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Stirling prize 2025: Appleby Blue pioneers affordable social housing tackling elderly loneliness

For The Conversation, Professor John Flint discusses the new Appleby Blue development in London, which aims to provide community-focused, affordable housing for the elderly, via a new spin on the centuries-old concept of almshouses.

Published by The Conversation
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Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

Join us on the 9th of October 2025 for an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
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3D perspective view of a buried glacier on Mars, generated from images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Sean Doran

Dr Frances Butcher receives £1.8m Royal Society University Research Fellowship to investigate the glacial and climate history of Mars

The eight-year University Research Fellowship from The Royal Society will focus on poorly understood water-ice glaciers on Mars, which contain archives of martian climate information and could inform future human missions to the planet.
Timothy Joubert

New research project explores how collective ownership could protect, improve and democratise crucial public services

A new Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship sees Dr Timothy Joubert join the School of Geography and Planning to investigate how public-commons partnerships can be realised through collaboration between local governments and community organisations.
Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

Congratulations to Dr Pamela Richardson, ECR winner in the 'Outstanding partnership or impact in sustainability and the environment' category, and to Dr Rob Bryant, who was shortlisted for his work on the Policing of Illegal Logging in the Amazon.
Deforestation in Borneo

International Development masters student blog series - 2025

Each year our MA International Development students have the opportunity to write blog articles exploring key topics from their courses.
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Sheffield geographer presents UNESCO policy summary for action to save our frozen planet

A Sheffield geographer is playing a leading advisory role as part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) work to protect Earth's frozen regions.
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‘It All Starts With Play’ – New National Campaign and APPG on Play in England

Researchers from the School of Architecture and Landscape and School of Geography and Planning help launch Play England’s new national strategy at the House of Commons.
Melanie Lombard and Philipp Horn

Melanie Lombard and Philipp Horn receive AESOP Excellence in Teaching Award 2025

Congratulations to Melanie Lombard and Philipp Horn who received the Association of European Schools of Planning award for their masters module 'Urban Informality'.