🌍 Next week in Benin! Making connections: Learning from Elsewhere, Theorising from Africa Seminar Two – CiAAF, Cotonou | 16–20 Feb 2026 Supported by #USFSeminarSeriesAwards πŸ”— ow.ly/Bwjl50XVPBW #UrbanStudies #TheorisingFromAfrica #DecentringKnowledge #ComparativeUrbanism
In some fantastic company with a chapter on making a theoretical case in comparative methodology. The handbook is an enormous resource for anyone curious/teaching/researching/theorizing comparative global urban studies, edited by Patrick Le Galès and Jenny Robinson #comparativemethods ##comparativeurbanism #urbanism #urbanresearch #urbanstudies Anyone without institutional/library access, just get in touch with me!

Very much looking forward to contributing to this discussion tomorrow! With @UrbanFuturesPl @YuriKazepov @AnnaZhelnina #Gentrification #ComparativeUrbanism @univienna
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β€œLAST DAY TO REGISTER!! Tomorrow at 5PM CET Matthias Bernt (Leibniz IRS, DE) is discussing his book in our Hot Off The Press online series, together with Justin Kadi (Cambridge, UK) and Anna Zhelnina (Helsinki, FI) as discussants. Register here: https://t.co/uhLjD7zeAJ”

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OnlineFirst - "Unleashing speculative urbanism: Speculation and urban transformations" by Helga Leitner and Eric Sheppard:

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