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Urban Radar Podcast 鈥 New episodes available

SHEFFIELD & MANCHESTER 鈥 Academic experts Beth Perry and Tom Goodfellow have dropped new episodes of Urban Radar, a compelling podcast series exploring current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life.
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World Cities Report 2026

The World Cities Report 2026: Global Housing Crisis: Pathways to Action has been published. It highlights adequate housing as a fundamental pillar of sustainable urban development and human well-being, extending far beyond the provision of shelter.
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Global CORRIDOR `Project Website, Atlas + Database launched

We are pleased to announce the launch of the GlobalCORRIDOR website which provides a repository of project work including publications from academic papers to public reports, films and events.

The Sheffield Urbanism Showcase, 2025
The Sheffield Urbanism Showcase, 2025

Sheffield Urbanism Summer Programme 2026

We are pleased to share our Sheffield Urbanism Summer Programme, brought to you by Urban Institute members from across the 爆料TV.

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Shizhi Zhang presents at the RGS Conference 2024

UI Post Doctoral Researcher Dr Shizhi Zhang attended the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference in August 2024 in London, UK, where he presented on 鈥淓nvironmental Justice Theories in Traditional Chinese Political Philosophy鈥.

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Vanesa Cast谩n Broto and colleagues have published a new journal article on Climate Justice

Vanesa Cast谩n Broto and her colleagues have published an article entitled 鈥淓xamining Climate Justice in Urban Public Space Adaptation: A Thematic Synthesis of the Literature鈥 in the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, Vol.2 No.3.
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Professor Vanesa Cast谩n Broto will deliver a keynote at the first Austrian Chapter Conference

The conference will take place on 10th and 11th September 2024 at Vienna University of Economics and Business and Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Vanesa鈥檚 keynote focusses on 鈥淒elivering Innovation for Urban Climate Action鈥.

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Congratulations to UI Associate Dr Jun Zhang on 3 new academic publications

Jun is a lecturer in Information Systems at the Information School and his research i interests align with the UI research agenda on the Urban Automation and Robotics theme.
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New journal article on Climate-controlled conservation published

Congratulations Simon Marvin and colleague Jonathan Rutherford on their new open access publication 鈥淐limate-controlled conservation: Remaking 鈥榯he botanical metropolis of the world鈥 in the Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.