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GREAT

@GREAT_offgrid

#offgrid #transitions #informality Research project. Collaboration between @LancasterUni, @dpu_ucl, @UnivalleCol and @CujaeRedSocial

 Lancaster, Lancashire
Joined April 2020
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Solidarity with our colleagues in #Havana and #Cali, as both locations of the GREAT project are now scenes of social unrest. Complex times to be researching #transitions in #LatinAmerica.
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In solidarity with GREAT's team members in Cali, Colombia #CaliResiste
Facultad de Ingeniería Electrica de la CUJAE (@elecujae) profile pictureFacultad de Ingeniería Electrica de la CUJAE@elecujae5 May 2021
Están matando a mis hermanos en Colombia por protestar ante las decisiones de un Gobierno que hoy ya no los representa. Alerta internacional!! Basta de muertes, busquemos la solución y la Paz que Colombia bella se lo merece. #Colombia
JUST LAUNCHED! MSc UDP and @justspace7 audio map launched as tool to amplify diverse community voices in #London ✊ Explore the map yourself! 👇 ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/developme… @BLipVid @tiwickson
MSc UDP and Just Space audio map launched as tool to amplify diverse community voices in London |...

MSc UDP and Just Space audio map launched as tool to amplify diverse community voices in London |...

Designed as a first step towards the production of Just Space’s Community-Led Recovery Plan for London, this project captures and amplifies unheard stories of community struggle and resilience in the...

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The day has finally arrived to officially announce the GREAT project, as @UKRI_News reports that the 141 new @GCRF projects went live at noon today. More here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/great/
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Led by Lancaster University, our team in the UK, Colombia and Cuba and will seek to transform our understanding of on- and off-grid infrastructures in informal settlements.#informality #infrastructure @dpu_ucl @CujaeRedSocial @UnivalleCol @LancasterUni
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Much to report already. Our international team of 18 researchers has spent several months building local partnerships, thinking on #intersectionality & sharing PublicLab work in internal seminars. We are keen to start work with residents of the informal settlements #havana #cali
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‼️ Save the date: we are launching an Urban Thinkers Campus series on Forced #Migration in #Cities, with @UNHABITAT. 🗓️1st session 22 October: key role of #localgov implementing Global Compacts ⏰4 pm CET 🌎Focus: Latin America & the Caribbean. 📍More: lnkd.in/dG87rdP
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Highly informative thread on gender and transport, culminating in 'gender responsive urban mobility' #genderandtransport #transportequity #mobilities
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚴🚍⚡ (@TUMInitiative) profile picture🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚴🚍⚡@TUMInitiative14 Oct 2020
1/ ♀️ Gender and Urban Transport 👉 A short introduction (Thread ⬇️) - feel free to add and to comment. #womenmobilize
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Pleased to share this collection of essays. Learned so much from the contributors, who engage w/ idea of ‘intersecting crises’ to critically reflect on dynamics of change and continuity, and power and marginality during the Covid-19 pandemic
AE/AES - Come join us at @amethno.bsky.social ! (@AmEthno) profile pictureAE/AES - Come join us at @amethno.bsky.social !@AmEthno12 Oct 2020
Intersecting Crises - how to think with & beyond the category of 'crisis' in a pandemic - new AES Pandemic Diaries collection edited by @calynndowler w/essays by Karen Ho, Annu Jalais, Megnaa Mehtta, Amites Mukhopadhyay, Annika Schmeding, & Omar Sharifi americanethnologist.org/feat…
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💡Making #cities more resilient, circular, smart, inclusive, & connected is not a luxury but a necessity👉thought piece from @WRIRossCities @GCAdaptation, w/ key priorities to help cities address #COVID19, inequalities & #ClimateChange. gca.org/solutions/building-c… #AdaptOurWorld
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BLOG: Why aren’t international funders supporting slum/shack dweller federations that are doing so much to help informal settlement dwellers avoid or cope with COVID-19 and its devastating economic impacts. Here is how to do so iied.org/call-international-…
Call to international funders: address grassroots organisations’ priorities, not yours | Internat...

Call to international funders: address grassroots organisations’ priorities, not yours | Internat...

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For #BlackHistoryMonth, the @BartlettUCL DPU want to ask you some thought-provoking questions 🔎 1. What racial encounters have you had? Don't hold back! Let us know about your experiences 👀 #Race #Equality #Diversity
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An economics framing of #informality from @urosario, Colombia, sharing research and debating issues regarding the informal economy. urosario.edu.co/The-Economic…
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#Blog: #Informality in #LatinAmerica in the post #COVID19 era: towards a more formal “new normal”? vox.lacea.org/?q=blog/inform… @snietoparra @jvazquezzamora @Alicesreading @OECD_Centre
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The next issue of @RegionsZine will look at housing issues in contemporary urban regions. Are you interested in writing a short piece? Get in touch with me or @rhb1983 and @Ed uardo_liveira Great visibility offered by @regstud
Regions eZine/now at rsa-regions.bsky.social (@RegionsZine) profile pictureRegions eZine/now at rsa-regions.bsky.social@RegionsZine12 Oct 2020
CfP: Issue 8 themed around Housing Issues in Contemporary Urban Regions See guidelines for contributing new articles regions.regionalstudies.org/… Submission deadline: 15/12/2020 Publication date: 30/12/2020
Regions e-Zine examines the prime issues affecting our cities and urban regions

ALT Regions e-Zine examines the prime issues affecting our cities and urban regions

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