Join us in Santiago, Chile, for the ISA-RC21 IJURR Lecture by Daniel Agbiboa. Titled: Government Magic: On Urban Policing, Spectral Violence, and Transnational Solidarity. Full information on this can be found here: ijurr.org/news/upcoming-…

IJURR Editor, Mona Fawaz will also be giving a keynote session at ISA-RC21, 'Inhabiting Beirut's Ruins', with colleagues Catalina Ortiz, and Sonia Roitman . Information on this can be found here: ijurr.org/news/upcoming-…

Very excited to be in this extraordinary and absurdly photogenic city of Santiago for the ISA-RC21 urban studies conference! And to contribute to the RC21 pre-conference doctoral summer school.

#ACRCUptake UAL Kampala research team meeting Dr. Ismail Ibraheem to kickstarting discussions for developing an uptake strategy for the implementation phase. Paul Mukwaya kareem buyana Shuaib Lwasa Diana Mitlin African Cities Research Consortium Tom Goodfellow

A phenomenal keynote from ⁦Daniel Agbiboa⁩ at ⁦ISA-RC21⁩ conference. Unforgettable.

Another awesome keynote, equally inspiring and disturbing, from ⁦Mona Fawaz⁩ on the production of urban ruin through property ⁦ISA-RC21⁩ ⁦IJURR.org⁩

The best party of a conference in urban studies is when ISA-RC21 has its doctoral summer school students from all over the world composed its playlist #RC21Santiago. Hope to see everyone again at ISA forum next year and big 🙏 to local organizers & RC21 leadership!

There is a lot one could say about this, but what’s interesting me about these photos is the chess set. There’s a lot one could say about that too I’m trying not to imagine our respective 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧 leaders playing chess with suburban housing units/blocks as pawns…

Very happy to share that our book Migrants and Machine Politics was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, Qualitative & Mixed-Methods Section APSA. 📗📘 Many thanks to the award committee for this exciting recognition. Tariq Thachil Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Johns Hopkins SAIS

Techno-worlding, cities, and remittances... thinking technology and finance from Africa African Centre for Cities African Cities Research Consortium UTA-Do African Cities Workshop

New case study | Developing policies to support internally displaced people in Mogadishu The huge scale and rising number of internally displaced people (IDPs) is the centre of much political debate in Somalia.

🚨New Book Out Now 'Living the urban periphery: Infrastructure, everyday life + economic change in African city-regions' from Manchester University Press by Paula Meth , Sarah Charlton, Tom Goodfellow + Alison Todes OPEN ACCESS - read/share/download for free: tinyurl.com/4fksbaet

Another great piece from ⁦Astrid R.N. Haas⁩ on what lessons African cities can (and can’t) draw from Hong Kong with regard to land value capture…. ⁦African Cities Research Consortium⁩ theconversation.com/raising-revenu…

Are you interested in publishing your research in IJURR? Come & chat with members of the IJURR Editorial Board tomorrow at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 9-10.40 am, at the RGS-IBG Director’s Office. #RGSIBG24

These two reports, led by Paul Mukwaya and Tom Goodfellow are still the best reports on transport in Kampala. HIghly recommend them to understand the shape of the transport sector on the hills of Kampala 🚐🏍️💨 uganda.fes.de/topical/defaul… uganda.fes.de/topical/the-po…

NEW | Mogadishu: City report Mogadishu, the capital and largest city of Somalia, has an estimated population of about 2 million and faces numerous challenges. The city is at a crucial crossroads, dealing with intricate political, security and development challenges.

With AbdouMaliq Simone we are organising a Beyond Beyond Inhabitation panel at the forthcoming ISA Sociology-RC21 conference in Rabat, Morocco ISA ISA-RC21 Abstract submission is open until 15th October. Find the CPF on our Lab's site: beyondinhabitation.org/cfp-isa-rc21-i…

Two more weeks to apply for our two PhD scholarships for #Uganda nationals for our project "Empowering Ugandan Refugee–host Communities in becoming climate resilient (EMPURECO)", in collaboration with Mbarara University - deadline 15th of September 👇

#resilienturbanfutures Diversity of voice, experiences and ideas in resilience planning... Paul Mukwaya Hakimu Sseviiri African Cities Research Consortium Diana Mitlin Tom Goodfellow judith mbabazi