitian.

🗓️ 28/3/26 | 11:00 GMT
📍 Royal College, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
🗣️ English/Mandarin

🔗 ow.ly/VAOu50YrtOB

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Flyer for USF blog "Seeing the city: visual methodologies and the limits of the archive" with USF logo on an image of "3 - Hotel Metrópole, Centro, Belo Horizonte, 2019. Credit Junia Mortimer" and the quote "“More than 80% of the Brazilian built environment is conceived without architects, engineers, or urbanists, yet architectural history continues to focus on the professionally designed minority. This isn't an oversight - it reflects systemic conditions in which modern-colonial planning has consistently rendered vernacular, spatial knowledge invisible.”

Flyer for USF blog "Seeing the city: visual methodologies and the limits of the archive" with USF logo on an image of "3 - Hotel Metrópole, Centro, Belo Horizonte, 2019. Credit Junia Mortimer" and the quote "“More than 80% of the Brazilian built environment is conceived without architects, engineers, or urbanists, yet architectural history continues to focus on the professionally designed minority. This isn't an oversight - it reflects systemic conditions in which modern-colonial planning has consistently rendered vernacular, spatial knowledge invisible.”

Flyer for USF blog "Seeing the city: visual methodologies and the limits of the archive" with USF logo on an image of "3 - Hotel Metrópole, Centro, Belo Horizonte, 2019. Credit Junia Mortimer" and the quote "“More than 80% of the Brazilian built environment is conceived without architects, engineers, or urbanists, yet architectural history continues to focus on the professionally designed minority. This isn't an oversight - it reflects systemic conditions in which modern-colonial planning has consistently rendered vernacular, spatial knowledge invisible.”

Flyer for USF blog "Seeing the city: visual methodologies and the limits of the archive" with USF logo on an image of "3 - Hotel Metrópole, Centro, Belo Horizonte, 2019. Credit Junia Mortimer" and the quote "“More than 80% of the Brazilian built environment is conceived without architects, engineers, or urbanists, yet architectural history continues to focus on the professionally designed minority. This isn't an oversight - it reflects systemic conditions in which modern-colonial planning has consistently rendered vernacular, spatial knowledge invisible.”

New Blog Post: "Seeing the city: visual methodologies and the limits of the archive"

Former #USFInternationalFellow Dr. Junia Cambraia Mortimer reflects on her research in the Brazilian Amazon, discussing archival absence and counter-colonial methods 🇧🇷📸

👉 ow.ly/wBna50Yr3Kv

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Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Taking urban green space seriously: On environmental justice and equity" by Michael Osei Asibey, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and Yetimoni Kpeebi on an image by the authors, the cover of the paper, and the quote "“The findings demonstrate a marked increase in built-up areas, occurring at the expense of green cover, with marked disparities in their distribution, and high-income neighbourhoods enjoying greater access compared to low-income neighbourhoods. UGS in Accra is shaped not only by spatial planning, but also by deeply embedded three intersecting forces—social stratification, cultural perceptions, and politics of land use and environmental governance—that structure its access and exclusion.”

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Taking urban green space seriously: On environmental justice and equity" by Michael Osei Asibey, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and Yetimoni Kpeebi on an image by the authors, the cover of the paper, and the quote "“The findings demonstrate a marked increase in built-up areas, occurring at the expense of green cover, with marked disparities in their distribution, and high-income neighbourhoods enjoying greater access compared to low-income neighbourhoods. UGS in Accra is shaped not only by spatial planning, but also by deeply embedded three intersecting forces—social stratification, cultural perceptions, and politics of land use and environmental governance—that structure its access and exclusion.”

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Taking urban green space seriously: On environmental justice and equity" by Michael Osei Asibey, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and Yetimoni Kpeebi on an image by the authors, the cover of the paper, and the quote "“The findings demonstrate a marked increase in built-up areas, occurring at the expense of green cover, with marked disparities in their distribution, and high-income neighbourhoods enjoying greater access compared to low-income neighbourhoods. UGS in Accra is shaped not only by spatial planning, but also by deeply embedded three intersecting forces—social stratification, cultural perceptions, and politics of land use and environmental governance—that structure its access and exclusion.”

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Taking urban green space seriously: On environmental justice and equity" by Michael Osei Asibey, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and Yetimoni Kpeebi on an image by the authors, the cover of the paper, and the quote "“The findings demonstrate a marked increase in built-up areas, occurring at the expense of green cover, with marked disparities in their distribution, and high-income neighbourhoods enjoying greater access compared to low-income neighbourhoods. UGS in Accra is shaped not only by spatial planning, but also by deeply embedded three intersecting forces—social stratification, cultural perceptions, and politics of land use and environmental governance—that structure its access and exclusion.”

New Paper Out! 🚨

"Taking urban green space seriously: On environmental justice and equity"

In this new article, former #USFInternationalFellow Dr Michael Osei Asibey and colleagues examine the rapid loss of green cover in Accra and the socio-political forces driving exclusion.

ow.ly/I5Ug50YprEX

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Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Planning digital inclusion together, barriers to include marginalised urban communities in the Global South: lessons from Chennai, Nairobi and Malang", the cover of the paper and the quote "We explore case studies from India, Kenya and Indonesia, employing a qualitative meta-analysis. We conclude that informality serves as a paradox, both hindering and facilitating collaborative planning. We identify three barriers to inclusive collaboration: scarce resource allocation, top-down design of smart city programmes and mistrust. " on a blue backround

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Planning digital inclusion together, barriers to include marginalised urban communities in the Global South: lessons from Chennai, Nairobi and Malang", the cover of the paper and the quote "We explore case studies from India, Kenya and Indonesia, employing a qualitative meta-analysis. We conclude that informality serves as a paradox, both hindering and facilitating collaborative planning. We identify three barriers to inclusive collaboration: scarce resource allocation, top-down design of smart city programmes and mistrust. " on a blue backround

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Planning digital inclusion together, barriers to include marginalised urban communities in the Global South: lessons from Chennai, Nairobi and Malang", the cover of the paper and the quote "We explore case studies from India, Kenya and Indonesia, employing a qualitative meta-analysis. We conclude that informality serves as a paradox, both hindering and facilitating collaborative planning. We identify three barriers to inclusive collaboration: scarce resource allocation, top-down design of smart city programmes and mistrust. " on a blue backround

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Planning digital inclusion together, barriers to include marginalised urban communities in the Global South: lessons from Chennai, Nairobi and Malang", the cover of the paper and the quote "We explore case studies from India, Kenya and Indonesia, employing a qualitative meta-analysis. We conclude that informality serves as a paradox, both hindering and facilitating collaborative planning. We identify three barriers to inclusive collaboration: scarce resource allocation, top-down design of smart city programmes and mistrust. " on a blue backround

Who gets left behind in the "Smart City"? 🔍

Former #USFInternationalFellow Dr. Nimas Maninggar and colleagues share new insights into the paradox of inclusion in urban digital programs.

Check out the new article in Planning Practice & Research: ow.ly/3qSt50YooiM

#UrbanStudies #SmartCities less

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"Flyer with USF logo for the Urban Urgencies call for applications on a Picture via flickr by Bill Badzo and the text Up to £35,000 per project Open to researchers globally Requires partnership with at least one non-academic organisation 23 March 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0 Apply online The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

"Flyer with USF logo for the Urban Urgencies call for applications on a Picture via flickr by Bill Badzo and the text Up to £35,000 per project Open to researchers globally Requires partnership with at least one non-academic organisation 23 March 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0 Apply online The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

"Flyer with USF logo for the Urban Urgencies call for applications on a Picture via flickr by Bill Badzo and the text Up to £35,000 per project Open to researchers globally Requires partnership with at least one non-academic organisation 23 March 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0 Apply online The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

"Flyer with USF logo for the Urban Urgencies call for applications on a Picture via flickr by Bill Badzo and the text Up to £35,000 per project Open to researchers globally Requires partnership with at least one non-academic organisation 23 March 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0 Apply online The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

⏰ FINAL REMINDER: Urban Urgencies Call

There is still time to apply for our new grant supporting rapid-response, collaborative research on the most pressing urban challenges—from the climate crisis to AI and housing.

🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC)

Don't miss out! 🔗 ow.ly/FUIn50XGtgz

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Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Making Political Representation in Territories of the City: The Role of Mandatos in São Paulo" by Telma Hoyler and Eduardo Marques, with the cover of the paper and the quote "“Drawing from ethnographic research on local councilors and their political staff in São Paulo, Brazil, this article introduces a critical contribution: the concept of mandatos. These are networks of actors linked by partisan, political, professional, and personal ties, which help mobilize support for politicians. By bridging formal institutions and informal practices, mandatos transform specific urban territories into constituencies.“

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Making Political Representation in Territories of the City: The Role of Mandatos in São Paulo" by Telma Hoyler and Eduardo Marques, with the cover of the paper and the quote "“Drawing from ethnographic research on local councilors and their political staff in São Paulo, Brazil, this article introduces a critical contribution: the concept of mandatos. These are networks of actors linked by partisan, political, professional, and personal ties, which help mobilize support for politicians. By bridging formal institutions and informal practices, mandatos transform specific urban territories into constituencies.“

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Making Political Representation in Territories of the City: The Role of Mandatos in São Paulo" by Telma Hoyler and Eduardo Marques, with the cover of the paper and the quote "“Drawing from ethnographic research on local councilors and their political staff in São Paulo, Brazil, this article introduces a critical contribution: the concept of mandatos. These are networks of actors linked by partisan, political, professional, and personal ties, which help mobilize support for politicians. By bridging formal institutions and informal practices, mandatos transform specific urban territories into constituencies.“

Flyer with USF logo for the paper "Making Political Representation in Territories of the City: The Role of Mandatos in São Paulo" by Telma Hoyler and Eduardo Marques, with the cover of the paper and the quote "“Drawing from ethnographic research on local councilors and their political staff in São Paulo, Brazil, this article introduces a critical contribution: the concept of mandatos. These are networks of actors linked by partisan, political, professional, and personal ties, which help mobilize support for politicians. By bridging formal institutions and informal practices, mandatos transform specific urban territories into constituencies.“

🚨 Paper Alert!

Check out "Making Political Representation in Territories of the City: The Role of Mandatos in São Paulo" by former #USFInternationalFellow Telma Hoyler and Eduardo Marques in Urban Affairs Review

Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1078...

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FLyer with USF logo for the Event "Moving images, moving lives: documentary in Mobility Studies " on a picture by Oganisers. And the text "Dr Eda Beyazit, CTS's expert on documentary filmmaking, discusses her experiences committing transport research to moving image. Drawing our series on Creative Methods in Transport Studies to a close, Eda speaks about her experience making the documentary film Servis based on her research with domestic workers in Istanbul. A link to watch the documentary will be distributed to participants prior to the seminar. This will be a hybrid event - please feel free to join us either in person or online." 25th Mar 2026 12:30 - 13:30 (GM) UWE Frenchay Campus.

FLyer with USF logo for the Event "Moving images, moving lives: documentary in Mobility Studies " on a picture by Oganisers. And the text "Dr Eda Beyazit, CTS's expert on documentary filmmaking, discusses her experiences committing transport research to moving image. Drawing our series on Creative Methods in Transport Studies to a close, Eda speaks about her experience making the documentary film Servis based on her research with domestic workers in Istanbul. A link to watch the documentary will be distributed to participants prior to the seminar. This will be a hybrid event - please feel free to join us either in person or online." 25th Mar 2026 12:30 - 13:30 (GM) UWE Frenchay Campus.

FLyer with USF logo for the Event "Moving images, moving lives: documentary in Mobility Studies " on a picture by Oganisers. And the text "Dr Eda Beyazit, CTS's expert on documentary filmmaking, discusses her experiences committing transport research to moving image. Drawing our series on Creative Methods in Transport Studies to a close, Eda speaks about her experience making the documentary film Servis based on her research with domestic workers in Istanbul. A link to watch the documentary will be distributed to participants prior to the seminar. This will be a hybrid event - please feel free to join us either in person or online." 25th Mar 2026 12:30 - 13:30 (GM) UWE Frenchay Campus.

FLyer with USF logo for the Event "Moving images, moving lives: documentary in Mobility Studies " on a picture by Oganisers. And the text "Dr Eda Beyazit, CTS's expert on documentary filmmaking, discusses her experiences committing transport research to moving image. Drawing our series on Creative Methods in Transport Studies to a close, Eda speaks about her experience making the documentary film Servis based on her research with domestic workers in Istanbul. A link to watch the documentary will be distributed to participants prior to the seminar. This will be a hybrid event - please feel free to join us either in person or online." 25th Mar 2026 12:30 - 13:30 (GM) UWE Frenchay Campus.

🎬 And Action! Moving Pictures, Moving Lives

Join former #USFInternationalFellow Dr. Eda Beyazit for a deep dive into documentary filmmaking as a research method in mobility studies.
🗓️ 25 March 2026 | 12:30 – 13:30 GMT
📍 Hybrid: UWE Frenchay Campus & Online

More info: ow.ly/3UGo50Yhh18

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Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the Book "Architecture of the transit state " by Cauê Capillé and the quote "Often treated merely as mobility apparatuses, Rio de Janeiro’s transit infrastructures reveal political and environmental potentials that remain largely underexplored. These infrastructures materialize the state of transit — a regional urban condition and a collective, everyday form of the metropolis. The book proposes four architectural design strategies that operate through existing infrastructures and activate their collective potentials."

Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the Book "Architecture of the transit state " by Cauê Capillé and the quote "Often treated merely as mobility apparatuses, Rio de Janeiro’s transit infrastructures reveal political and environmental potentials that remain largely underexplored. These infrastructures materialize the state of transit — a regional urban condition and a collective, everyday form of the metropolis. The book proposes four architectural design strategies that operate through existing infrastructures and activate their collective potentials."

Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the Book "Architecture of the transit state " by Cauê Capillé and the quote "Often treated merely as mobility apparatuses, Rio de Janeiro’s transit infrastructures reveal political and environmental potentials that remain largely underexplored. These infrastructures materialize the state of transit — a regional urban condition and a collective, everyday form of the metropolis. The book proposes four architectural design strategies that operate through existing infrastructures and activate their collective potentials."

Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the Book "Architecture of the transit state " by Cauê Capillé and the quote "Often treated merely as mobility apparatuses, Rio de Janeiro’s transit infrastructures reveal political and environmental potentials that remain largely underexplored. These infrastructures materialize the state of transit — a regional urban condition and a collective, everyday form of the metropolis. The book proposes four architectural design strategies that operate through existing infrastructures and activate their collective potentials."

📚 New Book Out!
"Architecture of the Transit State" by Cauê Capillé
📍 Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
🏆 63rd IAB-RJ Annual Awards

Proudly celebrating the work of our former #USFInternationalFellow!

Read more: ow.ly/FMlf50Ygluy

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Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps - Urban Studies Foundation The seminar is part of the USF-funded Seminar Series "Urbicide in Gaza: spatial violence, reconstruction, and resistance" and will focus on the concept of
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Flyer with USF logo for the Event "Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: The Targeting of Palestinian Refugee Camps and Challenges of Reconstruction. Concrete Conflict in Spatialization: The Refugee Camps in the Gaza Strip Constructing Collective Life Under Spatial Destruction. Moderator: Ayham Dalal, architect and urban planner at the German University in Cairo." on a light blue background.

Flyer with USF logo for the Event "Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: The Targeting of Palestinian Refugee Camps and Challenges of Reconstruction. Concrete Conflict in Spatialization: The Refugee Camps in the Gaza Strip Constructing Collective Life Under Spatial Destruction. Moderator: Ayham Dalal, architect and urban planner at the German University in Cairo." on a light blue background.

Flyer with USF logo for the Event "Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: The Targeting of Palestinian Refugee Camps and Challenges of Reconstruction. Concrete Conflict in Spatialization: The Refugee Camps in the Gaza Strip Constructing Collective Life Under Spatial Destruction. Moderator: Ayham Dalal, architect and urban planner at the German University in Cairo." on a light blue background.

Flyer with USF logo for the Event "Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps " and the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: The Targeting of Palestinian Refugee Camps and Challenges of Reconstruction. Concrete Conflict in Spatialization: The Refugee Camps in the Gaza Strip Constructing Collective Life Under Spatial Destruction. Moderator: Ayham Dalal, architect and urban planner at the German University in Cairo." on a light blue background.

🔔 Register Now! "Urbicide from the Site of Palestinian Refugee Camps"

Presentations by Khaldun Bshara, Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat, and Sandi Hilal. Moderated by Ayham Dalal.

🗓️ 12/2 17:00 (GMT+2) Online Arabic-English

Part of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Urbicide in Gaza."

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Flyer with USF logo for the event "Making connections: Learning from Elsewhere, Theorising from Africa" Seminar Two: Civic Academy for Africa’s Future (CiAAF), Benin, Cotonou 16 - 20 February 2026." and the text "The workshop in Benin will focus on how tracing connections from African contexts can help to build comparative insights on urban developments there, and how this methodology might be used to expand the conversation between scholars in Africa and Eastern Europe. " on a gray backround

Flyer with USF logo for the event "Making connections: Learning from Elsewhere, Theorising from Africa" Seminar Two: Civic Academy for Africa’s Future (CiAAF), Benin, Cotonou 16 - 20 February 2026." and the text "The workshop in Benin will focus on how tracing connections from African contexts can help to build comparative insights on urban developments there, and how this methodology might be used to expand the conversation between scholars in Africa and Eastern Europe. " on a gray backround

Flyer with USF logo for the event "Making connections: Learning from Elsewhere, Theorising from Africa" Seminar Two: Civic Academy for Africa’s Future (CiAAF), Benin, Cotonou 16 - 20 February 2026." and the text "The workshop in Benin will focus on how tracing connections from African contexts can help to build comparative insights on urban developments there, and how this methodology might be used to expand the conversation between scholars in Africa and Eastern Europe. " on a gray backround

🌍 Next week in Benin!
Making connections: Learning from Elsewhere, Theorising from Africa
Seminar Two – CiAAF, Cotonou | 16–20 Feb 2026
Supported by #USFSeminarSeriesAwards
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#UrbanStudies #TheorisingFromAfrica #DecentringKnowledge #ComparativeUrbanism

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Flyer with USF logo for the Special Issue "Cultural policy and urban cultural infrastructure beyond the creative city" by Abigail Gilmore, Lauren England, Thuy Tran, Claire Burnill-Maier. And the cover of the journal and the text "“The collection of research articles from international scholars provides empirical consideration and theoretical reflection on the ‘infrastructural turn’, challenging ideal-types of urban development that target cultural consumption and production for value extraction. Together they represent an attempt to move beyond the dominant, but often vague and contradictory, ‘creative city’ narratives informing cultural policy, and reframe discussions on the divergent contexts and practices of statecraft and urban entrepreneurialism across global North and South.”

Flyer with USF logo for the Special Issue "Cultural policy and urban cultural infrastructure beyond the creative city" by Abigail Gilmore, Lauren England, Thuy Tran, Claire Burnill-Maier. And the cover of the journal and the text "“The collection of research articles from international scholars provides empirical consideration and theoretical reflection on the ‘infrastructural turn’, challenging ideal-types of urban development that target cultural consumption and production for value extraction. Together they represent an attempt to move beyond the dominant, but often vague and contradictory, ‘creative city’ narratives informing cultural policy, and reframe discussions on the divergent contexts and practices of statecraft and urban entrepreneurialism across global North and South.”

Flyer with USF logo for the Special Issue "Cultural policy and urban cultural infrastructure beyond the creative city" by Abigail Gilmore, Lauren England, Thuy Tran, Claire Burnill-Maier. And the cover of the journal and the text "“The collection of research articles from international scholars provides empirical consideration and theoretical reflection on the ‘infrastructural turn’, challenging ideal-types of urban development that target cultural consumption and production for value extraction. Together they represent an attempt to move beyond the dominant, but often vague and contradictory, ‘creative city’ narratives informing cultural policy, and reframe discussions on the divergent contexts and practices of statecraft and urban entrepreneurialism across global North and South.”

Flyer with USF logo for the Special Issue "Cultural policy and urban cultural infrastructure beyond the creative city" by Abigail Gilmore, Lauren England, Thuy Tran, Claire Burnill-Maier. And the cover of the journal and the text "“The collection of research articles from international scholars provides empirical consideration and theoretical reflection on the ‘infrastructural turn’, challenging ideal-types of urban development that target cultural consumption and production for value extraction. Together they represent an attempt to move beyond the dominant, but often vague and contradictory, ‘creative city’ narratives informing cultural policy, and reframe discussions on the divergent contexts and practices of statecraft and urban entrepreneurialism across global North and South.”

📚 Out now in City, Culture and Society!

Following the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "European Creative Cities and COVID-19" and the "Beyond the Creative City" project.
Edited by Abigail Gilmore, Claire Burnill-Maier, Lauren England, and Thuy Tran.

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Flyer with USF logo for the Call for constributions "Urban Surface 2026: in person workshops" and the text "We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our two-day workshops in Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden. These are part of an Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award for the project “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”. The workshops comprise presentations, co-writing and ideating sessions, and/ or site visits, and they are designed as small-scale, deep study sessions for approximately 20 participants. Deadline: February 20th, 2026 Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden" on a picture of a graphitti by the organizers

Flyer with USF logo for the Call for constributions "Urban Surface 2026: in person workshops" and the text "We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our two-day workshops in Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden. These are part of an Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award for the project “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”. The workshops comprise presentations, co-writing and ideating sessions, and/ or site visits, and they are designed as small-scale, deep study sessions for approximately 20 participants. Deadline: February 20th, 2026 Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden" on a picture of a graphitti by the organizers

Flyer with USF logo for the Call for constributions "Urban Surface 2026: in person workshops" and the text "We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our two-day workshops in Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden. These are part of an Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award for the project “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”. The workshops comprise presentations, co-writing and ideating sessions, and/ or site visits, and they are designed as small-scale, deep study sessions for approximately 20 participants. Deadline: February 20th, 2026 Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden" on a picture of a graphitti by the organizers

Flyer with USF logo for the Call for constributions "Urban Surface 2026: in person workshops" and the text "We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our two-day workshops in Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden. These are part of an Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award for the project “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”. The workshops comprise presentations, co-writing and ideating sessions, and/ or site visits, and they are designed as small-scale, deep study sessions for approximately 20 participants. Deadline: February 20th, 2026 Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden" on a picture of a graphitti by the organizers

📢 Call for Participation!

#USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Walls speak—are you listening?" Join the Urban Surfaces Research Network for in-person workshops in Nicosia (May) and Uppsala (Aug).

Explore urban surfaces through theory, method, and practice.

🗓️ Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
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Flyer with USF logo for the Urban Urgencies Call for Applications on a picture of a COP26 protest via flickr by Midia NINJA and the text "The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges. Up to £35,000 per project Open to researchers globally Requires partnership with at least one non-academic organisation 23 March 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0 Apply online"

⏰ Urban Urgencies call now open!

🗓️ Deadline: 23 March 2026 (23:59 UTC)

This new grant supports collaborative research on pressing urban challenges worldwide, addressing issues such as the climate crisis, housing, health, governance, conflict, AI, and more.

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Flyer with USF logo and the text "USF welcomes three new Trustees" followed by the pictures and names of Bas van Heur Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Mary Lawhon University of Edinburgh, and Neha Sami Indian Institute for Human Settlements on a light blue background

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📢USF welcomes three new Trustees
The Urban Studies Foundation is pleased to welcome Bas van Heur, Neha Sami, and Mary Lawhon to its Board of Trustees. The USF looks forward to working with them as they help shape the Foundation’s future strategic direction and funding priorities.
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Flyer with USF logo for the seminar "Urbicide in Palestine. – A Sociological, Historical and Architectural Approach" on a Photo by Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills. And the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Urban and Architectural Genocide in Gaza: A Socio-Historical Reading Abaher El-Sakka, Birzeit University Disrupted Urbanity in Colonial Settlement: Planning as Urbicide Abdullah Al Bayyari, Institute for Palestine Studies, and the American University in Cairo. Systematic Dispossession: Towards Urbicide in Jerusalem Maha Samman, Al-Quds University Moderated by Himmat Zoubi, Mada al-Carmel 29th Jan 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online"

Flyer with USF logo for the seminar "Urbicide in Palestine. – A Sociological, Historical and Architectural Approach" on a Photo by Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills. And the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Urban and Architectural Genocide in Gaza: A Socio-Historical Reading Abaher El-Sakka, Birzeit University Disrupted Urbanity in Colonial Settlement: Planning as Urbicide Abdullah Al Bayyari, Institute for Palestine Studies, and the American University in Cairo. Systematic Dispossession: Towards Urbicide in Jerusalem Maha Samman, Al-Quds University Moderated by Himmat Zoubi, Mada al-Carmel 29th Jan 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online"

Flyer with USF logo for the seminar "Urbicide in Palestine. – A Sociological, Historical and Architectural Approach" on a Photo by Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills. And the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Urban and Architectural Genocide in Gaza: A Socio-Historical Reading Abaher El-Sakka, Birzeit University Disrupted Urbanity in Colonial Settlement: Planning as Urbicide Abdullah Al Bayyari, Institute for Palestine Studies, and the American University in Cairo. Systematic Dispossession: Towards Urbicide in Jerusalem Maha Samman, Al-Quds University Moderated by Himmat Zoubi, Mada al-Carmel 29th Jan 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online"

Flyer with USF logo for the seminar "Urbicide in Palestine. – A Sociological, Historical and Architectural Approach" on a Photo by Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills. And the text "The seminar will focus on the concept of urbicide in the Palestinian context, combining approaches from sociology, history, and architecture that put colonial planning at the centre of the analysis. Presentations: Urban and Architectural Genocide in Gaza: A Socio-Historical Reading Abaher El-Sakka, Birzeit University Disrupted Urbanity in Colonial Settlement: Planning as Urbicide Abdullah Al Bayyari, Institute for Palestine Studies, and the American University in Cairo. Systematic Dispossession: Towards Urbicide in Jerusalem Maha Samman, Al-Quds University Moderated by Himmat Zoubi, Mada al-Carmel 29th Jan 2026 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+2) Online"

📢 Upcoming Seminar: Urbicide in Palestine
Join the #USFSeminarSeries event on Jan 29, 17:00 (GMT+2)! 📢
It explores colonial planning and spatial violence with Abaher El-Sakka, Abdullah Al Bayyari & Maha Samman. Co-organised with Mada al-Carmel.
📍 Online 🌐 Arabic/English 🔗 ow.ly/Wpm450Y44vb

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Flyer with USF logo and cover of the paper "De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements" authored by Michael Osei Asibey and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and the quote "“We examine the phenomenon of de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on the city of Kumasi (Ghana). De-greening urbanism refers to an urban development process that displaces greenspace, contributing to its decline, deterioration, and loss, closely associated with the negatively changing character of a community. “

Flyer with USF logo and cover of the paper "De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements" authored by Michael Osei Asibey and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and the quote "“We examine the phenomenon of de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on the city of Kumasi (Ghana). De-greening urbanism refers to an urban development process that displaces greenspace, contributing to its decline, deterioration, and loss, closely associated with the negatively changing character of a community. “

Flyer with USF logo and cover of the paper "De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements" authored by Michael Osei Asibey and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and the quote "“We examine the phenomenon of de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on the city of Kumasi (Ghana). De-greening urbanism refers to an urban development process that displaces greenspace, contributing to its decline, deterioration, and loss, closely associated with the negatively changing character of a community. “

Flyer with USF logo and cover of the paper "De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements" authored by Michael Osei Asibey and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and the quote "“We examine the phenomenon of de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on the city of Kumasi (Ghana). De-greening urbanism refers to an urban development process that displaces greenspace, contributing to its decline, deterioration, and loss, closely associated with the negatively changing character of a community. “

📚 New paper out!
Check former #USFInternationalFellow Michael Osei Asibey and mentor Patrick Brandful Cobbinah's latest paper, "De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements", published in Urban Studies Journal
👉 doi.org/10.1177/0042...

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👉Check also: Open Call for the Methods School on Housing Financialisation and Urban Commodification
Aimed at early-career researchers and urban studies professionals.
🗓️ Application deadline: January 29, 2026
🔗 ow.ly/ixeC50XZttH

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Flyer with USF for the Call for Papers "Commodification and Resistances in Land and Housing:" and the text "This event is part of the Seminar Series Awards “Land commodification and housing affordability under capitalist urbanisation. Global dynamics and local resistance in Peru, the United Kingdom and the United States” This academic conference is concerned with the various manifestations of urban development and land commodification across the Global North and South. It is expected to bring together researchers and academics from around the world to debate, interrogate, and critique the current dynamics of urban development, the issue of land commodification, and its impact on access to housing in different regions." on a grey backroung.

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Flyer with USF for the Call for Papers "Commodification and Resistances in Land and Housing:" and the text "This event is part of the Seminar Series Awards “Land commodification and housing affordability under capitalist urbanisation. Global dynamics and local resistance in Peru, the United Kingdom and the United States” This academic conference is concerned with the various manifestations of urban development and land commodification across the Global North and South. It is expected to bring together researchers and academics from around the world to debate, interrogate, and critique the current dynamics of urban development, the issue of land commodification, and its impact on access to housing in different regions." on a grey backroung.

Flyer with USF for the Call for Papers "Commodification and Resistances in Land and Housing:" and the text "This event is part of the Seminar Series Awards “Land commodification and housing affordability under capitalist urbanisation. Global dynamics and local resistance in Peru, the United Kingdom and the United States” This academic conference is concerned with the various manifestations of urban development and land commodification across the Global North and South. It is expected to bring together researchers and academics from around the world to debate, interrogate, and critique the current dynamics of urban development, the issue of land commodification, and its impact on access to housing in different regions." on a grey backroung.

📢 Call for Papers
Commodification & Resistances in Land and Housing
📍 PUCP, Lima | 🗓️ 14–16 Oct 2026
🌍 Global North–South dialogue
#USFSeminarSeriesAwards–funded event
⏰ Deadline: Feb 1

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#UrbanStudies #HousingJustice #LandCommodification #CFP

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Stratification of housing wealth among China’s urban households - Urban Studies Foundation In this guest post, Dr Can Cui describes the results of the research “Housing wealth accumulation and inequality in urban China”, funded by an International
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Flyer with USF logo for the USF Blog "Stratification of housing wealth among China’s urban households" with the text “Housing wealth constitutes a major component of household wealth across countries. In China in particular, with the advancement of housing reform and marketisation, the share of housing wealth in total household wealth has increased significantly. Housing has become the main channel through which residents share the dividends of economic growth, closely linked to the country’s institutional design.” on a picture of Shanghai by juliengomez via flickr

Flyer with USF logo for the USF Blog "Stratification of housing wealth among China’s urban households" with the text “Housing wealth constitutes a major component of household wealth across countries. In China in particular, with the advancement of housing reform and marketisation, the share of housing wealth in total household wealth has increased significantly. Housing has become the main channel through which residents share the dividends of economic growth, closely linked to the country’s institutional design.” on a picture of Shanghai by juliengomez via flickr

Flyer with USF logo for the USF Blog "Stratification of housing wealth among China’s urban households" with the text “Housing wealth constitutes a major component of household wealth across countries. In China in particular, with the advancement of housing reform and marketisation, the share of housing wealth in total household wealth has increased significantly. Housing has become the main channel through which residents share the dividends of economic growth, closely linked to the country’s institutional design.” on a picture of Shanghai by juliengomez via flickr

Flyer with USF logo for the USF Blog "Stratification of housing wealth among China’s urban households" with the text “Housing wealth constitutes a major component of household wealth across countries. In China in particular, with the advancement of housing reform and marketisation, the share of housing wealth in total household wealth has increased significantly. Housing has become the main channel through which residents share the dividends of economic growth, closely linked to the country’s institutional design.” on a picture of Shanghai by juliengomez via flickr

🏘️ USF Blog!
In a new guest post, Dr Can Cui shares findings from the project “Housing wealth accumulation and inequality in urban China”, supported by a USF International Fellowship and developed at the University of Amsterdam under the mentorship of Prof. Richard Ronald.

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Flyer with USF logo for the event "The Epistemic Tangles of Urban Inhabitation by Professor Beth Perry " with the text "In this lecture Professor Beth Perry will excavate foundational ideas, lexicons and practices of a new research field around ‘urban epistemics’, before providing some specific examples on how this produces particular “epistemic tangles” of urban inhabitation which shape how people come to know the city, how they are subjected to different processes of epistemic exclusion and knowledge politics; and what this means for researchers in different institutions, in the context of an equally exclusionary knowledge production system. This event is a part of the project ‘Epistemes of Non-Dominant Inhabitation: a seminar series for early-career and under-represented scholars to decenter urban knowledge’." on a light blue background.

Flyer with USF logo for the event "The Epistemic Tangles of Urban Inhabitation by Professor Beth Perry " with the text "In this lecture Professor Beth Perry will excavate foundational ideas, lexicons and practices of a new research field around ‘urban epistemics’, before providing some specific examples on how this produces particular “epistemic tangles” of urban inhabitation which shape how people come to know the city, how they are subjected to different processes of epistemic exclusion and knowledge politics; and what this means for researchers in different institutions, in the context of an equally exclusionary knowledge production system. This event is a part of the project ‘Epistemes of Non-Dominant Inhabitation: a seminar series for early-career and under-represented scholars to decenter urban knowledge’." on a light blue background.

Flyer with USF logo for the event "The Epistemic Tangles of Urban Inhabitation by Professor Beth Perry " with the text "In this lecture Professor Beth Perry will excavate foundational ideas, lexicons and practices of a new research field around ‘urban epistemics’, before providing some specific examples on how this produces particular “epistemic tangles” of urban inhabitation which shape how people come to know the city, how they are subjected to different processes of epistemic exclusion and knowledge politics; and what this means for researchers in different institutions, in the context of an equally exclusionary knowledge production system. This event is a part of the project ‘Epistemes of Non-Dominant Inhabitation: a seminar series for early-career and under-represented scholars to decenter urban knowledge’." on a light blue background.

Flyer with USF logo for the event "The Epistemic Tangles of Urban Inhabitation by Professor Beth Perry " with the text "In this lecture Professor Beth Perry will excavate foundational ideas, lexicons and practices of a new research field around ‘urban epistemics’, before providing some specific examples on how this produces particular “epistemic tangles” of urban inhabitation which shape how people come to know the city, how they are subjected to different processes of epistemic exclusion and knowledge politics; and what this means for researchers in different institutions, in the context of an equally exclusionary knowledge production system. This event is a part of the project ‘Epistemes of Non-Dominant Inhabitation: a seminar series for early-career and under-represented scholars to decenter urban knowledge’." on a light blue background.

📢 Online lecture | 16 Jan 2026, 11:30 (GMT)

Professor Beth Perry explores urban epistemics and the “epistemic tangles” shaping how cities are known, governed, and contested

Part of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards "Epistemes of Non-Dominant Inhabitation."

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Flyer for the event "Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism 15 January 2026 to 16 January 2026 08:00 - 20:00 (GMT+1) Location: Vrije Universiteit Brussels, USquare campus, 229 Avenue de la Couronne, 1050 Brussels Language: English" and the text "Organisers: Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Michael Crilly and Dr Karina Landman The event will consist of a dynamic exchange of ideas to solve complex ‘wicked problems’ and include a combination of talks from academics and practitioners involved in experimental urban projects together with workshops, site visits, and social events."

Flyer for the event "Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism 15 January 2026 to 16 January 2026 08:00 - 20:00 (GMT+1) Location: Vrije Universiteit Brussels, USquare campus, 229 Avenue de la Couronne, 1050 Brussels Language: English" and the text "Organisers: Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Michael Crilly and Dr Karina Landman The event will consist of a dynamic exchange of ideas to solve complex ‘wicked problems’ and include a combination of talks from academics and practitioners involved in experimental urban projects together with workshops, site visits, and social events."

Flyer for the event "Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism 15 January 2026 to 16 January 2026 08:00 - 20:00 (GMT+1) Location: Vrije Universiteit Brussels, USquare campus, 229 Avenue de la Couronne, 1050 Brussels Language: English" and the text "Organisers: Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Michael Crilly and Dr Karina Landman The event will consist of a dynamic exchange of ideas to solve complex ‘wicked problems’ and include a combination of talks from academics and practitioners involved in experimental urban projects together with workshops, site visits, and social events."

Flyer for the event "Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism 15 January 2026 to 16 January 2026 08:00 - 20:00 (GMT+1) Location: Vrije Universiteit Brussels, USquare campus, 229 Avenue de la Couronne, 1050 Brussels Language: English" and the text "Organisers: Dr Georgiana Varna, Dr Michael Crilly and Dr Karina Landman The event will consist of a dynamic exchange of ideas to solve complex ‘wicked problems’ and include a combination of talks from academics and practitioners involved in experimental urban projects together with workshops, site visits, and social events."

📍 Next week in Brussels!

🌆 Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism (
2nd Seminar of the #USFSeminarSeriesAwards)
🗓️ 15–16 January 2026

👉 More info and registration: ow.ly/qPoK50XTbYm

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USF flyer with USF logo for the Call for Applications "Urban Urgencies" Grant on a picture via Flickr by Hanif Omar, and the quote "The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

USF flyer with USF logo for the Call for Applications "Urban Urgencies" Grant on a picture via Flickr by Hanif Omar, and the quote "The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

USF flyer with USF logo for the Call for Applications "Urban Urgencies" Grant on a picture via Flickr by Hanif Omar, and the quote "The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

USF flyer with USF logo for the Call for Applications "Urban Urgencies" Grant on a picture via Flickr by Hanif Omar, and the quote "The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges."

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Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog "Selective inclusion in the Indonesian smart city Project: whose inclusion counts?" on a picture of Visitors entering Kayutangan heritage kampung. Credit: Nimas Maninggar. And the quote "“With more and more cities jumping on the smart city bandwagon, inclusion in smart city programs has become of crucial importance, also in Indonesia. However, in practice, smart city programs tend to be ineffective in achieving inclusion.”

Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog "Selective inclusion in the Indonesian smart city Project: whose inclusion counts?" on a picture of Visitors entering Kayutangan heritage kampung. Credit: Nimas Maninggar. And the quote "“With more and more cities jumping on the smart city bandwagon, inclusion in smart city programs has become of crucial importance, also in Indonesia. However, in practice, smart city programs tend to be ineffective in achieving inclusion.”

Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog "Selective inclusion in the Indonesian smart city Project: whose inclusion counts?" on a picture of Visitors entering Kayutangan heritage kampung. Credit: Nimas Maninggar. And the quote "“With more and more cities jumping on the smart city bandwagon, inclusion in smart city programs has become of crucial importance, also in Indonesia. However, in practice, smart city programs tend to be ineffective in achieving inclusion.”

Flyer with USF logo for the USF blog "Selective inclusion in the Indonesian smart city Project: whose inclusion counts?" on a picture of Visitors entering Kayutangan heritage kampung. Credit: Nimas Maninggar. And the quote "“With more and more cities jumping on the smart city bandwagon, inclusion in smart city programs has become of crucial importance, also in Indonesia. However, in practice, smart city programs tend to be ineffective in achieving inclusion.”

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Former #USFInternationalFellow Dr Nimas Maninggar shares insights from her research on selective inclusion in smart city programmes in Indonesia

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