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USP Academics Win Top Research Awards

Two of our academics have won awards at the 2017 Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Awards for Research Excellence

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Civic Enterprises

'Emergence of Civic Enterprise' Seminar

The second talk in our research seminar series will be on 'The emergence of civic enterprise: social innovation, counter-institutions and the possibilities for democratic renewal in a liberal world', this will be presented by Professor Hendrik Wagenaar on 18th October 2017. All Welcome!

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Why study Urban Studies and Planning?
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Dr Rae talks about our new GIS course
Dr Rae talks about our new GIS course
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