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Introducing twelve new International Fellows, on a background of a sctreet scene from Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo: Tyler Hewitt via Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0
22nd October 2026

Introducing a new cohort of USF International Fellows

Illustration for the blog post "GeoHeat-SSA: A GeoAI decision-support platform for urban heat governance in Sub-Saharan Africa"
12th October 2026

GeoHeat-SSA: A GeoAI decision-support platform for urban heat governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Figure 1. Urban soils becoming visible. Tbilisi, Georgia. August 2026. Photo: Anastasiya Halauniova
5th October 2026

Vital grounds: Revaluing urban soils in the afterlife of mining

Nusantara: Taman Kusuma Bangsa (Kusuma Bangsa Park) with the national government buildings and the Presidential Palace in the background
29th September 2026

Urbanisation beyond Nusantara: a new, more sustainable growth machine?

Field photo from Dar es Salaam (2018)
25th September 2026

Repairing the city: From shiny new infrastructure to the everyday labour of keeping infrastructure “alive”

Figure 2 Spring School: “Violence in the City and Public Action: Cross-Perspectives from France and Latin America”, November 2025, FUNDACIÓN CASA B
18th September 2026

Open Kitchen: Weaving protection and care for communities on the move

10th September 2026

Withdrawing from the city: Co-researching social withdrawal in Osaka and Seoul

Illustration for the blog post "PRIVATEVICTIONS: Confronting the Privatization of Evictions and Building Tenant Power in Spain" - Image by Alberto Escudilla
31st August 2026

PRIVATEVICTIONS: Confronting the privatisation of evictions and building tenant power in Spain

Women sharing the story of the alleyway they codesigned. ©CatalyticAction MELUP Tripoli. Photo by Hiba Chaarani
19th August 2026

Listening to women’s narratives of urban collapse in Tripoli, Lebanon

Introducing six new Urban Urgencies projects - Image by Alberto Escudilla
30th July 2026

Six new USF Urban Urgencies grants awarded

Nabatieh
17th July 2026

Studying cities at war: The destruction of knowledge infrastructures and exclusions

Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash
16th July 2026

Two decades of southern urban theory: Notes beyond informality

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"The Fellowship offered me an invaluable and rare opportunity to conduct academic research in a leading institution during three years, which nowadays is nothing short of a luxury. I cannot emphasise enough how important this is for an early career scholar."

Dr Marcin Dąbrowski, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

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