urbantransformations

UT is an ESRC network showcasing research on cities, based at the University of Oxford.

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

A brief overview by Michael Keith on the work of the @UTconnect portfolio over the last 5 years: 124 projects spanning cities in the UK and beyond, from European collaborations to partnerships with Brazilian, Chinese, Indian and South African institutions: https://t.co/LioaHxmkTJ

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

"Most of the fast urban growth is going to happen in cities that currently don't have the capabilities to plan for it." @juancaduque @EAFIT

Highlights from our Global Report launch webinar

📖Read the full report - https://t.co/XdhwVHpa01

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

🎉Unleashing Sustainable Cities of the Future 🏙

We're delighted to be able to share our Global Report, the culmination of 5 years' research collaboration between @EAFIT, @iihsin , @PKU1898, @UrbanAfricaACC & @UniofOxford

📖https://t.co/XdhwVHpa01

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

Looking forward to our Global Report Launch!

⏱Half an hour to go... if you wanted to join us, make sure you've registered - https://t.co/IYCQpDsO84

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Today - Join @PEAK_Urban for the launch of their Global Report with practical lessons on how to shape urban futures - 1pm BST.

⏱Still time to register: https://t.co/aOO6ztdVoK

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

📢Tomorrow: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices

How can we shape the future of cities through visible on-ground interventions, policy choices & trade offs?

Hear from our panelists on the practical lessons from @PEAK_Urban.

Register: https://t.co/IYCQpDsO84

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

📢Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices

✨Launching our Global Report, our global team will discuss practical lessons learned on how we can shape the future of cities.

🗓 1 June 2023 🕐1pm BST
📋Register: https://t.co/IYCQpDsO84

@PKU1898 @CTS_UCL

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Tomorrow: Shaping Urban Futures, New Ideas, Better Practices

Don't miss @PEAK_Urban's Global Report launch where they'll share practical lessons learnt from their 5 year research collaboration.

🗓Thursday 🕐1pm BST

Register: https://t.co/aOO6ztdVoK

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

📢 Join us on Thursday for our Global Report launch!

✨Drawing from 5 years' of urban research,
✨Across 5 global institutions
& 4 cities in the global South

Hear our insights on how to shape the future of cities

🗓 1 June 2023 🕐1pm BST

📋Sign up! https://t.co/IYCQpDsO84

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Featuring contributions from @Andreza_Aruska, Michael Keith, @rose_nikolas, @McIlwaineC, @MiriamKrenzinge, Yara Evans, Eliana Sousa Silva, @TimSchwanen, Denver Nixon, @deljanai, Warren Smit, Leandro David Wenceslau, Francisco Ortega and @luizeduardosoar

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Fresh off the press – Urban Transformations and Public Health in the Emergent City. A great selection of contributions by @UTconnect researchers and others on key challenges in cities today, from mental health and GBV to mental health and racism. https://t.co/CR5NV4tLWw

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Fresh off the press – Urban Transformations and Public Health in the Emergent City. A great selection of contributions by @UTconnect researchers and others on key challenges in cities today, from mental health and GBV to mental health and racism. https://t.co/CR5NV4tLWw

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

With 35,000 homes in London estates currently slated for demolition, the new #EstateWatch website has been launched to help residents have a voice to shape and inform decisions that will directly affect their future: https://t.co/uCGtOUTHLg

[Gail Wilson @wilson_gail]

How is #COVID19 impacting the #urban poor in Asian & African #cities?

Find out more & register for upcoming #webinar with @SHLC_Cities @UNHABITAT & @PLG_UNHABITAT.

Please share @UofGGCID @UTconnect @UrbanBigData @UofGUrbStudies @PEAK_Urban @urban_know.

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[John Surico @JohnSurico]

Really nice new research from @PEAK_Urban on mapping green space inequities in Medellín - couldn’t have come at a better time. https://t.co/w2JgZeEzRH

[Neil Adger @NeilAdger]

Some great papers. And our commentary in @USJ_online . @UTconnect @projectmisty @CityMigrants @UofE_Research @ExeterGeography @ricsdecampos @LucyLS9 @CollabAdapt

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

'Dense neighbourhoods, inadequate healthcare and a plummeting informal workforce means India’s cities are just not ready for the COVID-19 fight.' @SHLC_Cities blog on the challenges of the crisis in India's urban context: https://t.co/0M2jrn97ST

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

'The idea of sustainability itself may be transformed, to focus on individual and collective elements of wellbeing, flourishing and community.' @projectmisty on how COVID-19 'changes the view of mobility and migration as part of that transformative story' https://t.co/KbCanJbR14

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Migrant labourers in Cyprus face even greater barriers with the COVID crisis, as @GLIMER_Research points out: 'This is ironic, really, as now, more than ever, we are relying on migrant workers to keep up even a semblance of an operational society': https://t.co/ePzbFJChnW

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

@housingevidence's Prof David Robinson on how the current crisis could shape the future of housing for older people in the UK: "The unfolding Covid-19 pandemic is holding a mirror up to society and forcing us to confront some harsh realities." https://t.co/2qbWbvqtHR

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

Want to apply for the ESRC Research Methods Development Call, but didn't meet the Intention to Submit deadline? You can still apply without an Intention to Submit: full applications are open until 11 June.
https://t.co/jEEW2i93Kf

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

What are the consequences of the Covid-19 lockdown in India?

This ESRC @GCRF-supported project led out of @RHULGeography looks at the economy, socioeconomic inequalities and health infrastructure during the crisis:

https://t.co/KVcLYJN26U

[Creating Interfaces Project @createinterface]

Due to Covid-19 the AAG conference was canceled and organized as a virtual conference. Our session has taken place successfully on 6th of April and can be viewed online: https://t.co/xhN6mZGdLQ

@JPIUrbanEurope @Belmont_Forum @theAAG

[urbantransformations @UTconnect]

Deindustrialisation research is still focused 'on cities and regions within the Global North. The Global South, when it does feature in research, is most often characterized as the location for "runaway factories", regions that have industrialised at the expense of the North.'

[PEAK Urban @PEAK_Urban]

PEAK Urban
A new @PEAK_Urban blog by @nehasami of @iihsresearch @iihsin on her recent co-authored paper about how deindustrialization unfolds in cities and communities globally.
https://t.co/U737BNl4fU