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Power and the Pope
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Power and the Pope: New episode of Urban Radar podcast

In this podcast, we dive into the issue of community power - the energy kind! - with Dr Jayne Carrick, before discussing how a new pope (or an AI confession box!) will alter relations between religion, faith and the city with Dr Krzysztof Nawratek.

Experiences from a marginalised neighbourhood in Colombia

Melanie Lombard has published a new article "Everyday urban peace"

UI Associate Melanie Lombard and colleagues have published a new open access article entitled "Everyday urban peace: Experiences from a marginalised neighbourhood in Cali, Colombia" in Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space.

Philipp Horn and Melanie Lombard

Urban Institute Associates awarded the 2025 Association of European Schools of Planning Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Philipp Horn and Melanie Lombard have been awarded the Prize for their module "Urban Informality" and their related book "Urban Informality: An Introduction".

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Sharing Lessons from Dhaka’s Wetlands – ReWET ReVIEW 2024–25

Urban Institute Associate Tanzil Shafique is excited to share the first edition of the ReWET ReVIEW — a reflection on a year of collective learning from learning and action from the The ReWET Consortium.

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Thoughts on the COP26 – interview for BBC Breakfast Radio

As discussions continued for the second week at COP26 about how best to tackle climate change and save our planet, conference attendee Dr Linda Westman, was interviewed on 12th November 2021 by Toby Foster for BBC Radio on her thoughts on COP26.
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Professor Castán Broto’s briefing on Just Climate Adaptation supports Cities Day

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Paper published in a new special issue on urban impacts of climate change
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New Associate Researcher Tanzil Shafique joins the UI team

The Urban Institute is delighted to welcome Tanzil Shafique as a new Associate Researcher.

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New open access publication on Zero carbon as economic restructuring

Congratulations to Aidan While and his colleague Will Eadson on a new open access in the New Political Economy Journal.