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Sheffield Urbanism Lecture Series 2026

The Sheffield Urbanism Lecture series is an initiative of the Urban Institute to stimulate dialogue, discussion and understanding of processes of urbanisation and urban life.

Tetiana Vodotyka

Urban Studies in Ukraine: Changes, Challenges, and Collaboration

In this IN-PERSON ONLY talk, Dr Tetiana Vodotyka traces the development of urban studies in Ukraine, examining both the history of the field and the intellectual and institutional roots of urban knowledge production.

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Theorising Migrant Lives: New Theoretical Framework in Territory, Politics, Governance

University of Sheffield PhD researcher Nikola Lero has published a new article in the prestigious Q1-ranked journal Territory, Politics, Governance.
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Leverhulme

Call for Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at the Urban Institute.

The Urban Institute (UI) at the University of Sheffield welcomes expressions of interest from outstanding early-career researchers wishing to apply for the 2027 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Researcher Fellowships
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The Urban Institute welcomes new member of the team

The UI is delighted to welcome Theodor M Barry Born, an urban geographer working on housing, space, rent, speculation, and social reproduction.
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New Publication: Theorisation of Environmental Justice in Chinese Political Philosophy

Shizhi Zhang, Linda Westman, and Vanesa Castán Broto have published a new paper Political Geography that explores how classical Chinese political philosophy can contribute to contemporary debates on environmental justice (EJ) theory.
TECHNO GARDENING

Rethinking urban nature as technonature

A new Nature Comment by Simon Marvin, Sophia Maalsen and Robyn Dowling argues that urban nature is entering a new phase in which ecological processes are increasingly sensed, modelled and continuously adjusted through digital technologies.

BISA

Live: Second China Shock @BISA26

In June 2026, Zhengli Huang and Shizhi Zhang, were invited to participate in a featured roundtable discussion at the 2026 British International Studies Association Annual Conference in Brighton.

Surfaces of War

Open call - Surfaces of War, Surfaces of Conveyance: Popular intelligence and military capture in the Mediterranean

A twofold event organised in Turin by Michele Lancione and AbdouMaliq Simone at the Beyond Inhabitation Lab in May/June 2027 to discuss habitability, popular intelligence and militarist turns in the contemporary urban Mediterranean.