Public Lecture in Sheffield Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century - A talk by Professor Matthew Soules (June 18, 4-5pm) eventbrite.co.uk/e/icebergs-zom… All welcome to this free event

Such a privilege to have two brilliant researchers & scholars - Côme Salvaire and Graeme Young - reviewing my book in Urban Studies Journal, and to be able to respond as part of a book review forum on 'Politics and the Urban Frontier' Many thanks to all involved! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century 🧊 Our upcoming research event with Professor Matthew Soules of University of British Columbia, coming up on the 18th of June 🗓️ sheffield.ac.uk/urban-institut…

Football’s Lost Grounds Remembered ⚽️ The Yorkshire Times reflects on a recent talk by Dr Dr Tosh Warwick about Yorkshire’s Lost and Historic Football Grounds yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Footba…

Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University The Yorkshire Times Some great Yorkshire football ground artwork by The Man Who Paints Football www.paultownart.com

New (Open Acceess) Book The CESET Project team led by Vanesa Castán Broto has published their edited volume  "Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions: Experiences from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique" link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

🚨TODAY @ 4pm🚨 Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: #Architecture and #Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century eventbrite.co.uk/e/icebergs-zom…

On Friday we welcomed Tom Goodfellow and researchers from Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University to hear local Somalis' experiences of life in our city. Their voices will help identify the most important questions for understanding the needs, challenges and triumphs of our Somali community.

"Urban Informality: An Introduction" by Melanie Lombard and myself is now out with Bristol Uni Press. Teaching, researching, studying, or working on informality? You can buy the book (or ask your library to do so) here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/urban-informal… We hope it's useful and of interest.

"Rather than putting all the emphasis on new builds, we also need to make better use of what we have." Emeritus Prof Tony Crook discusses how older people can be encouraged to downsize via The Conversation #housing theconversation.com/britain-desper…

Early Career Researcher Award ⭐️Tongping Hao, University of Hong Kong ⭐️Caterina Villani, University College Dublin ⭐️Charles Goode Geography Birmingham, University of Birmingham ⭐️Martha Mingay, University of Sheffield ⭐️Rob Richardson, University of Glasgow 5/6

#SquattingLondon will be out in December. Preorder is up now. Pluto Press BCU Sociology The Urban Institute Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University Advisory Service for Squatters 56a Infoshop Museum of Homelessness Narrow Margins MayDay Rooms Bishopsgate Institute Resistance plutobooks.com/9780745341439/…

Dislike long reports? If so AND you are interested in challenges of land governance in African Cities Research Consortium, and how it intersects with connective infrastructure and political struggles over urban space, fear not. We have this 4-page, colourful briefing: african-cities.org/wp-content/upl…

How can city government increase its capacity to make choices? and in the context of ‘localism’ in the UK? 👀my chapter in the new Handbook of Urban Politics and Policy e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handb…

“Keeping changes in global average temperatures under 1.5C is not impossible, but it feels like a desperate enterprise,” said Vanesa Castán Broto (Vanesa Castán Broto) an IPCC author who leads a research group on climate urbanism at the University of Sheffield. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Out now and #openaccess in our Global Urban Transformations series: 'Living the urban periphery: Infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions' by Paula Meth, Sarah Charlton, Tom Goodfellow and Alison Todes OPEN ACCESS - read/share/download for free:

EXCITING JOB OPPORTUNITY - Studio Tutor in Urban Design & Planning, £37-41K We are looking for experienced professional(s) /similar to join our urban design team & contribute to studio teaching Urban Studies and Planning at Sheffield University Deadline 4th September For info/queries see jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynp…

We are *beyond* excited to announce that Festival of the Mind is back this September! #FOTM2024 brings our pioneering research to life through immersive exhibitions, films, performances & more. Our amazing researchers work with local creatives, bringing you over 40 free events 🎉 Full

Less than a month to go until #AppliedUrbanDesign 📕 is here😎... We're holding a joint Routledge Books launch event Manchester Urban Design LAB on 19th September to celebrate!! Together w. #UrbanImprint, Philip Black Ian Mell +many more! All Welcome - HBS Building, The University of Manchester, 16.45