Due to Covid-19 the AAG conference was canceled and organized as a virtual conference. Our session has taken place successfully on 6th of April and can be viewed online: aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG%20Annual%2… JPI Urban Europe Belmont Forum American Association of Geographers

Want to apply for the ESRC Research Methods Development Call, but didn't meet the Intention to Submit deadline? You can still apply without an Intention to Submit: full applications are open until 11 June. orlo.uk/JVlAU

What are the consequences of the Covid-19 lockdown in India? This ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)-supported project led out of RHULGeography looks at the economy, socioeconomic inequalities and health infrastructure during the crisis: orlo.uk/LChoj

❗ONLINE SEMINAR: 16 June 2020 ❗ "An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Liveability in Regional #Cities in #Bangladesh" with Dr Hanna Ruszczyk & Istiakh Ahmed. Register and find out more 👉 bit.ly/37UoX7D

Deindustrialisation research is still focused 'on cities and regions within the Global North. The Global South, when it does feature in research, is most often characterized as the location for "runaway factories", regions that have industrialised at the expense of the North.'

Migrant labourers in Cyprus face even greater barriers with the COVID crisis, as GLIMER points out: 'This is ironic, really, as now, more than ever, we are relying on migrant workers to keep up even a semblance of an operational society': urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2020/esse…

'The idea of sustainability itself may be transformed, to focus on individual and collective elements of wellbeing, flourishing and community.' Project MISTY on how COVID-19 'changes the view of mobility and migration as part of that transformative story' urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2020/sust…

'Dense neighbourhoods, inadequate healthcare and a plummeting informal workforce means India’s cities are just not ready for the COVID-19 fight.' SHLC blog on the challenges of the crisis in India's urban context: urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2020/dens…

Some great papers. And our commentary in Urban Studies Journal . urbantransformations Project MISTY Safe and Sustainable Cities Project Research at Exeter ExeterGeography Ricardo S. de Campos Lucy Szaboova CARIAA - IRCAAA

Really nice new research from PEAK Urban on mapping green space inequities in Medellín - couldn’t have come at a better time. peak-urban.org/blog/urban-gre…

How is #COVID19 impacting the #urban poor in Asian & African #cities? Find out more & register for upcoming #webinar with SHLC UN-Habitat & @PLG_UNHABITAT. Please share GCID urbantransformations UBDC Urban Studies & Social Policy PEAK Urban Urban_Know. 👇

With 35,000 homes in London estates currently slated for demolition, the new #EstateWatch website has been launched to help residents have a voice to shape and inform decisions that will directly affect their future: urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/esta…

Fresh off the press – Urban Transformations and Public Health in the Emergent City. A great selection of contributions by urbantransformations researchers and others on key challenges in cities today, from mental health and GBV to mental health and racism. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526150950/

Featuring contributions from Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos, Michael Keith, Nikolas Rose, Cathy McIlwaine (@cathymcilwaine.bsky.social), Miriam Krenzinger, Yara Evans, Eliana Sousa Silva, @TimSchwanen, Denver Nixon, @deljanai, Warren Smit, Leandro David Wenceslau, Francisco Ortega and Luiz Eduardo Soares

📢Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices ✨Launching our Global Report, our global team will discuss practical lessons learned on how we can shape the future of cities. 🗓 1 June 2023 🕐1pm BST 📋Register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC Peking University UCL Centre for Transport Studies

Tomorrow: Shaping Urban Futures, New Ideas, Better Practices Don't miss PEAK Urban's Global Report launch where they'll share practical lessons learnt from their 5 year research collaboration. 🗓Thursday 🕐1pm BST Register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC

Today - Join PEAK Urban for the launch of their Global Report with practical lessons on how to shape urban futures - 1pm BST. ⏱Still time to register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC

Looking forward to our Global Report Launch! ⏱Half an hour to go... if you wanted to join us, make sure you've registered - bit.ly/3OAdmmC

🎉Unleashing Sustainable Cities of the Future 🏙 We're delighted to be able to share our Global Report, the culmination of 5 years' research collaboration between Universidad EAFIT, Indian Institute for Human Settlements , Peking University, African Centre for Cities & University of Oxford 📖peak-urban.org/global-report

"Most of the fast urban growth is going to happen in cities that currently don't have the capabilities to plan for it." @juancaduque Universidad EAFIT Highlights from our Global Report launch webinar 📖Read the full report - peak-urban.org/global-report