Brazil’s National Association of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Urban and Regional Planning (ANPUR), in partnership with the Urban Studies Foundation (USF), is pleased to announce the launch of a new book publication. ANPUR 40 years: new times, new challenges in a diverse Brazil is edited by José Júlio Ferreira Lima and Raul da Silva […]
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Expanding Feminist Urban Struggles
In this guest post, Dr Priscila Izar, Prof Paula Freire Santoro, and Dr Elinorata Mbuya discuss their research on how urban transformations in peripheral areas impact marginalized women, a project supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF. In recent years, feminist perspectives on urbanization have become increasingly vital in understanding and […]
Overlooked Cities: Thinking and doing global urban studies differently seminar series
In this guest post, Dr Isolde de Villiers, Dr Yimin Zhao, and Dr Erwin Nugraha share their experiences from a series of seminars focused on Overlooked Cities, supported by a USF Seminar Series Award. The seminars explored the dynamics and challenges of often-overlooked urban areas in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the UK, through interdisciplinary discussions, […]
The location of social housing as a differentiating factor: effects on the urban inequalities and opportunities of its recipients
In this guest post, Dr Mercedes Najman, a former USF International Fellow, shares the findings of her research on the impact of social housing locations, focusing on the case of Buenos Aires, Argentina. My research investigates the most recent popular social housing policies developed in the last two decades in the City of Buenos Aires […]
Women’s urban care practices through the lens of public social capital. A dialogue between Latin America and Europe
In this guest post, Dr. Adriana Hurtado-Tarazona shares insights from a series of seminars focused on women’s urban care practices in Europe and Latin America, supported by a USF Seminar Series Award. The seminars explored how women use the city as a site of resources for caregiving through urban infrastructure and social capital. Before the […]