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In this guest post Dr Mi Shih and Dr Kathe Newman write about their seminar series, Negotiating Social Futures: The Politics of Land Development and Value Capture. Shih and Newman were supported by the USF with funding from the Seminar Series Awards. The Negotiating Social Futures: The Politics of Land Development and Value Capture During […]

In this guest post Dr Faisal Umar writes about his Knowledge Mobilisation project in Kaduna, Nigeria. Faisal has been supported by the USF with an International Fellowship Award in 2021, and grant funding towards knowledge mobilisation activities. The risk of property crime and the fear of victimization is part of contemporary urban life in a […]

This guest post from Dr Lauren England, Professor Sami Moisio and Professor Ugo Rossi details some of the activities held and supported by a USF Seminar Series Award grant during 2021-2022. Even before the COVID-19 crisis, urban creative economies and policies scholarship needed to be readdressed to develop more inclusive and sustainable models for development. […]

In this guest post, Dr Maike Hamann and Dr Kate Derickson write about their seminar series on nature-based solutions in cities. Hamann and Derickson were supported by the USF with the Seminar Series Award. Our seminar series Toward just environmental futures: exploring the equity dimensions of nature-based solutions in cities provided an opportunity for sharing […]

The USF is excited to announce another record level of funding for urban studies Seminar Series Awards around the world. Thirteen unique proposals have received offers of support to deliver projects in over twenty different countries, with over £245k being committed to the 2022 round of this funding scheme. Each programme involves at least three […]