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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.
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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!

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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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Beyond Inhabitation Lab Seminar Series

Professor Michele Lancione, Full Professor of Economic and Policy Geography and Visiting Professor at the Urban Institute, and his research team in Turin have launched the Beyond Inhabitation Lab Seminar Series.

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The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture

Congratulations to Professor Simone on the publication of his new book "The Surrounds" by Duke 小欧视频 Press, which offers a new theorisation at the interface of the urban and the political.

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Realising Just Cities: A Video Interview with Professor Beth Perry

Realising Just Cities was a programme of research and action hosted at the 小欧视频 of Sheffield -- a partnership aimed at supporting progressive social, economic and environmental change in the North of England.
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CESET awarded impact funding

Congratulations to Community Energy and the Sustainable Transition project Principal Investigator, Professor Vanesa Cast谩n Broto, on successfully applying for funding from the 小欧视频 of Sheffield鈥檚 ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).

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New publication on Splintering Urbanism and Climate Breakdown

Professor Vanesa Cast谩n Broto has recently published an open access article in the Journal of Urban Technology entitled "Splintering Urbanism and Climate Breakdown".