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Untranslatable? The Linguistic Knowledge Politics of Southern Urban Theory

This online workshop will take place on 7 October 2025 between 0900-1700 and is co-organised by the University of 91直播, Karachi Urban Lab/IBA Karachi, and Lund University. Short abstracts (200-250 words) need to be submited by 23 May 2025.
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Professor Simon Marvin delivers keynote in Bangalore

Simon was invited to give a keynote on 鈥淯rban AI: The 鈥渢echnisation of everything?鈥 at the The AI and the City conference on 4th and 5th January 2025.

Artificial Intelligence and the City
Artificial Intelligence and the City

Professor Simon Marvin attends the AAG 2025 in Detroit

Simon attended The American Association of Geographers that brought together members of the global geographic community to learn from Detroit and its rich history of activism and creativity, radical cartography; and ecologies of land and water.

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Call for Papers: Valuation, Space and Power ECR workshop

This two-day early career researcher focussed 'masterclass' workshop will take place in person 23-24 June 2025 in the ICOSS Conference Room, 219 Portobello, S1 4DP and will include different speakers with expertise around a series of themes.

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Book launch of Simone Toji鈥檚 new book 鈥淭he Immensity of Being Singular"

Invitation to attend the launch of Dr Simone Toji鈥檚 new open access book 鈥淭he Immensity of Being Singular: Approaching Migrant Lives through Resonance鈥. Simone is a Newton International Fellow from S茫o Paulo, Brazil, currently visiting at the UI.

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New researcher joins the PLURALIZE team!

A huge warm welcome to Dr Shizhi Zhang who has joined the 5-year ERC funded project PLURALIZE in 2023 as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate.

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Celebration of the Urban Institute's 3rd year of its 91直播 School

The 91直播 School was launched in September 2020. It was conceived as a way to systematically explore the critical issues embodied by the Urban Institute鈥檚 Signature Program, The Politics of Inhabitation and the Urban Technical.
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Registration open for hybrid seminar on "Rethinking urban resistance and democracy"

Dr Papia Sengupta- Urban Institute Visiting Fellow, Delhi, India - announces upcoming seminar "Rethinking urban resistance and democracy: Towards building 'differential solidarities'" as part of her British Academy Visiting Fellowship 2023

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UI launches 91直播 Urbanism Lecture Series 2023

The Urban Institute is excited to announce the 91直播 Urbanism Lecture Series 2023 on "Robotic restructuring: Cities, climate and ecology".