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UI 10th and Sheffield Urbanism Programme

Sheffield Urbanism Summer Programme 23rd June to 4th July 2025

The summer programme is part of the Urban Institute鈥檚 10 year anniversary celebrations and also marks 60 years since the establishment of urban studies and planning scholarship and research at the 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield.
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涔 (Yi) means 鈥渁ppropriateness鈥 or 鈥渞ighteousness,鈥 referring to what is morally right and fitting. It conveys the virtue of doing what is just, acting with integrity, and upholding moral principles, regardless of personal gain.

PLURALIZE website launch

As part of the Urban Institute's 10th Anniversary Celebrations and the Sheffield Urbanism summer programme, the PLURALIZE project is launching its new project website!

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram
Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham

Powering the North podcast 鈥榣ive鈥

Listen now to the Urban Radar鈥檚 first stand-alone feature podcast 鈥淧owering the North: A conversation with Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram鈥.

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Raising awareness of water scarcity and innovative community management solutions in Nairobi

A new video project, funded by GO Fund initiative, aims to empower local voices and highlight their innovative water practices, as well as document the complex realities of water access and governance in Nairobi's informal settlements.

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Book launch - Epistemic Ambivalence: Pentecostalism and Candombl茅 in a Brazilian City

The UI are hosting a book launch for Dr Krzysztof Nawratek who has co-authored a new open access book, published by Routledge, with his colleagues Daniel Medeiros de Freitas, Carolina Maria Soares Lima and Bernardo Miranda Pataro.

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The Tangles Amongst Us: An Interweaving of Urbanities, Ontologies and Times

Registration now open for online attendance at two keynote lectures: Professor Patricia Noxolo, Chair in Postcolonial Geographies, 9 1免费版下 of Birmingham, and Dr Austin Zeiderman, Associate Professor of Geography, London School of Economic.
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Book talk by Dr Jon Silver - The Infrastructural South

Congratulations to UI Co-Director Dr Jon Silver on the publishing of his new book - The Infrastructural South: Techno-Environments of the Third Wave of Urbanization.

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Dr Lindsay Sawyer's new co-authored book published by Birkh盲user

Congratulations to UI Associate Lindsay on her co-authored book "Vocabularies for an Urbanising Planet: Theory Building through Comparison", which uses cartography as an instrument for the analysis of urbanisation processes.

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Welcome Shirley Jeque Mutemba, CESET project impact coordinator

The UI is delighted to welcome Shirley to its team through the 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield鈥檚 Evidencing Impact Internship scheme that aims to help students develop their employability skills by working within the 9 1免费版下 on a project-based placement.