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Towards a global housing studies
5 July 2022

New special Issue of Housing Studies published

Our Sheffield University colleague Ryan Powell and Urban Institute Professor Maliq Simone have just published a special journal issue on the prospects for a global understanding of the housing challenge.

ICOSS
18 August 2022

Job alert: Research Associate

The post is based with CaCHE - a UK wide collaboration aiming to become the leading independent centre for the production, analysis and dissemination of research related to housing in the UK.

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ICOSS
15 August 2022

Job alert: Lecturer in Environmental Planning/Management

We are seeking applications from ambitious, highly motivated and talented individuals who can deliver excellent teaching and research within the broad area of environmental policy, governance, planning and management.

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AirBnB padlocked key safes for rental flats attached to railings in Edinburgh
AirBnB padlocked key safes for rental flats attached to railings in Edinburgh. Photo: Sally Anderson/Alamy
25 July 2022

From Stagflation to Stagffluence: The Hollowing Out of the Rentier Economy

As the cost of living crisis mounts, Rowland Atkinson and Andrew Baker look at the stagnation of wages and the rising polarisation between renters and owners of assets.

Published by the Byline Times.
ICOSS

Job alert: University Teaching Associate/University Teacher (maternity cover)

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning is seeking a University Teaching Associate/University Teacher in Real Estate (maternity cover).

20 June 2022
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The Department of Urban Studies and Planning celebrates its results in the Research Excellence Framework 2021

12 May 2022
Dr Wei Yang and Professor David Robinson stand in front of the Geography and Planning Building

Immediate Past RTPI President Dr Wei Yang visits Department

The Sheffield alumna met with the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the School of Architecture.

31 March 2022
A street in Cali, Colombia

New research on pandemic resilience among low-income communities in Colombia and South Africa

The research, with funding from the Urban Studies Foundation, will look at the local resilience of low-income communities during Covid-19.

22 March 2022
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Three fully funded studentships are available in Emerging Urban Inequalities

The Centre for Doctoral Training has funding available for three projects under the theme of Emerging Urban Inequalities.

14 March 2022