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Call for Papers: Valuation, Space and Power ECR workshop

This two-day early career researcher focussed 'masterclass' workshop will take place in person 23-24 June 2025 in the ICOSS Conference Room, 219 Portobello, S1 4DP and will include different speakers with expertise around a series of themes.

Polly Clifton

Welcome Polly Clifton as Podcast Assistant for Urban Radar

The Urban Institute welcomes Polly as a new student assistant for the Urban Radar podcast where she will book booking facilities, support content development, promote and undertake post-production editing.

Callum Ward

Callum Ward joins as an Urban Institute Associate

The UI welcomes Callum Ward, Lecturer in Valuation and Governance in the Management School, as an Associate, to foster discussions on urban governance and financialisation at 91Ö±²¥.
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Call for Contributions: Rethinking Urban Nature from the South

As part of Tanzil Shafique's ongoing research project ReWET (www.rewet.info) this hybrid symposium will take place on Tuesday 15th April 2025 1200-1630 in the Arts Tower, University of 91Ö±²¥.

Rafaella Lima

Welcome UI Associate Rafaella Lima

Rafaella is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Management School where she is investigating how asset management firms extract and protect wealth through real estate and shape urban development across uneven geographies.
Bryony Vince-Meyers

UI welcomes Dr Bryony Vince-Myers as Project Coordinator

Bryony joined the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry as our Project Coordinator in January 2025. She will be working with us until July 2025 to oversee key aspects of the Inquiry's next stage, including managing our Call for Evidence.
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Book talk: Isaac Rose - The Rentier City

On 30 January 2025 The Urban Riches Research Group held an event on The Rentier City with author Isaac Rose (Manchester Tenant's Union) and the nascent 91Ö±²¥ Tenant's Union at Channing Hall in 91Ö±²¥ City Centre.

Urban Radar podcast

URBAN RADAR is here!

In the year of the Urban Institute's tenth anniversary - which also marks 60 years since research and teaching on urban and regional planning began at the University of 91Ö±²¥ - we have launched a new podcast series, 'Urban Radar'.
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How can cities harness nature in the fight against flooding

The Urban Institute's Professor of Climate Urbanism - Vanesa Castan Broto - recently participated in an interview with Sarah Murray for the Financial Times on how cities are harnessing nature in the fight against flooding.