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Sheffield Urbanism is an initiative that brings together the urban research community across the University of Sheffield: a dynamic, productive and innovative centre for world-leading interdisciplinary urban research.
And he won! For some insight into how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got there, listen to the discussion from July with @katiepruszynski.bsky.social, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

Full episode here open.spotify.com/episode/2GhJ...

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November 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register)

Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Another taster of the latest #UrbanRadar feature on Humanity's Urban Future with Ash Amin, @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social

@britishacademy.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A very special episode of #UrbanRadar #podcast to share this Urban October.
open.spotify.com/episode/20A1...

HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE with @xazaaradjame.bsky.social and Ash Amin

Featuring work funded by CIFAR with the @britishacademy.bsky.social
Feature 9: HUMANITY'S URBAN FUTURE - A conversation with AbdouMaliq Simone and Ash Amin
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October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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“That’s the biggest misunderstanding in this country of the housing crisis. That it’s a crisis reserved for the poorest people in insecure jobs…”

@drabioconnor.bsky.social talks to BBC Panorama’s Anita Rani as part of their investigation into the UK housing crisis.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Panorama - The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes
The government’s made a very big promise: to build 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029. Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt travel the length of the country to find out if it can be done.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Check out this excellent interview given by @drabioconnor.bsky.social to #PoliticsLive on mass displacement and rent rises in Manchester
More from me on #PoliticsLive:

🤔 Labour MP said she benefited from safe & secure as a kid, as did many, so why won’t govt extend that opportunity to others?

👀 see Manchester where ‘build baby build’ has been embraced yet there’s been +50% rent rises & mass displacement
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Catch up here with @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social as it celebrates 10 years of urban research @sheffielduni.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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My Global Corridor newsletter #5 is out now

This issue features stories, data, opinion + academic work from Pakistani ports to Russia in Sudan to Middle Eastern railways to the longest film ever (on logistics)....

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Looking forward to The World Transformed Festival of radical politics, art and culture kicking off tomorrow...

I'm involved in two sessions, a panel looking at the power of Abu Dhabi in the UK/MCR + a walking tour of financialised MCR

More info here theworldtransformed.org/twt25/twt25p...
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
And here's @simonrushton.bsky.social chatting to the very same @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and @itsbethperry.bsky.social on Nepal's uprising and local peace-building processes in Colombia
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sneak preview of @samburgum.bsky.social speaking to #urbanradar podcast hosts @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social on this month's radar
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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It was a great pleasure and privilege to have this small book review forum on ‘Politics and the Urban Frontier’ in @urbanstudiesjournal.com. Thank you to all involved!
@urbanstudiesjournal.com features @goodfellowtom.bsky.social’s chapter in the DSA–OUP series Politics and the Urban Frontier, on East Africa’s late urbanisation.

With reviews by Côme Salvaire & @graemewyoung.bsky.social

See all titles: www.devstud.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
October 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
New episode of #UrbanRadar!

In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:

open.spotify.com/episode/56j1...
Radar 9: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)
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October 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield
- Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
JustGESI launches in Cape Town and Sheffield
During Urban October the Urban Institute is delighted to be organising two in-person launches for the JustGESI project - Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for a Just Energy Transition...
sheffield.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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New episode out now! A great listen for researchers, students, and advocates for knowledge coproduction

Featuring Diana Mitlin, Melanie Lombard, myself & @goodfellowtom.bsky.social

@coprofutures.bsky.social @africancities.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social
New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ...

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin
open.spotify.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is phenomenal news! Congratulations to @vanesilla.bsky.social and @theurbaninstitute.bsky.social for this prestigious accolade.
Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals.

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Vanesa Castán Broto joins new group of scientists to advance SDGs
Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of th...
sheffield.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of the Sustainable Development Goals.

sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
Vanesa Castán Broto joins new group of scientists to advance SDGs
Huge congratulations to Vanesa Castán Broto, Professor of Climate Urbanism, for being selected by the United Nations to join a new group of scientists to help advance science-driven acceleration of th...
sheffield.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New #UrbanRadar!

URBAN INFORMALITY & TRANSLOCAL LEARNING

In this feature, we discuss how urban community organisations in the global North - in Manchester & Sheffield - have learned from those in the South.

open.spotify.com/episode/1dYQ...

@goodfellowtom.bsky.social @itsbethperry.bsky.social
Feature 8: URBAN INFORMALITY AND TRANSLOCAL LEARNING - A conversation with Melanie Lombard and Diana Mitlin
open.spotify.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I was fortunate enough to interview @andyburnham.bsky.social for #urbanradar podcast and hear first-hand about broken Britain & what is needed to rewire systems and rebalance power

I was convinced by much of it - listen here

open.spotify.com/episode/6qGi...

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Andy Burnham, the man who would be king
The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New #OpenAccess article from @goodfellowtom.bsky.social, @zhengli-huang.bsky.social and Metadel Sileshi Belihu:

FORCE AND ASPIRATION: #Mobility and #Class Formation on the #Peripheries of #Addis Ababa

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Moving trailer for @invisiblemapper.bsky.social new GLOBALCORRIDOR film directed by Spyros Gerousis

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September 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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New book from Vanesa Castán Broto + collaborators

Co-production of Knowledge in Action
Emancipatory strategies for urban equality

(OPEN ACCESS with UCL Press)

uclpress.co.uk/book/co-prod...
Co-production of Knowledge in Action
Co-production of actionable knowledge as a development strategy entails working in partnership with different institutions and sharing power so that communities can participate in planning urban futur...
uclpress.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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"The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion"

Jon Silver in the Conversation

theconversation.com/the-gaza-riv...
The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion
The leaked redevelopment plan pays homage to mega projects in the Gulf.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM