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UI 10th and Sheffield Urbanism Programme

Sheffield 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 小欧视频 of Sheffield.
Urban crisis in South African and Colombian cities

Workshop on Urban crisis in South African and Colombian cities

Urban Institute Associate Melanie Lombard recently ran a final project workshop in Cape Town, collaborating with South African and Colombian scholars and activists as part of her British Academy Urban crisis project.

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涔 (Yi) means 鈥渁ppropriateness鈥 or 鈥渞ighteousness,鈥 referring to what is morally right and fitting. It conveys the virtue of doing what is just, acting with integrity, and upholding moral principles, regardless of personal gain.

PLURALIZE website launch

As part of the Urban Institute's 10th Anniversary Celebrations and the Sheffield Urbanism summer programme, the PLURALIZE project is launching its new project website!

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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Dr Lindsay Sawyer's new co-authored book published by Birkh盲user

Congratulations to UI Associate Lindsay on her co-authored book "Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet: Theory Building through Comparison", which uses cartography as an instrument for the analysis of urbanisation processes.

Shirley Jeque Mutemba

Welcome Shirley Jeque Mutemba, CESET project impact coordinator

The UI is delighted to welcome Shirley to its team through the 小欧视频 of Sheffield鈥檚 Evidencing Impact Internship scheme that aims to help students develop their employability skills by working within the 小欧视频 on a project-based placement.

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Guest lecture by Fraya Frehse 'While making a home'

On Wednesday 22 November 2023 Professor Fraya Frehse, 小欧视频 of S茫o Paulo, gave a presentation to the Urban Institute on 'While making a home: The situational impact of intersectional inequalities on urban public space'.

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The Southern Theorising Group events for 2023/2024!

UI associate Tanzil Shafique and his colleagues, as part of the Southern Theorising Group, have organised an exciting set of hybrid events for 2023/2024. You can join the mailing list using the QR code in the poster.

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New Policy Briefing on Cultural Heritage

UI Director Beth Perry and colleagues have just published a new article "Rethinking Cultural Heritage and the Just City: Why, What, and How?" as part of the British Academy GCRF Policy Briefing Series.