Past events
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The DPU/ACHR/CAN Fellowship Programme welcomes three Research Fellows
The sixth wave of DPU/ACHR/CAN fellows has started working remotely with Arkomjogja and riverbank communities in Yogjakarta…
Development Planning Unit
Beyond Immunological Assumptions - DPU's Adriana Allen on COVID19 response and the Right to the City
In an online public assembly organized by the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C), Prof. Adriana Allen argues that blanket immunological assumptions won’t work for a vast majority of urban dwellers across the world.…
Development Planning Unit
The COVID-19 “Crisis” in Contested Cities and Divided Societies
Post COVID-19 Urban Futures webinar series - No. 4 hosted by Haim Yacobi…
Development Planning Unit
DPU contribute to debates on COVID-19 in precarious settlements and social housing in Latin America
DPU's Dr. Catalina Ortiz was invited as academic advisor of the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub led by Cities Alliance, UN Habitat, InterAmerican Housing Group, Habitat for Humanity.…
Development Planning Unit
Urban Health Justice NOW - MSc Health in Urban Development scholarship now open for applications
The current global concern about the COVID-19 crisis highlights the necessity to develop action, intervention, research and teaching in urban health. We are now accepting applications to our MSc Health in Urban Development scholarship…
Development Planning Unit
DPU's Prof. Haim Yacobi receives the Health and Context GCRF grant
Congratulations to the DPU's Prof. Haim Yacobi, Programme Leader of the MSc Health in Urban Development, for receiving the Health and Context GCRF grant as a Co-PI for a project that will focus on Type 2 diabetes in Ghana…
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DPU lead a global campaign to map citizen-led initiatives to respond to COVID-19
The “Synergies for Solidarity” project, led by Dr. Catalina Ortiz and Gynna Millan, aims to map citizen-led initiatives to respond to COVID-19 and imagine the postpandemic in self-built neighbourhoods…
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Learning from African post-pandemic experiences to tackle deep inequalities
Post COVID-19 Urban Futures webinar series - No. 3 hosted by Adriana Allen and Rita Lambert. Co-organised with Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC)…
Development Planning Unit
Participatory Spatial Intervention - Report and video from DPU-led collaborative project published
The DPU's Andrea Rigon led a research team formed of UCL staff, the charity CatalyticAction and citizen scientists that aimed to consider how participatory design and a diversity lens can help address vulnerabilities in Bar Elias, Lebanon. The…
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The DPU welcomes two new 'Honorary Professors' after titles granted by UCL
The DPU are delighted to welcome Prof Caroline Moser and Prof Carolyn Stephens after UCL grants the title 'Honorary Professor'.…
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