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The Writing Urban India collective is pleased to launch a third round of writing Fellowships for up to twenty India-based early-career scholars, funded by the Urban Studies Foundation. This round of the scheme will be hosted by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), and offers mentoring and financial support towards nurturing early-career […]

In this guest post, Dr Liza Cirolia, Dr Miriam Maina, and Mbugua Kuria Mbugua narrate the outcomes of the UTA-Do seminars, which were supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF.    The UTA-Do African Cities Workshop emerged as a response to a persistent issue in academia: African scholars, particularly those from East […]

In this guest post, Priscilla Ferreira, Livia Vidal, Gizele Martin, Tuwilê J.K. Braga, W. Jamaal Wright, Adam Bledsoe, and Yousuf Al-Bulushi describe their research on “Global Black Geographies: Racial Capitalism and Black Urban Experiences”, which was supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF.   “Make a life, and the living will follow,” she […]

The Urban Studies Foundation is excited to announce that nine new International Fellows will begin their USF-funded research over the next year. Each fellowship provides a visiting sabbatical aimed at helping Fellows develop their research publications and outputs. This year’s cohort includes scholars from Brazil, China, Ghana, India, and Indonesia, who will receive mentorship from […]

In this guest post, Dr Andrea Carrión Hurtado and Dr Julien Rebotier discuss their research on disaster risk management and climate change adaption in the Andean Region, which was supported by the USF International Fellowship.  Over the past decades, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation have evolved as distinctive —yet intermingled— academic debates, political […]