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With #COP30 underway, join us tomorrow for a timely inaugural lecture with speaker Tristan Smith (UCL Energy Institute) on 'Shipping decarbonisation and the IMO – observations from a microcosm of multilateralism'.

➡️ Reserve your place: https://lnkd.in/e_puXEav
Aerial view of a cargo ship loaded with colorful containers sailing on the ocean. A professional headshot of Tristan Smith, smiling subtly, wearing a light blue shirt against a light grey background. Portrait of Harry Conway, Alternate Permanent Representative of Liberia and Chair of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) wearing glasses and a blue suit.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🎙️ New podcast ep: 'Resilient Urbanism'

Tune into the latest episode from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit's Dialogues in Development series, where we explore what it means to design cities that can adapt, survive and thrive.

🔊 Listen now: https://www.mixcloud.com/dpuucl/resilient-urbanism/
Early morning view of a sprawling refugee camp with numerous makeshift shelters and tents in Calais, France, under a soft, hazy sky.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Researchers from UCL are building a solid base of evidence to prove that one of the main factors that determines your level of risk of pollution is the building you live in.

👉 Read here: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/uncovering-the-health-inequalities-in-london-housing/index.html
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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COP30 blog: 4 reasons why infrastructure should take centre stage at COP30 🗣️

Read how world leaders can help turn climate ambition into action at the upcoming major conference in Brazil with this blog from Professor Priti Parikh and Ashley C W Cheng from AECOM.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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📢 Professor Matthew Carmona appointed Special Advisor to the House of Lords

Professor Carmona from The Bartlett School of Planning will help guide the inquiry into New Towns: Building Communities.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2025/nov/ucl-professor-appointed-special-advisor-house-lords
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November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Designing Healthier Places 🏙️

For better or worse, our environments shape us. Interviewed for Portico magazine, hear from academics across BSA, IEDE and DPU.

🔗 https://magazine.ucl.ac.uk/autumn-2025/portico-magazine-autumn-2025-ucl/features/designing-healthier-places-portico-magazine-ucl/index.html
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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ECRs, Technical and Research Support Staff, join our one day workshop! 💡

One week left to express your interest for the BEAMS Positive Futures Small Grant Development Programme.

Apply by 11 November ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/research-projects/2025/oct/beams-positive-futures-2025-26
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November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Structural Racism in Architectural Education 🗣️

As part of our Black History Month, Prof D'Maris Coffman & Prof hosted a powerful conversation with Albert & Gracelynn Haymer, sharing their experiences pursuing architecture in 1970s–80s America.

🎥 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPRy2wlza-U
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November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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📢 New in The Bartlett Review: Prof Laura Vaughan, Director of Space Syntax Lab, calls for a centuries-long view of London’s high streets, using historic urbanism and space syntax to help revive them.

🔗 https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-need-a-longer-view-of-londons-high-streets/index.html
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November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How can research shape better policy for ‘left-behind’ places? 🌍

Join @UCLPublicPolicy’s Up Close and Policy with Prof John Tomaney on 20 January 2026.

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/up-close-and-policy-spatial-inequalities-and-place-based-solutions-tickets-1733504802529?aff=oddtdtcreator
Up Close and Policy: Spatial Inequalities and Place-Based Solutions
Reimagining place-based policy with local lessons for global impact with UCL, North East Combined Authority and the OECD
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November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Citizen scientists shaping their own communities 🤝

In our latest Bartlett Review article, Joseph Cook (IGP) alongside London council representatives, explore the importance of citizen science.

https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/training-citizens-to-shape-their-own-communities-and-cities/index.html
Training citizens to shape their own communities and cities
Training citizens to shape policy through research benefits our communities, our institutions and local democracy.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Fully-funded UCL-EPSRC studentships 🌍

Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.

🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships
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October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Get ready to apply for The Bartlett Promise Master's Scholarship 🎓

Secure your master's place in order to apply for the scholarship!

🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-masters-scholarship
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October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🎙️ Voices of The Bartlett: Galila Khougali

PhD researcher at BSEER, Galila highlights the three principles she lives by.

🔈 Listen to her story: https://soundcloud.com/one100ucl/galila-khougali
🔗 Explore the exhibition: https://lnkd.in/eCqebrmK

#BlackHistoryMonth #WeAreTheBartlett
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October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Get ready to apply for The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship 🎓

Secure your master's place in order to apply!

🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship
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October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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The Bartlett joins UCL Open Days this November 🇮🇳

Daniel Ovalle Costal, Director of Admissions at BSA, represents the Faculty at the three events in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi.

🔗 Learn more and register:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/international/ucl-india-open-days
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October 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Exploring Living Heritage in Reconstruction: Notes from Antakya

Join DPU and Francesco Pasta (ASF–UK) on “living heritage” & its role in post-disaster reconstruction, 30 Oct.

🔗 Register: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2025/oct/exploring-living-heritage-reconstruction-notes-antakya
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October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🎙️ Spotlight on Nai Lee Kalema, PhD student at IIPP

Hear Nai Lee Kalema reflect on her time at The Bartlett and what guides her forward.

🔈 Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/one100ucl/lee-kalema-nai
🖼️ Explore the exhibition: https://lnkd.in/eCqebrmK

#BlackHistoryMonth #WeAreTheBartlett
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October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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💻 The latest issue DPU News is here!

Issue 77 from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit explores Urban Inequalities and Democratic Disenchantment in Europe, sharing emerging insights from the Fairville project.

🔗 Read here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/sept/dpu-news-issue-77
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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📢 Calling all faculty members interested in The Bartlett Pan-African Indigenist Collective!

Join us for our workshop exploring African storytelling, memory & social-ecological practices on 31 October, 4:00 pm.

🔗 Find out more: https://bit.ly/48nQbWC

#BlackHistoryMonth
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Researchers from UCL are building a solid base of evidence to prove that one of the main factors that determines your level of risk of pollution is the building you live in.

👉 Read here: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/uncovering-the-health-inequalities-in-london-housing/index.html
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🔈 BEAMS Positive Futures 2025-26

Call now open for expressions of interest for Small Grant Development Program for ECRs, Technical and Research Support Staff across BEAMS faculties.

For more information ➡️ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/research-projects/2025/oct/beams-positive-futures-2025-26
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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💻 Have you caught up with the latest issue of DPU News? Issue 77 is out now!

This edition's focus is on Urban Inequalities and Democratic Disenchantment in Europe: Emerging Lessons from Fairville.

Read now: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/sept/dpu-news-issue-77
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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“Rethinking Social Value in Projects: An Objectivist Framework for Creating Social Outcomes Through the Social Trifecta” by BSSC's Dr Mohamad El Daouk in the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.

🔗 Read here (Open Access): https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-12-2024-0326
📷 Dr El Daouk
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October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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What does home sound like to you? 🎧

At The Cally Fest, The Bartlett Pan-African Indigenist Collective created a living sound archive for memory, storytelling & community.

👉 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/case-studies/living-sound-archive-cally-festival-bartlett-pan-african-indigenist-collective
Five people standing in front of a colorful backdrop, holding a sign that reads "What does home sound like to you?" Two people at a recording booth with vibrant traditional fabric as a backdrop, one person is monitoring a laptop while the other speaks into a microphone. A "Recording Booth" sign is displayed in the background. Colourful traditional fabrics and drawings displaying family and home themes are pinned to a wall.
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM