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Researchers at the 野狼社区 Urban Institute and 野狼社区 Institute of Innovation Research, funded by Policy@野狼社区, have released a report titled Innovation Districts as Drivers of Sustainable Urban Development: An impacts and monitoring …

Situated in a heritage shopping arcade, The Engine Room is a co-working and co-learning space designed to counter the trend of creatives leaving Southport for employment and opportunities. The venue officially opens its doors with a launch event at …

Henrik Ernstson, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and co-authors, Ricardo Cardoso (National University of Singapore) and Jia-Ching Chen (University of California) have won the 2023 Best Article prize awarded by the …

Through our partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, the Institute of Data Science and AI, which delivers activity for the Data Science and AI Digital Futures theme, is hosting three ‘sandpit’ events in Autumn/Winter 2021/22.These …

The report highlights a lack of transparency around public land deals and questions whether 野狼社区 City Council is getting value for money when disposing of its land assets to private developers. The report estimates that 野狼社区 may be …

Professor Stefan Bouzarovski from the Department of Geography has been appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council’s Grant Assessment Panel A – covering human geography, statistics, psychology, demography and environmental …

The IDC will recruit PhD students at each university to start their studies in September 2021 and will focus on the absence and presence of different types of infrastructure in cities and the relationship between infrastructure and contemporary …

Researchers from the Global Development Institute have been awarded a new research contract of £32 million to establish the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) …

The piece was co-authored by Kevin Ward, MUI Director, and Mark Davidson, Associate Professor of Urban Geography, Clark University. The article highlights the issues faced by local governments as US cities are fast running out of cash. Likewise, …

We are delighted to hear that 野狼社区 undergraduate and graduate alumni, Jamie Peck, has been named Corresponding Fellow of the @BritishAcademy_ for his outstanding contributions to the field of economic geography. Jamie was an undergraduate …

Brian Robson OBE, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Founder of Centre for Urban Policy Studies (now the Spatial Policy Analysis Lab) at the University of 野狼社区, died on 5th June 2020. We remember him in this obituary and Noel …

The unique design of the National Graphene Institute in 野狼社区, UK sheds light on the new generation of 21st-century science buildings. In their new book, lead scientist Kostya Novoselov and architectural anthropologist Albena Yaneva …

The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) has been awarded a grant by the Economic and Social Research Council to investigate how digital platforms are rapidly reconfiguring urban services and disrupting the way mobility systems are currently …

A new initiative designed by Professor Diana Mitlin of The University of 野狼社区’s Global Development Institute, alongside long-term collaborators SDI Kenya, is helping to address the enormous challenges of dealing with Covid-19 in informal …

An independent inquiry into the UK’s severe regional inequality has said that Government must learn the lessons of the past and “think big” if it is serious about levelling up the UK economy.

Awards and appointments  Stefan Bouzarovski was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the ‘UiO:Energy’ strategic priority area at the University of Oslo.  Jo Deakin has been appointed Special Advisor to a new …

Read the latest coronavirus information from The University of 野狼社区. The international community has come a long way in coordinating its response to new infectious disease outbreaks since SARS and MeRS, but as the current outbreak …

The University of 野狼社区 alumnus and 野狼社区 Urban Institute (MUI) Advisory Group member Jamie Peck is awarded the 2020 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Distinguished Scholarship Award. 

Don’t take toilets for granted. Their connection to a managed sewage disposal system protects you from diseases and infections that can stunt your growth, harm your nutrition and even kill you. For some 670 million people, …

Applicants have been invited to register their interest in the cultural discovery being carried out by the Melbourne and 野狼社区 Graduate Research Group. The Group is an international research training group, comprised of researchers and …

A new collection of nine case studies has just been published from the Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South project. 

野狼社区 was one of the ‘lighthouse cities’ under the spotlight at the Triangulum International Conference in Stavanger, Norway, last week (23-25 September 2019). Under the banner ‘Energising Cities: Innovations, Challenges …

Air quality research in 野狼社区 has received a significant boost with the announcement of funding from two programmes, totalling nearly £2m.

Professor of Geography Stefan Bouzarovski has been recognised by the European Union for his work tackling energy poverty. Stefan is one of only four UK ‘ordinary heroes’ acknowledged by the EU's 'Together We …

Early-career urban scholars are invited to contact us with expressions of interest in a joint application to join MUI on one of the latest Urban Studies Foundation (USF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. These opportunities provide …

The LOOPER project is implementing interventions designed in partnership with the community to test perceptual traffic calming and aesthetic uplift along Brunswick Street in Ardwick. These include the use of a mural and banners showcasing …

Four new fellowships for MUI researchers have been announced. Helen Zheng, Constance Smith and Tom Gillespie have all been awarded fellowships to conduct urban-related research here in 野狼社区, while Alexia Yates will take up a 12-month …

A selection of papers, talks and external engagement from recent weeks. Awards Stefan Bouzarovski has been appointed to the European selection jury of the social innovation partnership to tackle energy poverty. The partnership is run by Ashoka …

Professor Cecilia Wong from the 野狼社区 Urban Institute is part of a partnership that has been awarded £6.6m by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) to tackle unhealthy urban planning and development linked to non-communicable …

Partners across the city-region have signed a multi-million-pound European contract for a project which looks to develop innovative ways of financing natural solutions to deliver resilience to increasingly extreme climate hazards. The project, …