Latest news and updates from DPU UCL
News
- Prof Michael Walls takes over from Prof Julio Davila as DPU Director
The DPU would like to thank Prof Julio Davila for his hard work and dedication during his time as Director, while we warmly welcome Prof Michael Walls as his successor. - DPU partner ‘Public Works’ launches the Housing Monitor’s Reporting Line in Beirut
Public works is a research-based studio, co-founded by DPU alumna Abir Saksouk-Sasso, that engages critically and creatively with a number of urban and public issues in Lebanon.
Events
- Housing Rights: Looking Back, Looking Forward
09 October 2020, 2:00 pm–4:00 pm - Healing and rebuilding Beirut: Lessons from a city demanding political and social change
تعافي بيروت وإعادة تأهيلها: دروسٌ من مدينةٍ تُطالب بالتغيير السياس والاجتماعي
15 October 2020, 1pm–2pm
https://ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KU90g3BzTxa5UD7N-AqTzQ
Publications
- KNOW Working Paper 4
Institutional Capabilities towards urban equality: Reflections from the KNOW programme in Bangalore, Kampala, and Havana - Meeting WASH SDG6: insights from everyday practices in Dar es Salaam
By Pascale Hofmann - Pathways to the ‘Good Life’: Co-Producing Prosperity Research in Informal Settlements in Tanzania
By Saffron Woodcraft, Emmanuel Osuteye, Tim Ndezi, and Festo D. Makoba In Urban Planning (2020), Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 288–302
Blog
- The Port of Beirut: A Suicidal Flee
By Hanadi Samhan - The first last time: Lessons for uncertain times
By Aisha F Aminu - The other side of Chungking Express
By Natalie Kwong - Poverty, COVID-19, realities, and trade-offs in everyday life for the people of Hanna Nassif, Dar es Salaam
By Wilbard Kombe, Alphonce Kyessi, Tatu M. Limbumba (KNOW Dar es Salaam City Partners, Ardhi University) - Thinking about COVID-19 releif and recovery in India
By Ruchika Lall (WP5 researcher, IIHS) with inputs from Anand Lakhan, Abdul Shakeel, and Issac Arul Selva (Housing Rights Activists, India).
Digital media
- Lima and COVID-19: Rising Inequalities & the Need for Sustained Solidarity
Presentation from Belen Desmaison (KNOW Lima City Partner, PUCP)
Opportunities
In the media
- No return to the office planned for millions of workers
Catalina Ortiz interviewed by BBC World Business