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Radar 8: Schooling and surviving in England and Sudan (+policing/protests, +flags/fakes, +mining and cities on the move)

A new academic year, a new episode of Urban Radar Podcast, brought to you from across our urban studies community at the Social Sciences at The University of Sheffield.

Podcast: Urban Research Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth
Urban Research Labs in Times of Conflict and Post-Truth

Urban labs in times of conflict and post-truth

In this month’s feature of the Urban Radar Podcast, hosts Beth Perry and Tom Goodfellow are joined by Professors Nausheen Anwar and Mona Fawaz, Directors of the Karachi Urban Lab and Beirut Urban Lab respectively.

UI Co Pro Report

New evidence of barriers to co-produced research

The Co-Pro Futures project team is excited to share a new report synthesising the evidence gathered through the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry’s national Call for Evidence and Ideas.
Okos Stove
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JustGESI project website launched

We are delighted to announce that the new project website for JustGESI, a 3-year interdisciplinary project funded by the UKRI’s Ayrton Challenge Programme and led by Professor Castan Broto is ‘live’.

Callum Ward

Callum Ward joins as an Urban Institute Associate

The UI welcomes Callum Ward, Lecturer in Valuation and Governance in the Management School, as an Associate, to foster discussions on urban governance and financialisation at Sheffield.
Dhaka Bangladesh

Call for Contributions: Rethinking Urban Nature from the South

As part of Tanzil Shafique's ongoing research project ReWET (www.rewet.info) this hybrid symposium will take place on Tuesday 15th April 2025 1200-1630 in the Arts Tower, University of Sheffield.

Rafaella Lima

Welcome UI Associate Rafaella Lima

Rafaella is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Management School where she is investigating how asset management firms extract and protect wealth through real estate and shape urban development across uneven geographies.
Bryony Vince-Meyers

UI welcomes Dr Bryony Vince-Myers as Project Coordinator

Bryony joined the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry as our Project Coordinator in January 2025. She will be working with us until July 2025 to oversee key aspects of the Inquiry's next stage, including managing our Call for Evidence.
Book launch

Book talk: Isaac Rose - The Rentier City

On 30 January 2025 The Urban Riches Research Group held an event on The Rentier City with author Isaac Rose (Manchester Tenant's Union) and the nascent Sheffield Tenant's Union at Channing Hall in Sheffield City Centre.