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New Publication! As a result of the #USFSeminarSeries 'Toward just environmental futures,' Kate Derickson, Maike Hamann, and colleagues have published 'The intersection of justice and urban greening' in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. ow.ly/yQif50ReEgB
We are pleased to share that, as a result of the #USFSeminarSeries 'Urban Climates: Power, Development, and Environment in South Asia,' Nida Rehman, Dr. Aparna Parikh, and colleagues have just published 'SOUTH ASIAN URBAN CLIMATES' in IJURR.org Available online: ow.ly/fCVP50R4yI2
Congratulations to former #USFPostdoctoralFellow Katie J. Wells with co-authors kafui attoh & Cullen for winning an AAP PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology for: 'Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City'. Read all about it: ow.ly/bCI450R18po
New blog entry! In this guest post, Dr. Komali Yenneti (she/her) 🌈, Professor Debolina Kundu, Professor Poornima Shekhar Singh and Dr Rosa Teimouri discuss their research on the nexus between cities, inequalities and COVID-19 supported by #USFSeminarSeries . ow.ly/qgyq50QY8J0
Watch the presentations of the 'Urban Creativity in Africa' event, organized last year by the African Hub for Sustainable Creative Economies Africa-Europe CoRE Creative Economies and Dr Lauren England, as part of the #USFSeminarSeries , 'European creative cities and Covid-19' ow.ly/czNA50QW00w
Next week! 'Gender and care: New agendas in the formation and circulation of urban policies in Latin America' 20-21 March (GMT-5), #USFSeminarSeries 'Alternative circulations? Situating policymaking, decoloniality, and urban models'. Registration: ow.ly/EvJQ50QS9GI
Coming Soon in Bhopal (India)! Workshops on 'Mapping Urban Livability: Photovoice, Universal Design, and PPGIS' March 29th to April 1st at 12:00 (GMT+5:30), part of #USFSeminarSeries 'Calibrating urban liveability in the Global South' Info: ow.ly/aaie50QOJUZ
Explore the latest #USFBlog by Prof Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki on 'Debt Trap Urbanism.' Their research on homelessness, temporary accommodation, and debt, backed by a Pandemics and Cities grant, unveils the ties between housing and financial struggles. ow.ly/bkKb50QNtaV
Next week in Sao Paulo! #USFSeminarSeries 'Feminising Urban Struggles' March 12-15th. In-person at Rua Dr. PlÃnio Barreto, 285 – Bela Vista. LabCidade IHS Erasmus University Rotterdam Register here: ow.ly/pE9x50QKIt6 Follow on Youtube: ow.ly/BKXp50QLtlG
New publication by former #USFInternationalFellow Engida Esayas Dube and Prof. Alison Brown '‘Normalizing Informality’ in Local–Transnational Spaces' published by Journal of Asian and African Studies. Available here: ow.ly/qwVE50QKJHp Geography & Planning Dilla University Addis Ababa University
#USFSeminarSeries : 'Youth On The Move' invites applications for 'Doing Mobile Ethnography: Learning from the Other ‘Other’', an early-career scholars’ training Workshop in Urban Methodology. May 13-14th, Shanghai, 2024. Deadline March 15th. ow.ly/c0fK50QJSb3
This Friday! Join #USFInternationalFellow Zhengli Huang in this Online event, 'Connecting and Bypassing: Building Infrastructure Amid Urbanization in East Africa,' March 1st - 19:00 (GMT+8) as part of the Smart City Cluster Seminar Series. More info: ow.ly/B9AR50QIjZt
New paper! 'Beyond the known: Walking accessibility twist to new cities' by Former USF Postdoctoral Research Fellow Prosper Korah, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, and Providence Adu.
Read it here: ow.ly/1VUI50QBVLV
Today and Tomorrow! Join the 2nd Workshop 'Religious Institutions and Actors in Urban Planning in the Middle East and North Africa' #SeminarSeriesAward . Hybrid (Cairo and Online) 18hs (GTM+2) Register here: ow.ly/M0pb50QAkhE