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Urban Radar Podcast – New episodes available

SHEFFIELD & MANCHESTER — 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 ±¬ÁÏTV.

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Guest seminar: anti-planning narratives in Australia, Professor Nicole Gurran

In this seminar, Professor Nicole Gurran will deliver a seminar on ‘Anti-planning narratives, housing supply and affordability: An Australian case study’.

Tim Morton

Watch guest lecture Tim Morton on the UI YouTube channel

Philosopher and ecologist Tim Morton recently delivered a guest lecture as part of the Urban Inhabitation in the Anthropocene Conference funded by the Lo-Act project and is part of a series of events of the Urban Institute’s Signature Programme.

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New special issue on change in infrastructure landscapes

Vanesa Castán Broto and Enora Robin have just published a new special issue in the Journal of Landscape Research, which includes an editorial article entitled 'Embracing change in infrastructure landscapes’
UI Visiting Fellow - Simone Toji

UI welcomes Simone Toji - Research Fellow at the Maria Sybilla Merian Center Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America

Simone is a Newton International Fellow undertaking the project ‘Reconsidering urban narratives in Brazil: Central areas in São Paulo as problems and potentialities.’
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Book launch - Producing Mayaland 

Join Claudia Fonseca Alfaro to discuss her new book, Producing Mayaland: Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism from the Antipode Book Series, Wiley.