Yesterday, 6 September 2023 was the first day of the Urban Studies Foundation (USF) Conference Programme “Overlooked Cities in Asia:  Interrogating blind fields in urban knowledges and praxes". This conference is co-hosted by RDI in deBraga Hotel, Bandung from 6-8 September 2023.

Join us for a lively discussion, cohosted with Indian Institute for Human Settlements on the Urban Politics of Extreme Heat in South Asia, as a follow up to our recent #Spotlighton ijurr.org/spotlight-on/e… This Wed, 13 Sept, 11:30 BST/4pm IST Dr Chandni Singh Soha Macktoom Prof Nausheen H Anwar Register below 👇👇

What an incredible 3 days at the Urban Studies Foundation Series Overlooked Cities in Asia conference. My first conference experience couldn’t have been better. Kudos to Resilience Development Initiative for organizing and to the amazing presenters and new friends!

The latest issue from the IJURR.org (IJURR) on Extreme Heat and Urban South Asia includes contributions that highlight key issues pertaining to the challenges that rising temperatures pose for cities in South Asia. Prof Nausheen H Anwar

Join us tomorrow for a discussion on the everyday politics of thermal violence in urban South Asia, co-hosted with Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Full details and registration can be found here: ijurr.org/news/urbanheat…

“Cities out of data?” We kick off this morning with our fantastic keynote speakers Joao Porto de Albuquerque from UBDC and Caroline Kabaria. Welcome everyone to #GIScience23 🗺️📍

It’s out! Pleasure to co-author this piece w/ my colleague Soha Macktoom & Jamie Cross . On the politics of shade in urban South Asia… inspired by lthe work of the late, great Mike Davis on heat & shade. We introduce a conceptual framework for thinking about politics of shade.

Congratulations to Dr. Adam Abdullah & Soha Macktoom on publishing a paper titled "Heat (in)action: The Thermopolitics of Extreme Urban Heat in Karachi" in the International Journal of Urban & Regional Research IJURR.org (HEC W category). Read👉shorturl.at/lmyQ4

And after a long wait, it is finally out!! My paper, co-authored with Prof Nausheen H Anwar and Jamie Cross has been published in Urban Studies, which talks about the ways in which street vendors negotiate shade in the changing urban climate of Karachi. Karachi Urban Lab School of Economics and Social Sciences(SESS), IBA

If you missed the Publics@IIHS and IJURR.org talk on the urban politics of extreme heat in South Asia, watch the discussion here: shorturl.at/yIKRW Insights from Prof Nausheen H Anwar Liza Weinstein Adam Abdullah Dr Chandni Singh Aalok Khandekar Ashawari Chaudhuri and Sajani Kandel

This academic endeavor provided me valuable insights into complex dynamics at play in informal settlements/markets & challenges faced by marginalized communities in asserting their rights & defending their homes & livelihoods. Soha Macktoom Gulnaz Adam Abdullah Arsam Saleem

Dr. Asma Hyder, Dean of SESS, along with our faculty, had a meeting with Ms. Léa Albrieux, International Development Manager at Sciences Po. The meeting focused on exploring promising opportunities for collaboration between Sciences Po and SESS.

Looking forward to host this exciting event tomorrow, on #climateresilience and how to build #researchnetworks across academia, practitioners, and philanthropic organizations; with the collaboration of HEC Pakistan USAID Pakistan Utah Global Zoom link:lnkd.in/dCM3-Nt5

#HappeningNow Our first keynote session by Franziska Ohnsorge, Chief Economist, World Bank South Asia at the #ChallengingLinearity #CBERCON2023 School of Economics and Social Sciences(SESS), IBA @ibakarachi

Join us at this #urbanmentalhealth panel at #CBERcon2023, examining the links between #mentalhealth and the #urban. Friday 17 Nov, IBA Main Campus. Register for physical attendance: tinyurl.com/UMH-REG View online: tinyurl.com/UMH-ZOOM [Passcode: 601713]