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, […]
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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 […]
Before and after the USF International Fellowship
In this guest post, former USF International Fellow Dr Aleksandra Djordjević reflects on the lessons learned during her visit to the Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment (CITTA – Centro de Investigação do Território Transportes e Ambiente) at the University of Porto. Before applying to the USF International Fellowships, I had never considered whether […]
The Waiting Room Exhibition, Surabaya
In this guest post, Anuj Daga describes the results and impact of ‘The Waiting Room’ exhibition, which was supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant and a Knowledge Mobilisation Award from the USF. Building on the discussion and material accumulated along the work done under the USF Seminar Series Award since 2023, ‘The Waiting Room’ […]