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Interrogating the Role of Religious Actors in Shaping Urban Planning: Reflections from Middle Eastern and Latin American Cities

In this guest post, Dr Azadeh Mashayekhi, Dr Noura Wahby, and Dr Camila Pereira Saraiva  discuss the outcomes of the seminars on religious actors and urban planning in Latin America and the Middle East, which were supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF.  Existing scholarship on Middle Eastern and Latin American urbanism […]

Writing Urban India — a new call for Fellows!

The Writing Urban India collective is pleased to launch a third round of writing Fellowships for up to twenty India-based early-career scholars, funded by the Urban Studies Foundation. This round of the scheme will be hosted by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), and offers mentoring and financial support towards nurturing early-career […]

UTA-Do: Reimagining Urban Studies in African Cities

In this guest post, Dr Liza Cirolia, Dr Miriam Maina, and Mbugua Kuria Mbugua narrate the outcomes of the UTA-Do seminars, which were supported by a Seminar Series Awards grant from the USF.    The UTA-Do African Cities Workshop emerged as a response to a persistent issue in academia: African scholars, particularly those from East […]

Reflecting on the Politics of Peripheries in Brazil

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 […]

New USF International Fellows

The Urban Studies Foundation is excited to announce that nine 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 […]