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10th September 2026

Withdrawing from the city: Co-researching social withdrawal in Osaka and Seoul

Illustration for the blog post "PRIVATEVICTIONS: Confronting the Privatization of Evictions and Building Tenant Power in Spain" - Image by Alberto Escudilla
31st August 2026

PRIVATEVICTIONS: Confronting the privatisation of evictions and building tenant power in Spain

Women sharing the story of the alleyway they codesigned. ©CatalyticAction MELUP Tripoli. Photo by Hiba Chaarani
19th August 2026

Listening to women’s narratives of urban collapse in Tripoli, Lebanon

Introducing six new Urban Urgencies projects - Image by Alberto Escudilla
30th July 2026

Six new USF Urban Urgencies grants awarded

Nabatieh
17th July 2026

Studying cities at war: The destruction of knowledge infrastructures and exclusions

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash
16th July 2026

Two decades of southern urban theory: Notes beyond informality

Image 1: Representation of Hindu mythological characters on flyovers in Delhi
10th July 2026

“Public art for whom?”: Creativity and urban futures in Delhi

San Marcos Day petition at night, an altar lit by candles and ringed with cempasúchil, where prayers are offered for rain and a good harvest. Photo: Miguel Angel Maceda Liborio.
11th May 2026

From the littoral, making Coastal Commons

Participants of the Seminar Series "Intersections on the Periphery: the Good City in a Time of Crisis"
6th May 2026

What makes the good city?

Participatory community cartography in San Marcos, Guerrero, mapping ecological-territorial defense amid touristification pressures and threats to communal life.
29th April 2026

Making space for Coastal Commons

Credits: Gül, lead actress, getting off the ‘servis’. Servis: commoning commutes
27th April 2026

From moving lives to moving images: the making of a documentary on the daily commutes of female domestic workers in Istanbul

Image 1: The Nairobi Expressway adds a new layer in the city, but does not appeal to most drivers because of its tolls (photo by Zhengli Huang)
13th April 2026

Estranging infrastructure through writing and publishing

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"The USF International Fellowship has contributed enormously to my career development. Providing the opportunity to work with a world-class Mentor and university also enabled me to win a further research grant to continue researching new cities and climate action in Africa."

Dr Prosper Issahaku Korah, International Fellowship

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