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In this guest post, Priscilla Ferreira, Livia Vidal, Gizele Martin, Tuwilê J.K. Braga, W. Jamaal Wright, Adam Bledsoe, and Yousuf Al-Bulushi describe their research on “Global Black Geographies: Racial Capitalism and Black Urban Experiences”, which was supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF.   “Make a life, and the living will follow,” she […]

The Urban Studies Foundation is excited to announce that eight new International Fellows will begin their USF-funded research over the next year. Each fellowship provides a visiting sabbatical aimed at helping Fellows develop their research publications and outputs. This year’s cohort includes scholars from Brazil, China, Ghana, India, and Indonesia, who will receive mentorship from […]

In this guest post, Dr Andrea Carrión Hurtado and Dr Julien Rebotier discuss their research on disaster risk management and climate change adaption in the Andean Region, which was supported by the USF International Fellowship.  Over the past decades, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation have evolved as distinctive —yet intermingled— academic debates, political […]

In this guest post, Dr Deborah  Fromm and Prof Gareth Jones describe the results of the international seminar “Money and Politics in Unequal Cities: Analytical Insights from The Global South,” which was funded by USF.    Income and wealth inequality have grown in many countries in the last decade. These inequalities are most visible in […]

In this guest post, Dr Felipe Rangel Martins discusses the findings of his research on experiences and conflicts surrounding traders’ uses of city spaces, specifically in a night market in the city of Sao Paulo (Brazil). He also introduces Feira da Madrugada, a podcast he developed with support from a USF Knowledge Mobilization Award.   […]