NEW RESEARCH | Land and connectivity: Domain report

Exploring the intersection of land and connectivity in urban Africa, this paper draws on research from six cities:
> Accra, Ghana
> Bukavu, DRC
> Harare, Zimbabwe
> Kampala, Uganda
> Maiduguri, Nigeria
> Mogadishu, Somalia

Essential reading on urban climate futures and affective politics. More incredible scholarship from Savannah Cox 👇Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University Urban Climate Finance Network

Coming soon: 'Icebergs, Zombies & the Ultra Thin: #Architecture & #Capitalism in the 21st Century' Matthew Soules argues that finance capitalism has changed not only architectural forms, but also the nature of cities and societies (via The Urban Institute)

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Looking forward to this!

Come along and hear from various members of our fantastic team working on Land & Connectivity for African Cities Research Consortium

Yorkshire's Lost and Historic Football Grounds - a Local and Community History Month talk at Scarborough Library inspired by the homes of the beautiful game in 'God's Own Country'.

The event is free to attend, tickets here eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshires-l…

Congratulations to the newly-minted Dr Steph Lacey on this very important piece of work 🎓🎓🎓

🚨Tomorrow 🚨

Great session at Foundations roadshow in sunny Manchester today ☀️ - look forward to exchanging notes with Prof Vikki McCall & co who were in Leeds talking to people about their experiences of home improvement

New paper co-authored by our Simon Marvin and colleagues in Urban Geography. 'Why does urban Artificial Intelligence (AI) matter for urban studies? Developing research directions in urban AI research'. Read OA here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New blog: We hear from Edward Shepherd (Geography & Planning), Andy Inch (@USPSheffield), John Sturzaker and Tim Marshall (@obu_be) on how the Conservatives have been pragmatically masking the risk of planning conflicts from damaging the wider Conservative project: bit.ly/TPR-Conservati…

Just completed 4 weeks of fascinating workshops on militant research-activism around contesting territories in Cali (Colombia) and La Paz (Bolivia). This also included activist dialogues with indigenous youth collectives in El Alto and revisitng sites of our film Raices Adelante.

Great opportunity for scholars from the Global South. If you work on urban indigeneity, youth, contested territories participatory planning in Latin America and want to apply for this fellowship via Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University, do reach out to me!

Well worth reading this blog from Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University graduate Dr Hugh Ellis The seven deadly mistakes of planning reform tcpa.org.uk/the-seven-dead…

“Yorkshire Water promised us real-time, live reporting from CSOs by January 2024 but this has simply not happened, and is now needed more than ever'.

Prof Liz Sharp on what should be done to tackle the state of Sheffield's rivers for Now Then Magazine

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Are you a current UoS #PhD student looking to develop a book proposal based on your doctoral research? 📚

Join us for a hybrid workshop session on the 30th April to find out how to take your research to the next level!

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'These ‘ultraland’ blocks are less places of conviviality and encounter, offering instead a kind of dark space #urbanism that facilitates a partial social engagement... by barely present owners.' Read the full article by Rowland Atkinson and Martha Mingay 👇

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The call for papers for our upcoming Development Studies Association Urbanisation and Development workshop on informality is now open: devstud.org.uk/2024/03/06/inf…

Apply by April 5th to join a growing network of people working on informality and see you at The University of Sheffield in September.

Teesside #Steelworks : great to share the latest work with #Teesside Archives in Oral History Society Journal Spring 2024: ohs.org.uk/journal/

#industrialheritage #steelworks #deindustrialization #britishsteel #heritage #dormanlong #cokeovens #redcar #blastfurnace #teesvalley

A reminder that there is just over a week left to apply for this fascinating RA position 👇 #academicjob #research

Cultural Heritage and the Just City: A Dialogue between Cape Town and Sheffield! Registration now open for seminar on Cultural Heritage and the Just City, co-organised with Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University + Department of Archaeology. 9th April, 1500-1700 GMT. Register: sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institut…