#Blog: #Informality in #LatinAmerica in the post #COVID19 era: towards a more formal “new normal”? vox.lacea.org/?q=blog/inform… Sebastian Nieto Parra Juan Vázquez Zamora Nathalie Basto-Aguirre @OECD_Centre

Pleased to share this collection of essays. Learned so much from the contributors, who engage w/ idea of ‘intersecting crises’ to critically reflect on dynamics of change and continuity, and power and marginality during the Covid-19 pandemic

The next issue of Regions eZine/now at rsa-regions.bsky.social will look at housing issues in contemporary urban regions. Are you interested in writing a short piece? Get in touch with me or Robert Bowen and Ed Shahzade uardo_liveira Great visibility offered by Regional Studies Association

‼️ Save the date: we are launching an Urban Thinkers Campus series on Forced #Migration in #Cities, with UN-Habitat. 🗓️1st session 22 October: key role of #localgov implementing Global Compacts ⏰4 pm CET 🌎Focus: Latin America & the Caribbean. 📍More: lnkd.in/dG87rdP

An economics framing of #informality from URosario, Colombia, sharing research and debating issues regarding the informal economy. urosario.edu.co/The-Economics-…

For #BlackHistoryMonth, the @BartlettUCL DPU want to ask you some thought-provoking questions 🔎 1. What racial encounters have you had? Don't hold back! Let us know about your experiences 👀 #Race #Equality #Diversity

💡Making #cities more resilient, circular, smart, inclusive, & connected is not a luxury but a necessity👉thought piece from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Global Center on Adaptation, w/ key priorities to help cities address #COVID19, inequalities & #ClimateChange. gca.org/solutions/buil… #AdaptOurWorld

BLOG: Why aren’t international funders supporting slum/shack dweller federations that are doing so much to help informal settlement dwellers avoid or cope with COVID-19 and its devastating economic impacts. Here is how to do so iied.org/call-internati…

Highly informative thread on gender and transport, culminating in 'gender responsive urban mobility' #genderandtransport #transportequity #mobilities

JUST LAUNCHED! MSc UDP and Just Space audio map launched as tool to amplify diverse community voices in #London ✊ Explore the map yourself! 👇 ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/devel… Barbara Lipietz @tiwickson

In solidarity with GREAT's team members in Cali, Colombia #CaliResiste

Solidarity with our colleagues in #Havana and #Cali, as both locations of the GREAT project are now scenes of social unrest. Complex times to be researching #transitions in #LatinAmerica.