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New 拢3 million project will tackle inequality in Africa's clean energy transition

Congratulations to Vanesa Cast谩n Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism in the UI, on being selected as one of thirteen UK research projects that will address urgent global energy and climate challenges funded through the Ayrton Challenge Programme.

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Getting our house in order: improving conditions for co-produced research in UK higher education

On 5th December 2024 the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry launched its Call for Evidence and Ideas during an online event. The Co-Pro Futures Inquiry is a two-year project (2024-2026) funded by Research England Participatory Research Funds.

91直播 Urbanism Winter Programme
91直播 Urbanism Winter Programme

91直播 Urbanism Winter Programme

We are pleased to announce details for the first 91直播 Urbanism Winter Programme - offering a mix of hybrid events taking place in Janaury 2025!
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"Chapter House Ceiling - York Minster" by nick.garrod is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Future Religions / Religious Futures Conference - Call for papers

On 23 June 2025 this one day conference will explore聽the evolving roles of religious spaces as places of social innovation, cultural interaction, and community resilience. This is an open call to聽academics, practitioners and activists.聽
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Vanesa Cast谩n Broto and colleagues have published a new journal article on Climate Justice

Vanesa Cast谩n Broto and her colleagues have published an article entitled 鈥淓xamining Climate Justice in Urban Public Space Adaptation: A Thematic Synthesis of the Literature鈥 in the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, Vol.2 No.3.
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Professor Vanesa Cast谩n Broto will deliver a keynote at the first Austrian Chapter Conference

The conference will take place on 10th and 11th September 2024 at Vienna University of Economics and Business and Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Vanesa鈥檚 keynote focusses on 鈥淒elivering Innovation for Urban Climate Action鈥.

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Congratulations to UI Associate Dr Jun Zhang on 3 new academic publications

Jun is a lecturer in Information Systems at the Information School and his research i interests align with the UI research agenda on the Urban Automation and Robotics theme.
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Congratulations to UI PhD student Catherine Malpass on her Visiting Fellowship

Earlier in the year Catherine visited the Reggio Emilia region of Italy to learn about innovative education initiatives which centre around children's agency and sensory experiences, with a significant focus on food.
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New journal article on Climate-controlled conservation published

Congratulations Simon Marvin and colleague Jonathan Rutherford on their new open access publication 鈥淐limate-controlled conservation: Remaking 鈥榯he botanical metropolis of the world鈥 in the Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.