Past events
1030 results
Launch of book on mapping by University of London Press with contributions from DPU staff
The book 'Mapping Crisis: Participation, Datafication and Humanitarianism in the Age of Digital Mapping' features contributions from DPU's Giovanna Astolfo, Ricardo Marten and Camillo Boano…
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Video output launched from DPU co-led research project 'AT2030: Community led solutions'
The video, 'Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people's daily lives' was produced by AT2030 Sub-Programme 9 partner Kota Kita in two Indonesian cities alongside the DPU…
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DPU PhD candidate successfully defends thesis on the canalisation of planning law in Santiago
Congratulations to DPU PhD candidate Vicente Burgos Salas who has successfully defended his thesis that reading the co-constitutive relation between law and space in cities such as Santiago can help to uncover the potential for legal instruments to…
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DPU part of team to receive GCRF funding for research project on 'gridding equitable urban futures'
The project 'Gridding Equitable Urban Futures in Areas of Transition (GREAT) in Cali, Colombia and Havana, Cuba' is being led by Lancaster University alongside the DPU, with Catalina Ortiz as Co-I and Julio Davila and Caroline Moser are part of the…
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DPU’s Giovanna Astolfo presents the research report 'Unsettling Integration'
The report, co-produced with Jonah Rudlin and Hanadi Samhan, is the result of an eight-month research into the diversity of responses to migration across nine European urban spaces. The research is funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration…
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DPU's Adriana Allen and Caren Levy contribute to UCLG World Council 2020
The UCLG World Council took place virtually on 11-13 November 2020 and was hosted by the city of Guangzhou.…
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Decalogue for Participatory Slum Upgrading programmes in pandemic times produced by DPU-led alliance
The “Synergies for Solidarity” project, convened by DPU's Dr. Catalina Ortiz and Gynna Millan, has produced the decalogue as a roadmap for Latin America and the Caribbean, and will present it to the Assembly of Ministries of Housing and…
Development Planning Unit
DPU Working Paper - No. 204
Tribalism as urban planning: The role of non-state actors in governing Benghazi’s peripheries…
Development Planning Unit
Integrated studies on the emergence of zoonoses in urban settings
Integrated studies on the emergence of zoonoses in urban settings. 12 November 2020, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm. Event Information. Open to. All. Availability. Yes. Organiser. Haim Yacobi. Location. Virtual event. YouTube Widget Placeholder. Chair. Prof…
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Reports from AT2030: Community led solutions launched
The AT2030 research project, led by Julian Walker, has launched two new reports on behalf of the Global Disability Hub, to provide evidence on the role of informal markets in the access to assistive technologies in Sierra Leone and Indonesia.…
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