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UT is an ESRC network showcasing research on cities, based at the University of Oxford.

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urbantransformations@UTconnect
10 Mar 2020
A brief overview by Michael Keith on the work of the @UTconnect portfolio over the last 5 years: 124 projects spanning cities in the UK and beyond, from European collaborations to partnerships with Brazilian, Chinese, Indian and South African institutions: urbantransformations.ox.ac.u…
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PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
7 Jun 2023
"Most of the fast urban growth is going to happen in cities that currently don't have the capabilities to plan for it." @juancaduque @EAFIT Highlights from our Global Report launch webinar 📖Read the full report - peak-urban.org/global-report
On an example of PEAK Urban's impact in Colombia - Juan Carlos Duque, Universidad EAFIT: "Most of the fast urban growth is going to happen in cities that currently don't have the capabilities to plan for it. Although there are models for predicting urban growth, they are very demanding in terms of data, and require highly qualified human capital to apply these models. We built a model that uses freely available data like satellite images, and combines it with state of the art Artificial Intelligence - it is a globally applicable model that can predict urban growth in environments with scarcity of data. The largest utility company in Colombia is currently using this model to predict urban growth in areas where they don't have data."

ALT On an example of PEAK Urban's impact in Colombia - Juan Carlos Duque, Universidad EAFIT: "Most of the fast urban growth is going to happen in cities that currently don't have the capabilities to plan for it. Although there are models for predicting urban growth, they are very demanding in terms of data, and require highly qualified human capital to apply these models. We built a model that uses freely available data like satellite images, and combines it with state of the art Artificial Intelligence - it is a globally applicable model that can predict urban growth in environments with scarcity of data. The largest utility company in Colombia is currently using this model to predict urban growth in areas where they don't have data."

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PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
1 Jun 2023
🎉Unleashing Sustainable Cities of the Future 🏙 We're delighted to be able to share our Global Report, the culmination of 5 years' research collaboration between @EAFIT, @iihsin , @PKU1898, @UrbanAfricaACC & @UniofOxford 📖peak-urban.org/global-report
PEAK Urban Global Report, over series of empty urban roads at night

ALT PEAK Urban Global Report, over series of empty urban roads at night
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PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
1 Jun 2023
Looking forward to our Global Report Launch! ⏱Half an hour to go... if you wanted to join us, make sure you've registered - bit.ly/3OAdmmC

PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
27 May 2023
📢 Join our Global Report Launch with our global team from across the 5 institutions & 4 countries we worked in over 5 years' research. Webinar: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practice 🗓 1 June 2023 🕐1pm BST Sign up! bit.ly/3OAdmmC
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Today - Join @PEAK_Urban for the launch of their Global Report with practical lessons on how to shape urban futures - 1pm BST. ⏱Still time to register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC

PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
31 May 2023
📢Tomorrow: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices How can we shape the future of cities through visible on-ground interventions, policy choices & trade offs? Hear from our panelists on the practical lessons from @PEAK_Urban. Register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC
Webinar: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices Thursday 1 June 2023, 7am Bogota, 8 am New York, 1pm London, 2pm Cape Town, 5.30pm New Delhi, 8pm Beijing Panelists: Andrew Tucker, Afican Center for Cities, Gautam Bhan, Indianc Institute for Human Settlements, Juan Carlos Duque, Universidad EAFIT, Neave O'Clery, University College London, Pengjun Zhao, Peking University, Susan Parnell, University of Bristol, University of Cape Town, Michael Keith, University of Oxford

ALT Webinar: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices Thursday 1 June 2023, 7am Bogota, 8 am New York, 1pm London, 2pm Cape Town, 5.30pm New Delhi, 8pm Beijing Panelists: Andrew Tucker, Afican Center for Cities, Gautam Bhan, Indianc Institute for Human Settlements, Juan Carlos Duque, Universidad EAFIT, Neave O'Clery, University College London, Pengjun Zhao, Peking University, Susan Parnell, University of Bristol, University of Cape Town, Michael Keith, University of Oxford
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PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
26 May 2023
📢Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices ✨Launching our Global Report, our global team will discuss practical lessons learned on how we can shape the future of cities. 🗓 1 June 2023 🕐1pm BST 📋Register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC @PKU1898 @CTS_UCL
Webinar: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices Thursday 1 June 2023, 7am Bogota, 8 am New York, 1pm London, 2pm Cape Town, 5.30pm New Delhi, 8pm Beijing

ALT Webinar: Shaping Urban Futures: New Ideas, Better Practices Thursday 1 June 2023, 7am Bogota, 8 am New York, 1pm London, 2pm Cape Town, 5.30pm New Delhi, 8pm Beijing
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Tomorrow: Shaping Urban Futures, New Ideas, Better Practices Don't miss @PEAK_Urban's Global Report launch where they'll share practical lessons learnt from their 5 year research collaboration. 🗓Thursday 🕐1pm BST Register: bit.ly/3OAdmmC

PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
26 May 2023
📢 Join us on Thursday for our Global Report launch! ✨Drawing from 5 years' of urban research, ✨Across 5 global institutions & 4 cities in the global South Hear our insights on how to shape the future of cities 🗓 1 June 2023 🕐1pm BST 📋Sign up! bit.ly/3OAdmmC
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Featuring contributions from @Andreza_Aruska, Michael Keith, @rose_nikolas, @McIlwaineC, @MiriamKrenzinge, Yara Evans, Eliana Sousa Silva, @TimSchwanen, Denver Nixon, @deljanai, Warren Smit, Leandro David Wenceslau, Francisco Ortega and @luizeduardosoar
urbantransformations@UTconnect
24 Aug 2020
Fresh off the press – Urban Transformations and Public Health in the Emergent City. A great selection of contributions by @UTconnect researchers and others on key challenges in cities today, from mental health and GBV to mental health and racism. manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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Fresh off the press – Urban Transformations and Public Health in the Emergent City. A great selection of contributions by @UTconnect researchers and others on key challenges in cities today, from mental health and GBV to mental health and racism. manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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With 35,000 homes in London estates currently slated for demolition, the new #EstateWatch website has been launched to help residents have a voice to shape and inform decisions that will directly affect their future: urbantransformations.ox.ac.u…
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Gail Wilson@wilson_gail
21 May 2020
How is #COVID19 impacting the #urban poor in Asian & African #cities? Find out more & register for upcoming #webinar with @SHLC_Cities @UNHABITAT & @PLG_UNHABITAT. Please share @UofGGCID @UTconnect @UrbanBigData @UofGUrbStudies @PEAK_Urban @urban_know. 👇
SHLC@SHLC_Cities
21 May 2020
📣 NEW WEBINAR, 28 MAY, 14:00 BST 📣 "Urban-Rural Linkages in the time of #COVID19: impact on the urban poor & slum dwellers in Asia & Africa" with @UNHABITAT & @PLG_UNHABITAT. Register here ➡️ bit.ly/2XbVNNm #urbantranformation #cities #BeyondTheOutbreak #Goal11
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John Surico
@JohnSurico
14 May 2020
Really nice new research from @PEAK_Urban on mapping green space inequities in Medellín - couldn’t have come at a better time. peak-urban.org/blog/urban-gr…
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Neil Adger@NeilAdger
5 May 2020
Some great papers. And our commentary in @USJ_online . @UTconnect @projectmisty @CityMigrants @UofE_Research @ExeterGeography @ricsdecampos @LucyLS9 @CollabAdapt
Urban Studies Journal@USJ_online
5 May 2020
The May 2020 (Vol 57, Issue 7) Special Issue ‘Environmental governance for urban resilience in the Asia-Pacific’ is out now with articles by @fuiin @mrcho55 @sarakfuller @Creighton88 @aga_tinorizzo @emcpotter @digantakd @fionapmiller @NeilAdger and more journals.sagepub.com/toc/usj…
Urban Studies journal's May Special Issue cover

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'Dense neighbourhoods, inadequate healthcare and a plummeting informal workforce means India’s cities are just not ready for the COVID-19 fight.' @SHLC_Cities blog on the challenges of the crisis in India's urban context: urbantransformations.ox.ac.u…
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'The idea of sustainability itself may be transformed, to focus on individual and collective elements of wellbeing, flourishing and community.' @projectmisty on how COVID-19 'changes the view of mobility and migration as part of that transformative story' urbantransformations.ox.ac.u…
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Migrant labourers in Cyprus face even greater barriers with the COVID crisis, as @GLIMER_Research points out: 'This is ironic, really, as now, more than ever, we are relying on migrant workers to keep up even a semblance of an operational society': urbantransformations.ox.ac.u…
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Economic and Social Research Council@ESRC
23 Apr 2020
Want to apply for the ESRC Research Methods Development Call, but didn't meet the Intention to Submit deadline? You can still apply without an Intention to Submit: full applications are open until 11 June. orlo.uk/JVlAU
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Economic and Social Research Council@ESRC
23 Apr 2020
What are the consequences of the Covid-19 lockdown in India? This ESRC @GCRF-supported project led out of @RHULGeography looks at the economy, socioeconomic inequalities and health infrastructure during the crisis: orlo.uk/LChoj
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Creating Interfaces Project@createinterface
14 Apr 2020
Due to Covid-19 the AAG conference was canceled and organized as a virtual conference. Our session has taken place successfully on 6th of April and can be viewed online: aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG… @JPIUrbanEurope @Belmont_Forum @theAAG
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Deindustrialisation research is still focused 'on cities and regions within the Global North. The Global South, when it does feature in research, is most often characterized as the location for "runaway factories", regions that have industrialised at the expense of the North.'
PEAK Urban@PEAK_Urban
22 Apr 2020
PEAK Urban A new @PEAK_Urban blog by @nehasami of @iihsresearch @iihsin on her recent co-authored paper about how deindustrialization unfolds in cities and communities globally. peak-urban.org/blog/new-lens…
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SHLC@SHLC_Cities
23 Apr 2020
❗ONLINE SEMINAR: 16 June 2020 ❗ "An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Liveability in Regional #Cities in #Bangladesh" with @HRuszczyk & @Istiakh_Ahmed. Register and find out more 👉 bit.ly/37UoX7D
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