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Jugaad infrastructure - improvisational infrastructures in everyday life

UI Associate Ankit Kumar's research, exploring infrastructure as both a material and social concept, is showcased by the Royal Geographical Society, where each month they spotlight recently published research from one of their leading journals.

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What planet boundaries mean for cities and infrastructures

The final LO-ACT conference entitled “What planet boundaries mean for cities and infrastructures” was hosted at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in the historic room Mario Baratto designed by architect Carlo Scarpa on 29th–31st October 2024.

CATA - Climate Change and Women Waste Pickers
CATA - Climate Change and Women Waste Pickers

CATA participates in Festival of the Mind 2024

The UI took part in Festival of the Mind 2024 by showcasing the CATA - Climate Change and Women Waste Pickers is a multimedia exhibition that showcases a series of prints built from images of waste collectors in Brazil by Verônica Alkmim França.
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USF Fellow Dr Junia Cambraia Mortimer joins the Urban Institute

The UI is excited to welcome Dr Junia Cambraia Mortimer as an Urban Studies International Fellow for 9 months under the mentorship of professors Dr Beth Perry and Dr AbdouMaliq Simone, working on visuality, urbanisation and environmental history.
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Co-Pro Futures Inquiry – Call for Evidence and Ideas (Online Event)

Join us for an information-gathering exercise to harness expertise from people with insights about co-producing research. This online event will take place on Thursday 5th December 2024 0930-1100. Sign up via Eventbrite on the link below.

New report and policy brief on facilitating inclusive and just energy transitions

On 25 September 2024 the ESRC funded CESET project held a workshop at the Royal Society London to launch its policy recommendations on the role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions. Watch the 'live' report of discussions.

Zhengli Huang

UI welcomes new research associate Dr Zhengli Huang

The UI is delighted to introduce their newest team member Dr Zhengli Huang. Zhengi will be working with Dr Jon Silver and other members of the UI team on the European Research Council project GlobalCORRIDOR.

Credit: Mark Lewis

Book Launch: Living the urban periphery

This event is cohosted by Institute for Global Sustainable Development and the Urban Institute to celebrate the new open access book "Living the urban periphery: Infrastructure, everyday life and economic change in African city-regions.

Credit: Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza

Urban Transitions and Popular Economies: How to Inhabit Differently?

During the week of the 4-9 November, AbdouMaliq Simone will be delivering the 'El Alto Sessions' in Bolivia as an initiative of the Urban Institute's oldest Sheffield School "Urban Popular Economy Collective", in partnership CLACSO and CIDES-IDIS/UMS