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DPU PhD student Javier Jileta leads the conceptualisation of a Prosperity Atlas for Mexico
Congratulations to DPU PhD student Javier Jileta who, in his appointment as Head of Investment Promotion at the Mexican Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led the conceptualisation of a Prosperity Atlas for Mexico with UN Habitat and UN…
Development Planning Unit
Call for Contributions for DPU workshop on COVID-19 and urban transformations
The Urban Transformations Cluster of the DPU is organising a workshop that will instigate critical discussions about the emergent forms of inequality and agency observed and experienced and during the pandemic. We welcome theoretical and empirical…
Development Planning Unit
The DSA2022 Global Conference on 'Just Sustainable Futures' successfully hosted by UCL and the DPU
UCL, in a a joint effort led by the DPU, has hosted the largest ever Development Studies Association Conference on the theme of 'just sustainable futures in a urbanising and mobile world' (6-8 July).…
Development Planning Unit
UCL announces Bartlett staff promotions for 2021-22
UCL has announced the senior academic, research, and teaching fellow promotions for 2021-22.…
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DPU PhD student defends thesis on extreme and chronic urban violence in El Salvador
Congratulations to Ariana Markowitz who has successfully defended her doctoral thesis, which stakes out a feminist approach to studying fear amid extreme and chronic urban violence in San Salvador, El Salvador.…
Development Planning Unit
DPU student reaches semi-finals of Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition 2022 in London
We are delighted that the “People's Projects” by Urwa Shahid, a DPU MSc Urban Development Planning student, made it to the semi-finals of the Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition 2022 in London.…
Development Planning Unit
The DPU at DSA2022
The Development Studies Association’s annual conference in 2022 is taking place online, organised and hosted by University College London, with lead organisation from DPU's Andrea Rigon.…
Development Planning Unit
DPU's Andrea Rigon MENASP grant for collaborative research project on public spaces in Beirut
Congratulations to DPU's Andrea Rigon who has won the MENASP grant for the project 'Participatory analysis of co-designed public spaces in Beirut post-blast reconstruction', alongside partner CatalyticAction.…
Development Planning Unit
Tales from Many Cities: A collection of housing stories published as part of DPU module
These housing stories have resulted in a mini-series of blogs revealing the complex ways in which personal and political aspects of shelter provision interweave over time, and impact on multiple aspects of people’s lives.…
Development Planning Unit
DPU PhD student successfully defends thesis on urban design for reconstruction in Port-au-Prince
Congratulations to Rachel Valbrun who has successfully defend her thesis that in Port-au-Prince, the disregard for underlying limitations of land access has encouraged built environment design interventions that perpetuate vulnerability.…
Development Planning Unit