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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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New article on infrastructure as territorial stigma

Urban Institute Associate Dr Nebeela Ahmed has published a new open access article entitled "Infrastructure as territorial stigma: labour migrant exclusions in the Indian city" in the International Journal or Urban and Regional Research.

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Simon Marvin gives keynote at the Technocratic Governance Conference, Singapore

Simon Marvin delivered a keynote for a session on ‘Speculative Futures’ at the Technocratic Governance and the Politics of Smart City Knowledge Transfer Conference on 22-23 April 2025 hosted by the Singapore Management University Urban Institute.

Drone flying through the sky

New open access article published – making space for drones
LOACT

New open access article and presentation on a culture-led approach to understanding energy transitions in China
UI - Co-Producing Urbanism

Seminar on co-producing urban governance and public policy
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New report on The Political Economy of Public Transport in Greater Kampala
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Call for speakers - 2021 Earth System Governance Conference

We invite contributions for the Earth System Governance Conference 2021 that focus on one of the three challenges of compound urban crises: unsettlement, unevenness, unbounding.