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🎙️ New season out! 🎉
🚶 The #UrbanStudies #podcast miniseries "Walking the City With…" returns with peer-reviewed urban scholarship – literally on the streets.
Get your headphones in 🎧
👉 buff.ly/szmsiWV
🚶 The #UrbanStudies #podcast miniseries "Walking the City With…" returns with peer-reviewed urban scholarship – literally on the streets.
Get your headphones in 🎧
👉 buff.ly/szmsiWV
🎄 The Urban Studies editorial office will be closed from 24 December to 4 January (inclusive).
We wish all our authors, reviewers and readers a very happy holiday season and look forward to connecting again in the new year! ✨
We wish all our authors, reviewers and readers a very happy holiday season and look forward to connecting again in the new year! ✨
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎄 The Urban Studies editorial office will be closed from 24 December to 4 January (inclusive).
We wish all our authors, reviewers and readers a very happy holiday season and look forward to connecting again in the new year! ✨
We wish all our authors, reviewers and readers a very happy holiday season and look forward to connecting again in the new year! ✨
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
🔍 Totry investigates the socio-spatial development of the #Palestinian town of #Sakhnin in Israel and examines the role of social institutions in shaping informal spatial organization.
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🔍 Totry investigates the socio-spatial development of the #Palestinian town of #Sakhnin in Israel and examines the role of social institutions in shaping informal spatial organization.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
🔍 Totry investigates the socio-spatial development of the #Palestinian town of #Sakhnin in Israel and examines the role of social institutions in shaping informal spatial organization.
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🔍 Totry investigates the socio-spatial development of the #Palestinian town of #Sakhnin in Israel and examines the role of social institutions in shaping informal spatial organization.
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🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ In this study, Zhu & Hao introduce the concept of ‘progress displacement’ and examine how technological modernisation and governance improvement initiatives silently displace people from survival spaces.
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✍️ In this study, Zhu & Hao introduce the concept of ‘progress displacement’ and examine how technological modernisation and governance improvement initiatives silently displace people from survival spaces.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ In this study, Zhu & Hao introduce the concept of ‘progress displacement’ and examine how technological modernisation and governance improvement initiatives silently displace people from survival spaces.
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✍️ In this study, Zhu & Hao introduce the concept of ‘progress displacement’ and examine how technological modernisation and governance improvement initiatives silently displace people from survival spaces.
📖 buff.ly/bEmVbKL
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ McClintock et al. characterize the everyday #governance of “solidarity #greenhouses” in #Montreal and examine the conditions that mediate their emergence and success within twin contexts of #austerity and entrepreneurial #urbanism.
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✍️ McClintock et al. characterize the everyday #governance of “solidarity #greenhouses” in #Montreal and examine the conditions that mediate their emergence and success within twin contexts of #austerity and entrepreneurial #urbanism.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ McClintock et al. characterize the everyday #governance of “solidarity #greenhouses” in #Montreal and examine the conditions that mediate their emergence and success within twin contexts of #austerity and entrepreneurial #urbanism.
📖 buff.ly/SrTrAcB
✍️ McClintock et al. characterize the everyday #governance of “solidarity #greenhouses” in #Montreal and examine the conditions that mediate their emergence and success within twin contexts of #austerity and entrepreneurial #urbanism.
📖 buff.ly/SrTrAcB
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎙️ New season out! 🎉
🚶 The #UrbanStudies #podcast miniseries "Walking the City With…" returns with peer-reviewed urban scholarship – literally on the streets.
Get your headphones in 🎧
👉 buff.ly/szmsiWV
🚶 The #UrbanStudies #podcast miniseries "Walking the City With…" returns with peer-reviewed urban scholarship – literally on the streets.
Get your headphones in 🎧
👉 buff.ly/szmsiWV
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎙️ New season out! 🎉
🚶 The #UrbanStudies #podcast miniseries "Walking the City With…" returns with peer-reviewed urban scholarship – literally on the streets.
Get your headphones in 🎧
👉 buff.ly/szmsiWV
🚶 The #UrbanStudies #podcast miniseries "Walking the City With…" returns with peer-reviewed urban scholarship – literally on the streets.
Get your headphones in 🎧
👉 buff.ly/szmsiWV
🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ de Raphélis & Mallet clarify the so-called ‘continental European nightlife’ in a French city when British #cities were adopting 24-hour-city policies, and how it has evolved since.
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✍️ de Raphélis & Mallet clarify the so-called ‘continental European nightlife’ in a French city when British #cities were adopting 24-hour-city policies, and how it has evolved since.
📖 buff.ly/aG27zG1
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ de Raphélis & Mallet clarify the so-called ‘continental European nightlife’ in a French city when British #cities were adopting 24-hour-city policies, and how it has evolved since.
📖 buff.ly/aG27zG1
✍️ de Raphélis & Mallet clarify the so-called ‘continental European nightlife’ in a French city when British #cities were adopting 24-hour-city policies, and how it has evolved since.
📖 buff.ly/aG27zG1
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃"De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements"
✍️ Asibey & Cobbinah
🔍 This study examines de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on Kumasi (Ghana).
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📃"De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements"
✍️ Asibey & Cobbinah
🔍 This study examines de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on Kumasi (Ghana).
📖 buff.ly/4tsHBka
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃"De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements"
✍️ Asibey & Cobbinah
🔍 This study examines de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on Kumasi (Ghana).
📖 buff.ly/4tsHBka
📃"De-greening urbanism and social imaginaries in informal settlements"
✍️ Asibey & Cobbinah
🔍 This study examines de-greening urbanism within the context of social imaginaries in informal settlements, focusing on Kumasi (Ghana).
📖 buff.ly/4tsHBka
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Godwin Dube seeks to determine the financial impacts of the 2016 South African #amalgamations using the difference-in-differences approach with municipal panel data.
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✍️ Godwin Dube seeks to determine the financial impacts of the 2016 South African #amalgamations using the difference-in-differences approach with municipal panel data.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Godwin Dube seeks to determine the financial impacts of the 2016 South African #amalgamations using the difference-in-differences approach with municipal panel data.
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✍️ Godwin Dube seeks to determine the financial impacts of the 2016 South African #amalgamations using the difference-in-differences approach with municipal panel data.
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🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ González-Cuatianquis et al.
🔍 How do interpersonal and territorial #inequalities shape life satisfaction across European cities?
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✍️ González-Cuatianquis et al.
🔍 How do interpersonal and territorial #inequalities shape life satisfaction across European cities?
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December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ González-Cuatianquis et al.
🔍 How do interpersonal and territorial #inequalities shape life satisfaction across European cities?
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✍️ González-Cuatianquis et al.
🔍 How do interpersonal and territorial #inequalities shape life satisfaction across European cities?
📖 buff.ly/kDn0KhK
🌍 NEW in our Special Issue "Royal agency in contemporary city building in Southeast Asia"
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🌍 NEW in our Special Issue "Royal agency in contemporary city building in Southeast Asia"
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Barinaga, @eduardiniz & Ocampo introduce the notion of 'standardized malleability’ to describe how #cities adopt a uniform monetary infrastructure while adapting #policies to local contexts.
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✍️ Barinaga, @eduardiniz & Ocampo introduce the notion of 'standardized malleability’ to describe how #cities adopt a uniform monetary infrastructure while adapting #policies to local contexts.
📖 buff.ly/3lAEkPj
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Barinaga, @eduardiniz & Ocampo introduce the notion of 'standardized malleability’ to describe how #cities adopt a uniform monetary infrastructure while adapting #policies to local contexts.
📖 buff.ly/3lAEkPj
✍️ Barinaga, @eduardiniz & Ocampo introduce the notion of 'standardized malleability’ to describe how #cities adopt a uniform monetary infrastructure while adapting #policies to local contexts.
📖 buff.ly/3lAEkPj
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃 "NeurodiverCITY: Leveraging the potential for neurodiverse deliberation in urban life"
✍️ Tokarek et al.
🔍 Inclusive deliberative practices improve decision-making processes and contribute to more equitable and innovative urban environments.
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📃 "NeurodiverCITY: Leveraging the potential for neurodiverse deliberation in urban life"
✍️ Tokarek et al.
🔍 Inclusive deliberative practices improve decision-making processes and contribute to more equitable and innovative urban environments.
📖 buff.ly/yNhE2Ii
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃 "NeurodiverCITY: Leveraging the potential for neurodiverse deliberation in urban life"
✍️ Tokarek et al.
🔍 Inclusive deliberative practices improve decision-making processes and contribute to more equitable and innovative urban environments.
📖 buff.ly/yNhE2Ii
📃 "NeurodiverCITY: Leveraging the potential for neurodiverse deliberation in urban life"
✍️ Tokarek et al.
🔍 Inclusive deliberative practices improve decision-making processes and contribute to more equitable and innovative urban environments.
📖 buff.ly/yNhE2Ii
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Ramiller examines the impact of entering and exiting #housing assistance on the #neighborhood context experienced by housing voucher recipients.
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✍️ Ramiller examines the impact of entering and exiting #housing assistance on the #neighborhood context experienced by housing voucher recipients.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Ramiller examines the impact of entering and exiting #housing assistance on the #neighborhood context experienced by housing voucher recipients.
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✍️ Ramiller examines the impact of entering and exiting #housing assistance on the #neighborhood context experienced by housing voucher recipients.
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🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Gautam Bhan
🔍 This written version of the 2025 Urban Studies Annual Lecture delivered in April 2025 at City Debates offers examples of the possible agendas and directions of southern urban theory.
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✍️ Gautam Bhan
🔍 This written version of the 2025 Urban Studies Annual Lecture delivered in April 2025 at City Debates offers examples of the possible agendas and directions of southern urban theory.
📖 buff.ly/CLRV8V7
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌍 NEW in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Gautam Bhan
🔍 This written version of the 2025 Urban Studies Annual Lecture delivered in April 2025 at City Debates offers examples of the possible agendas and directions of southern urban theory.
📖 buff.ly/CLRV8V7
✍️ Gautam Bhan
🔍 This written version of the 2025 Urban Studies Annual Lecture delivered in April 2025 at City Debates offers examples of the possible agendas and directions of southern urban theory.
📖 buff.ly/CLRV8V7
🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃"Dynamics of (dis)integration: The impact of migration mobility on neighbourhood cohesion"
✍️🔍 Hartl et al. investigate the role of #migration trajectories, district-level turnover and demographic context in shaping residents’ perceived #cohesion.
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📃"Dynamics of (dis)integration: The impact of migration mobility on neighbourhood cohesion"
✍️🔍 Hartl et al. investigate the role of #migration trajectories, district-level turnover and demographic context in shaping residents’ perceived #cohesion.
📖 buff.ly/p60j6W4
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃"Dynamics of (dis)integration: The impact of migration mobility on neighbourhood cohesion"
✍️🔍 Hartl et al. investigate the role of #migration trajectories, district-level turnover and demographic context in shaping residents’ perceived #cohesion.
📖 buff.ly/p60j6W4
📃"Dynamics of (dis)integration: The impact of migration mobility on neighbourhood cohesion"
✍️🔍 Hartl et al. investigate the role of #migration trajectories, district-level turnover and demographic context in shaping residents’ perceived #cohesion.
📖 buff.ly/p60j6W4
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🏙️NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃"Contesting sanctuary: Urban citizenship and multilevel migration governance in Barcelona"
✍️ Delclós et al. examine the emergence and contentious #politics of urban sanctuary in #Barcelona under a progressive ‘new municipalist’ #government.
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📃"Contesting sanctuary: Urban citizenship and multilevel migration governance in Barcelona"
✍️ Delclós et al. examine the emergence and contentious #politics of urban sanctuary in #Barcelona under a progressive ‘new municipalist’ #government.
📖 buff.ly/7jJmZXZ
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏙️NEW in #UrbanStudies
📃"Contesting sanctuary: Urban citizenship and multilevel migration governance in Barcelona"
✍️ Delclós et al. examine the emergence and contentious #politics of urban sanctuary in #Barcelona under a progressive ‘new municipalist’ #government.
📖 buff.ly/7jJmZXZ
📃"Contesting sanctuary: Urban citizenship and multilevel migration governance in Barcelona"
✍️ Delclós et al. examine the emergence and contentious #politics of urban sanctuary in #Barcelona under a progressive ‘new municipalist’ #government.
📖 buff.ly/7jJmZXZ
🌍NEW in #UrbanStudies
🔍✍️ Using the #Yaffa Streets Project as a case study, Kapshuk & Zaban explore symbolic efforts by gentrifiers to address historical injustices through compensative memory making aimed at restoring erased #Palestinian legacies.
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🔍✍️ Using the #Yaffa Streets Project as a case study, Kapshuk & Zaban explore symbolic efforts by gentrifiers to address historical injustices through compensative memory making aimed at restoring erased #Palestinian legacies.
📖 buff.ly/lBW0y1p
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌍NEW in #UrbanStudies
🔍✍️ Using the #Yaffa Streets Project as a case study, Kapshuk & Zaban explore symbolic efforts by gentrifiers to address historical injustices through compensative memory making aimed at restoring erased #Palestinian legacies.
📖 buff.ly/lBW0y1p
🔍✍️ Using the #Yaffa Streets Project as a case study, Kapshuk & Zaban explore symbolic efforts by gentrifiers to address historical injustices through compensative memory making aimed at restoring erased #Palestinian legacies.
📖 buff.ly/lBW0y1p
🚨NEW #UrbanStudies 62(16) - December 2025
SPECIAL ISSUE: "Global corporate landlords and tenant struggles"
✍ Eds: Vidal, Gil & Martínez
🔍 This collection gives voice to #tenant struggles in the face of a #housing crisis embodied by the figure of the global corporate #landlord.
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SPECIAL ISSUE: "Global corporate landlords and tenant struggles"
✍ Eds: Vidal, Gil & Martínez
🔍 This collection gives voice to #tenant struggles in the face of a #housing crisis embodied by the figure of the global corporate #landlord.
📖 buff.ly/pUki6fu
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨NEW #UrbanStudies 62(16) - December 2025
SPECIAL ISSUE: "Global corporate landlords and tenant struggles"
✍ Eds: Vidal, Gil & Martínez
🔍 This collection gives voice to #tenant struggles in the face of a #housing crisis embodied by the figure of the global corporate #landlord.
📖 buff.ly/pUki6fu
SPECIAL ISSUE: "Global corporate landlords and tenant struggles"
✍ Eds: Vidal, Gil & Martínez
🔍 This collection gives voice to #tenant struggles in the face of a #housing crisis embodied by the figure of the global corporate #landlord.
📖 buff.ly/pUki6fu
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Liu et al.
🔍 This study extends the notion of invisible displacement from migration studies to gentrification to reveal the hidden forms of dispossession in authoritarian contexts.
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✍️ Liu et al.
🔍 This study extends the notion of invisible displacement from migration studies to gentrification to reveal the hidden forms of dispossession in authoritarian contexts.
📖 buff.ly/5yLmLjh
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️ Liu et al.
🔍 This study extends the notion of invisible displacement from migration studies to gentrification to reveal the hidden forms of dispossession in authoritarian contexts.
📖 buff.ly/5yLmLjh
✍️ Liu et al.
🔍 This study extends the notion of invisible displacement from migration studies to gentrification to reveal the hidden forms of dispossession in authoritarian contexts.
📖 buff.ly/5yLmLjh
🏙️ NEW in our Special Issue "The business of densification: Institutions, actors, and outcomes in the transformation of urban settlements"
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🏙️ NEW in our Special Issue "The business of densification: Institutions, actors, and outcomes in the transformation of urban settlements"
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
Take a look 🧵 👇
#UrbanStudies
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️🔍 In this study, Cerrada Morato examines suburban vulnerability as a multidimensional phenomenon—encompassing sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and residential factors—within a medium-sized Southern European metropolis.
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✍️🔍 In this study, Cerrada Morato examines suburban vulnerability as a multidimensional phenomenon—encompassing sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and residential factors—within a medium-sized Southern European metropolis.
📖 buff.ly/B4w1Ly2
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔓 #OpenAccess in #UrbanStudies
✍️🔍 In this study, Cerrada Morato examines suburban vulnerability as a multidimensional phenomenon—encompassing sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and residential factors—within a medium-sized Southern European metropolis.
📖 buff.ly/B4w1Ly2
✍️🔍 In this study, Cerrada Morato examines suburban vulnerability as a multidimensional phenomenon—encompassing sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and residential factors—within a medium-sized Southern European metropolis.
📖 buff.ly/B4w1Ly2