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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.   […]

In this guest post, Drs Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Carolyn Prouse, and Josie Wittmer discuss their collective research on wastewater-based epidemiology, urban politics, and COVID-19, which was supported by a Pandemics and Cities grant from the USF. They explore the socioecological and biosurveillance effects of wastewater-based epidemiology, departing from the question: “How is wastewater-based epidemiology transforming […]

In this guest post, Dr. Camila Saraiva discusses the findings of her research on self-building practices in Latin America and introduces Tramas Urbanas, a website she developed with support from a USF Knowledge Mobilization Award. Self-building urbanisation characterises a large part of urban Latin America. It results from the most varied combinations of actions involving […]