There's still time to apply for the 2024 #USFInternationalFellowships grant. Deadline is 05/07/24. This program offers fully-funded research visits of 3-9 months for urban scholars from the Global South. Apply now! ow.ly/RlC650RL5wp

📅 Next week in London! Don't miss this exciting event on "Religious Actors With or Against The State in City Making & Urban Planning" funded by #USFSeminarSeriesAward and hosted by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) June 13, 2024, at 09:30 (GMT+1). More info and registration: ow.ly/4iTC50Sa2u3

New blog entry! In this guest post, Dr. Camila Saraiva discusses the findings of her research on self-building practices in Latin America and introduces Tramas Urbanas, a website she developed with support from a #USFKnowledgeMobilizationAward : ow.ly/nNxx50SbKSx

Exciting opportunity! Only a few weeks left to apply for the 2024 #USFInternationalFellowships grant. 📅 Deadline: 5th July, 2024. This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Apply now: ow.ly/Bs0J50RL5wr

Check out these articles by Urban Climate Finance Network published in Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) 🏠 'Financing “climate-proof” housing? The premises and pitfalls of PACE finance in Florida' and ⏳'Interrupted rhythms and uncertain futures: Mortgage ...' The Network received funding from the #USFSeminarSeriesAward

Gearing up and looking forward to this 1 day hybrid conference in Vienna as part of ⁦Urban Studies Foundation⁩ seminar series on “Vacancy, occupation and commoning” organised with Judith Lehner ⁦SurayaScheba⁩ ⁦Andreas Scheba⁩ ⁦Kathleen Stokes⁩ Details in QR on poster

.⁦SurayaScheba⁩ opening the ⁦Urban Studies Foundation⁩ 1 day hybrid conference “from occupation to inhabitation” today in Vienna futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-cente…

Gentle reminder! The deadline to apply for the 2024 #USFInternationalFellowships grant is approaching soon. 📅 5th July, 2024. This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Apply now: ow.ly/eXgh50SmocE

We were delighted to host the ‘Money and Politics in Unequal Cities: Insights from the Global South’ workshop last week, organised by Deborah Fromm Gareth Jones, and Morgan Carmellini and funded by Urban Studies Foundation

In this guest post, Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Carolyn Prouse, and Josie Wittmer discuss their collective research on wastewater-based epidemiology, urban politics, and COVID-19, which was supported by #USFPandemicsAndCitiesGrants. Read more: ow.ly/KULx50SqXEV

New online seminar! Join Drs Sneha Krishnan and Surabhi Mehrotra in the “Gendered Perspectives on Urban Liveability: Gaps and Opportunities” seminar funded by the #USFSeminarSeriesAward. 15th July 2024 at 4 PM (GTM+ 5:30) via Zoom. More information: ow.ly/iAv450SuVXf

New event! “Towards innovative mixed-methods approaches to studying living multiculture in small cities” #USFSeminarSeries. September 9-11th, Prato (Italy). Funding is available to support travel and accommodation (Deadline August 5th). More info: ow.ly/Vt9X50SAues

Check out the latest USF blog post by Dr Felipe Rangel Martin, who discusses his findings on traders' uses of city spaces and introduces 'Feira da Madrugada', a podcast he developed with support from a #USFKnowledgeMobilizationAward: ow.ly/j5Jk50SKyZ5

Check out the latest publication by Ulises Moreno-Tabarez and colleagues supported by #USFSeminarSeriesAward "Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico" in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene ow.ly/OtOm50T6mPe

Huge thanks to David Bissell + audience for Social & Cultural Geog Journal keynote #RGSIBG2024 - on the debt trap that homeless families in temporary accommodation are facing in England. Honoured with Mel Nowicki & Fraser William Curry to talk re. our Urban Studies Foundation The British Academy research

And they’re off - exciting session happening now at #igc2024dub, hearing work from Cian O'Callaghan Kathleen Stokes and colleagues SurayaScheba and Andreas Scheba as part of their Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series on urban vacancy, occupation and commoning

Job Opportunity! 🔔 NLSIU invites applications for the position of Project Manager to manage the Writing Urban India (WUI) Project, a collective effort funded by Urban Studies Foundation to mentor advanced PhD candidates to publish an article. More info: ow.ly/9Zyx50TcCgL

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*Please share call for participants* as part of Urban Studies Foundation seminar series on the theme of vacancy, occupation and commoning we are running a hybrid event focusing on methodological approaches to understanding these topics across diverse geographical contexts. ⁦Kathleen Stokes⁩

Save the date for this new hybrid event "Urban vacancy, occupation and commoning: Advancing methodological approaches workshop" October 17th, 9-16hs (GMT+1) as part of #USFSeminarSeries "Urban vacancy, occupation and commoning" Cian O'Callaghan More info: ow.ly/51oR50The5F