DPU-UCL latest news, publications & opportunities – December
News
- DPU staff receive UCL Social Science Plus research awards scheme
Congratulations to DPU’s Haim Yacobi and Daniel Oviedo who are 2 of the 3 recipients of the recent Social Science Plus research awards scheme, and to Azadeh Mashayekhi who will be an Early Career Researcher on one of the succesful projects.
Events
Re-earthing Urban Design: Radical theory and practices
Urban Design Conversations
04 February 2022, 11:00 am–12:30 pm
Registration: https://ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ffe_6Eq3T8uAWwaViuTNNA
Diasporic Geographies: voices from the south(s)
Urban Design Conversations – Walking tours
11 February 2022, 11:00 am–12:30 pm
If you are interested in joining the walking tours, please send an email to Laia Fernandez – [email protected]
Publications
- Limited International Election Observation Mission Somaliland House of Representatives and local council elections
- By Michael Walls, Mark Stevens, Kate Sullivan, Sarah Fradgley and Dominic HowellGOLD VI Working Paper Series (No. 1 – 6): Pathways to urban and territorial equality
- Produced by United Cities and Local Governmnts (UCLG) & Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW). No. 1 – 6 available now for download ‘The Urban Dimensions of Inequality and Equality’. GOLD VI Working Paper Series #01
- By Christopher Yap, Camila Cociña, and Caren Levy Leaving no urban citizens behind: An urbanequality framework for deployingthe sustainable development goals
- By Stephanie Butcher, Michele Acuto and Alexei Trundle. In One Earth, Volume 4, Issue 11, 19 November 2021
Blogs
- Holding the space: Women and Girls Safe Spaces for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece By Ignacia Ossul Vermehren
- Syndemic Urbanism: Urban Injustice in Traumatized Cities: How violence, neglect, and health are entangled in urban territories, By Haim Yacobi, Published by Think Global Health
Digital media
Videos
- Housing justice and urban planning during pandemic times, (Post)Pandemic Planning in the South(s) series – No 2
- Governing futures Multilevel governance for urban equality, (Post)Pandemic Planning in the South(s) series – No
- Reconceptualising the field: Learnings or Lessons from remote practice engagement
- Knowledge co-production to strengthen urban governance: Assessing possibilities and limitations (Caren Levy presents the KNOW Programme remotely at the University of Chile, Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism | 23 November 2021)
- Citizen participation in planning: from the neighbourhood to the city (KNOW Investigators Catalina Ortiz & Vanessa Castán Broto present at The International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED) debate | 24 November 2021)#
- Local approaches to managing the risks of losses and damages from climate change (KNOW Research Fellow Emmanuel Osuteye presents at the Africa Pavilion COP26 | 09 November 2021, To view, click the Archive tab, ‘Tue 09 – Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation’ (track 3).
Podcast