We at the Urban Studies Foundation (USF) are delighted to reveal the recipients of our 2025 Seminar Series Awards! This year, we are celebrating a diverse and innovative cohort of projects poised to make significant advances in urban scholarship. These awards highlight the USF’s commitment to fostering critical dialogue, supporting groundbreaking and collaborative research, and […]
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Urban vacancy, occupation and commoning: Advancing a global comparative urbanism
In this guest post, Dr Suraya Scheba (University of Cape Town), Dr Cian O’Callaghan (Trinity College Dublin), and Dr Andreas Scheba ((Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa/University of the Free State) discuss their research on Urban Vacancy, occupation and commoning, a project that was supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF. […]
Trustee Recruitment 2025
The deadline for applications to this call is 8th August 2025 at 23:59 UTC+0. The Urban Studies Foundation (USF) is recruiting new Trustees to serve on its Board, with start dates throughout 2026. Trustees may be based anywhere worldwide, but must be able to demonstrate significant, long-term, and ongoing involvement in urban studies research and […]
New municipalism, democratic public ownership, and the politics of the common
In this guest post, Dr Bertie Russell (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), Dr Iolanda Bianchi (School of Sociology, University of Barcelona), and Lavinia Steinfort (Transnational Institute) describe their research on New Municipalism, a project that was supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF. The New Municipalism, Democratic […]
Alternative circulations? Situating policymaking, decoloniality, and urban models within Latin American cities.
In this guest post, Dr Ryan Anders Whitney, Dr Isabel Duque Franco, and Dr Guillermo Jajamovich describe their research on policy mobilities in Latin America, a project that was supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF. Latin American cities are increasingly looking to other cities, both regionally and globally, for inspiration when […]