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Glasgow, Scotland
Joined January 2018
Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Making waves! @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 and I coordinated this piece via our work with a fantastic group of co-authors/panelists from our workshop: creating a justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance funded by @USForg doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.202…
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
The 1st advertisement for "Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis" is here! Thank you to the supportive editors at @fernpub, all the contributors/agitators, and @USForg ! Available on shelves in early 2025! Accepting invitations for book talks!
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Call for Applications | NLSIU invites applications for the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship. Duration of the fellowship: 10 months Application Deadline: December 25, 2024 Find out more and apply here: nls.ac.in/news-events/call-f…
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In a blog post for @USForg, Gareth Jones and @fromm_deborah describe the results of the international seminar “Money and Politics in Unequal Cities: Analytical Insights from The Global South,” funded by the Urban Studies Foundation. 🌎 zurl.co/6VB3
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Confirmed for our Homeless Families Conference! @K_Brickell Professor of Urban Studies @KingsCollegeLon. Dr @melnowicki, Reader in Human Geography at @oxford_brookes. 24th Oct 10am-4:30pm Amnesty International, London sharedhealthfoundation.org.u…
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
With @idrabcn & @coopolis_bcn, we have been helping to organise the international conference on the plural economy. 23-24th October, Barcelona. Full agenda: bcn.coop/jornades-internacio… Almost all the event will be in simultaneous translation 🤗 With support of the @USForg
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
*Please share call for participants* as part of @USForg seminar series on the theme of vacancy, occupation and commoning we are running a hybrid event focusing on methodological approaches to understanding these topics across diverse geographical contexts. ⁦@KathleenStokes⁩
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Huge thanks to @davidbissell + audience for Social & Cultural Geog Journal keynote #RGSIBG2024 - on the debt trap that homeless families in temporary accommodation are facing in England. Honoured with @melnowicki & @FraserWC to talk re. our @USForg @BritishAcademy_ research
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
And they’re off - exciting session happening now at #igc2024dub, hearing work from @CiantOCallaghan @KathleenStokes and colleagues @suraya_scheba and @AndreasScheba as part of their @USForg Seminar Series on urban vacancy, occupation and commoning
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
We were delighted to host the ‘Money and Politics in Unequal Cities: Insights from the Global South’ workshop last week, organised by @fromm_deborah Gareth Jones, and Morgan Carmellini and funded by @USForg
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
.⁦@suraya_scheba⁩ opening the ⁦@USForg⁩ 1 day hybrid conference “from occupation to inhabitation” today in Vienna futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/resea…
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Gearing up and looking forward to this 1 day hybrid conference in Vienna as part of ⁦@USForg⁩ seminar series on “Vacancy, occupation and commoning” organised with Judith Lehner ⁦@suraya_scheba⁩ ⁦@AndreasScheba⁩ ⁦@KathleenStokes⁩ Details in QR on poster
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Descubre las conexiones entre el cuidado y la ciudad en nuestro próximo Coloquio. Únete al 2ndo Seminario "Women's urban care practices through the lens of public social capital. A Dialogue between Latin America and Europe". ¡No te lo pierdas! 👩🏾‍🦽🙋🏾‍♀️🏙️ 👉🏾 bit.ly/3SBNacI
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Join us for the webinar to understand gendered perspectives in urban spaces with our speakers @ParasharArshi and @alopix83 as part of our latest project "Calibrating Urban Livability in the Global South". @USForg @manitbpl @ETCHCS @UNHABITAT
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Enjoying great presentations & discussions as part of the Urban Creativity in Africa workshop, funded by @USForg & led by @england_le creative-economies-africa.or… Many paper will become available online after the event in our YouTube channel youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… #creativeeconomy
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
IT'S ALMOST HERE! Don't miss the international virtual seminar Feminising Urban Struggles. There will be three days of events, with keynote sessions by @veronica_gago , @FMiraftab and @allenDPUadriana , and working sessions with selected abstracts. Support: @USForg
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
Urban dialogics: Commons in geographic and collaborative exploration Explore the urban commons through participatory (&related) methods in our collaborative project! Broaden your networks & research skills. Sponsored by @USForg Deadline: Oct 29, 2023 cityjournal.online/urban-dia…
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Local authority rules in England on outstanding housing-related debt & property bidding ineligibility need to be reviewed & potentially scrapped. The @DebtUrbanism findings of our @USForg @BritishAcademy_ research sharedhealthfoundation.org.u…
Scrap social housing bid barrier for ‘debt-trapped’ families, says report dlvr.it/SxYwQ4 #ukhousing
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Urban Studies Foundation retweeted
🚀 day for our ‘Debt Trap’ report is tomorrow… Join the APPG online (RSVP below) to learn more about the findings and hear from life experience experts Thanks to @USForg @BritishAcademy_ for funding the @kclgeography research #homelessness #temporaryaccommodation #debt
The APPG for Temporary Accommodation will host the launch of a brand new report 'The Debt Trap' tomorrow Tues 17th Oct 3-4pm. The report focuses on how debt not only causes, lengthens, but also outlives family homelessness. RSVP to receive the link tickettailor.com/events/shar…
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