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Lecture Two of our Sheffield Urbanism Series
'Dark cities and Oligarchic Formations: Illicit finance and money influence in cities'
Professor Rowland Atkinson
Online/In person, Tuesday 3 November
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New Radar Podcast available: Bleeding Cities - Menopause, menstrual activism and urban development
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New publication: Capitalising urban futures
Professor Simon Marvin and colleagues have published a new open access article entitled "Capitalising urban futures: digital twin cities and the simplification of urban prototyping" in City.
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Still time to sign up to today's Sheffield Urbanism lecture which will be online/in person
Money and Morale: Finance and the Politics of Hope in Climate-Changing Cities by Savannah Cox
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Handbook on Financialisation and Space Published
Two of our associates have contributed chapters to the recently published Handbook on Financialisation and Space.
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Critical Geographies of the Infrastructure Corridor
Call for papers AAG 2027, NYC:
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Writing the City
Delivered by the University of Sheffield Off the Shelf Festival of Words is one of the most vibrant literary festivals in the UK, bringing the best in local, national and international literary talent to Sheffield.
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CLEANING UP THE CITY: Waste-lands in Mumbai and Lagos
The latest episode of the Urban Radar Podcast is ready! In this month's episode, Beth and Tom reflect on UN World Clean-up Day
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💰 ANNOUNCING | FINANCE URBANISM IN THE AGE OF CRISIS
The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026 brings together three leading thinkers for a significant intervention to cohere a new set of co-ordinates and future possibilities.
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EVENT: Urban Studies in Ukraine: Changes, Challenges, and Collaboration
Dr Tetiana Vodotyka traces the development of urban studies in Ukraine
Weds 30th Sept 2026
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Call for Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at the Urban Institute.
We invite proposals from postgraduates who wish to pursue rigorous, innovative research in urban studies that aligns with our current research activities.
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New publication explores how cities are engineering winter
Professor Simon Marvin and Professor Jonathan Rutherford have published a new open-access article in the Journal of Urban Technology examining how snow has become a form of urban infrastructure
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Urban Radar Podcast: Indigenous Urbanism and Youth
In this month's episode, Beth and Tom mark World Indigenous Peoples' Day and the International Day of Youth with Dr Philipp Horn, School of Geography and Planning, University of Sheffield.
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From 20-22 July, colleagues from Sheffield Urbanism attended the RC21 Urban Studies conference in Vienna, on ‘Inequalities and the City: Old Issues, New Challenges’. In this article, members of our PhD community share their reflections.
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Vanesa Castán Broto and colleagues have published a new open access article in Nature entitled "The role of community energy in mediating sustainable energy transitions in East and Southern Eastern Africa".
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Could a new approach to charity put communities in control? Discover how One World Together is changing who decides where funding goes and helping tackle urban poverty.
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Watch Sam Burgum’s Keynote: Over-exposure
Sam’s keynote “Over-exposure: Enforcement, the Climate Emergency, and Entangled Urban Inequalities”
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Shizhi Zhang, Linda Westman, and Vanesa Castán Broto have published a new paper in Political Geography that explores how classical Chinese political philosophy can contribute to contemporary debates on environmental justice (EJ) theory.
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Urban Political podcast on 'Corridors, Logistics, and Circulation’
Jon Silver recently appeared on the Urban Political podcast as part of the third episode of the Cities and Geopolitics.
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Key note talk: Over-exposure: Enforcement, the Climate Emergency, and Entangled Urban Inequalities
You are invited to join an online key note delivered by Sam Burgum on Wednesday
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