Seeking convergence across social and feminist movements, geographies and habitat-related struggles
As President of Habitat International Coalition (HIC), DPU’s Adriana Allen participated in the 3rd World Forum on Human Rights and spearheaded a cross-regional gathering of social and feminist movements working to advance the right to the city.

DPU’s Azadeh Mashayekhi receives funding for project on role of religious actors in urban planning
Congratulations to the DPU’s Dr. Azadeh Mashayekhi for receiving the Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Awards to conduct a research project on “The role of religious actors in shaping urban planning”.

Community-Led Housing in Yangon: The Struggles of Non-Confrontational Resistance and Feminist Crisis Management
By Marina Kolovou Kouri, Shoko Sakuma, Catalina Ortiz

Post-pandemic cities: An urban lexicon of accelerations/decelerations
By Simon Marvin, Colin McFarlane, Prince Guma, Michael Hodson, Andrew Lockhart, Pauline McGuirk, Andrew McMeekin, Catalina Ortiz, Abdou Maliq Simone, Alan Wiig

“There is no future in this country”: Notes from a Research in Progress on Slow Violence, Mental Health and Resilience in Gaza
By Haim Yacobi, Michelle Pace, Ziad Abu Mustafa, Yasser Abu Jami