✨ We are excited to announce the launch of our section’s newsletter in 2025! The newsletter will be published three times a year, ensuring you stay connected without overwhelming your inbox.
Sign up here: https://t.co/lFVpagk0Ru
You can also sign up to simply attend or be placed on a mailing list to receive information about future calls for papers. Check out the conference website for more info (link above)!
📢 Call for Papers!
Urban Politics in the Global South Conference
November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!)
Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5
Link: https://t.co/yW33UVlz8l
The organizers invite submissions from across a variety of thematic areas, such as social protest, law & order, campaigns and elections, housing, environmental problems, and public service delivery in cities.
Finally - as always, if you have any updates you would like us to share via social media, please reach out directly via DM, on Bluesky (@apsaurban.bsky.social), or via email! ✨
📢 Calling all Urban & Local Politics scholars! Have news to share? Send your updates—new pubs, job openings, events & more—for the July newsletter via DM or via [email protected] by Fri, June 6. Help highlight the great work happening in our field!🏙️📰 #UrbanPolitics#APSA2025
📢 It’s time to nominate for the 2025 Urban & Local Politics Section Awards!
We’re recognizing outstanding work in urban politics across multiple categories, including best dissertation, book, and career contributions.
🏆 Deadline: March 15, 2025
6️⃣ Susan Clarke Young Scholar
🏅 Recently completed/ about to complete PhD
📄 Must have submitted paper for 2025 APSA
📄 CV, the paper abstract, & 2 letters.
📌 Committee :
🔹 Jessica Zarkin, Claremont McKenna
🔹 Brian Hamel, U of North Texas
🔹 Ashley E. Nickels, Kent State
2️⃣ Byran Jackson Dissertation Research
🏅 For a dissertation-in-progress on racial & ethnic politics in an urban setting.
📄 Submit a 5-10 page outline & nomination letter.
📌 Committee:
🔹 Emily Farris, TCU
🔹 Alexander Sahn, UNC Chapel Hill
🔹 Patricia Posey, U of Chicago
5️⃣ Norton Long Career Achievement Award
🏅 Recognizing a scholar’s lifetime contributions to urban politics through research, mentorship & service.
📌 Committee:
🔹 Sally Nuamah, Northwestern
🔹 Tim Weaver, University at Albany, SUNY
🔹 Yue Zhang, University of Illinois, Chicago
1️⃣ Best Dissertation Award
🏅 Honoring the best dissertation in urban politics (U.S. or comparative) accepted in 2024.
📄 Submit an electronic copy & nomination letter.
📌 Committee Members:
🔹 Domingo Morel, NYU
🔹 Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Purdue University
🔹 Alice Xu, UPenn
Know someone who deserves recognition? Nominate them today! Self-nominations are very welcome!
Details for each award in the thread below. ⬇️
Check out the seciton website for more details and committee member emails: https://t.co/aRrSzZNx8l
#UrbanPolitics#APSA2025#Awards
📢 It’s time to nominate for the 2025 Urban & Local Politics Section Awards!
We’re recognizing outstanding work in urban politics across multiple categories, including best dissertation, book, and career contributions.
🏆 Deadline: March 15, 2025
Episode 1 of #UrbanRadar is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & other platforms!
In Episode 1 Tom & Beth bring their urban lens to a range of current issues before welcoming Vanesa Castan Broto & David Dodman for a discussion of cities & climate change
https://t.co/1oaxbxRuwU
There are 9 days left to apply to Leading Urban Change, our #ProfessionalDevelopment program for mid- & senior-level leaders working on a #housing-related challenge in a public, private, or NFP workplace. Spots are filling fast - learn more & apply now: https://t.co/V0dKzVgqEP