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Urban Studies Foundation Oct 10, 2025

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...the Urban Studies Foundation is still here!... you can find us 'bridged' from BlueSky at the following link:

https://mastodon.social/@urbanstudiesf[email protected]

Urban Studies Foundation Apr 5, 2024

2024 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: USF International Fellowships grant funding! 📢 Deadline: 05/07/24. These awards are intended to support urban scholars from the Global South with fully-funded 3-9 month research visits. Read more & apply here:https://ow.ly/BMuy50R8oot

International Fellowships - Urban Studies Foundation

The deadline for applications to this grant is 6th July 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+0).

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Urban Studies Foundation Mar 26, 2024

Congratulations to former #USFPostdoctoralFellow Katie Wells with co-authors Kafui Attoh & Declan Kullen for winning an AAP PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology for: "Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City". Read all about the book & Katie's work here: https://ow.ly/zf6850R18pp

Katie J Wells

Urban Studies Foundation Mar 25, 2024

New blog entry! In this guest post, Dr. Komali Yenneti, Professor Debolina Kundu, Professor Poornima Shekhar Singh and Dr Rosa Teimouri discuss their research on the nexus between cities, inequalities and COVID-19 supported by #USFSeminarSeries. Available here: https://ow.ly/R6mj50QY8Fe

Recasting the City, Lives & Livelihoods, and Inequality in the post-COVID World (ReCLIC) - Urban Studies Foundation

In this guest post, Dr Komali Yenneti, Professor Debolina Kundu, Professor Poornima Shekhar Singh and Dr Rosa Teimouri discuss their research on the nexus

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Urban Studies Foundation Mar 20, 2024

Watch the presentations of the "Urban Creativity in Africa" event, organized last year by the African Hub for Sustainable Creative Economies, as part of the #USFSeminarSeries, "European creative cities and Covid-19" https://ow.ly/VIfF50QW00y

European creative cities and Covid-19: exploring urban creative economies and policies in the age of Covid-19 - Urban Studies Foundation

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Urban Studies Foundation Mar 15, 2024

Check #USFInternationalFellow Sarita Pillay Gonzalez's latest paper "Latent State Infrastructure and Financialisation: Insight from a Post-Apartheid Public Pension Fund and Real Estate", published by Antipode. Available online: ow.ly/OUkK50QUzpw

Urban Studies Foundation Mar 13, 2024

Next week! "Gender and care: New agendas in the formation and circulation of urban policies in Latin America" 20-21 March (GMT-5), #USFSeminarSeries "Alternative circulations? Situating policymaking, decoloniality, and urban models". Registration: https://ow.ly/EvJQ50QS9GI

Gender and care: New agendas in the formation and circulation of urban policies in Latin America - Urban Studies Foundation

In this seminar series, we address the broader actors, circuits, and geographies involved in the circulation and mobility of urban models in and from Latin

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Urban Studies Foundation Mar 12, 2024

Coming Soon in Bhopal (India)! Workshops on "Mapping Urban Livability: Photovoice, Universal Design, and PPGIS" March 29th to April 1st at 12:00 (GMT+5:30), part of #USFSeminarSeries "Calibrating urban liveability in the Global South" Info: ow.ly/aaie50QOJUZ

Urban Studies Foundation Mar 8, 2024

Explore the latest #USFBlog post by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki on "Debt Trap Urbanism." Their research on homelessness, temporary accommodation, and debt, supported by a Pandemics and Cities grant, unveils the ties between housing and financial struggles. Online here: https://ow.ly/56R650QNtaU

Debt Trap Urbanism - Urban Studies Foundation

Tackling family homelessness is an urgent national challenge. Single women with dependent children represent over a third of households in Temporary

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Urban Studies Foundation Mar 6, 2024

Next week in Sao Paulo! #USFSeminarSeries "Feminising Urban Struggles" March 12-15th. In-person at Rua Dr. Plínio Barreto, 285 – Bela Vista. Register here: ow.ly/pE9x50QKIt6 Follow on Youtube: ow.ly/BKXp50QLtlG