GREAT

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

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

@AleKolioulis @ucu L

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

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.

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

In solidarity with GREAT's team members in Cali, Colombia #CaliResiste

[Facultad de Ingeniería Electrica de la CUJAE @elecujae]

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

[The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) @dpu_ucl]

JUST LAUNCHED!

MSc UDP and @justspace7 audio map launched as tool to amplify diverse community voices in #London ✊

Explore the map yourself! 👇
https://t.co/NdO3tT4l4g

@BLipVid
@tiwickson

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

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

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

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: https://t.co/sHeOWyt3Ag

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

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

[Cities Alliance @CitiesAlliance]

‼️ 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: https://t.co/HoFYL5f824

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

Highly informative thread on gender and transport, culminating in 'gender responsive urban mobility' #genderandtransport #transportequity #mobilities

[🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚴🚍⚡ @TUMInitiative]

1/ ♀️ Gender and Urban Transport
👉 A short introduction

(Thread ⬇️) - feel free to add and to comment.

#womenmobilize

[Calynn Dowler @calynndowler]

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

[Cities Alliance @CitiesAlliance]

💡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.

https://t.co/kvntmIykEI

#AdaptOurWorld

[David Satterthwaite @Dsatterthwaite]

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
https://t.co/bILfI1UDAI

[The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) @dpu_ucl]

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

[GREAT @GREAT_offgrid]

An economics framing of #informality from @urosario, Colombia, sharing research and debating issues regarding the informal economy. https://t.co/1FTyitYkVw

[Vox.LACEA @voxlacea]

#Blog: #Informality in #LatinAmerica in the post #COVID19 era: towards a more formal “new normal”? https://t.co/JSjSl72k0N @snietoparra @jvazquezzamora @Alicesreading @OECD_Centre