In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by Professor Sarah Marie Hall from the University of Manchester to reflect on ten years since Brexit and specifically how austerity has altered the lifecourses ...

In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Dr Lotte Hargrave from the University of Manchester to discuss whether psephology - the study of elections and voting behaviour - can predict the next Prime ...

In this episode - recorded on location in Kampala, Uganda during an African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) workshop in late April - we delve into questions of how urban communities in informal sett...

In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Cristina Temenos from the University of Manchester to discuss a wide range of issues from trust in medicine, responses to COVID-19 and experimentation and ev...

Help Beth Perry raise money to support War Child

This workshop, incorporating film screening, book launch and panel discussion, brings together urban researchers exploring the geographies of extended and planetary urbanization through visual based m...

Rowland Atkinson has been writing about the role of illicit finance in harming everyday communities and people in what he calls the dark city economy.

Help Beth Perry raise money to support War Child

In this feature, Tom and Beth discuss the Global Infrastructure Race with colleagues from the Urban Institute (UI), recorded live as part of the UI’s 10 year anniversary celebrations. Drawing on insig...

The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles

The Gated City: Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in MexicoThis book launch is  being organised by the Urban Riches theme group, at the Urban Institute.

In this lecture Professor Diana Mitlin of the Global Development Institute and African Cities Research Consortium, University of Manchester, explores how academics engage in politics through their inv...

Our maps show some kids have nearer, bigger playgrounds than others.

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