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King’s College London | The Urban Futures research domain @kclgeography takes a critical approach towards the Urban Age I Chair @k_brickell
New OA paper @urbgeog on 'embodied counter-mapping' approach to gendered urban violence & resistance based on body-territory & participatory territorial mapping in Mare, Rio de Janeiro. @kclgeography @redesdamare @ufrj @MonizaRizzini shorturl.at/woPOv
📣 Call for Papers: Debt Urbanism & the Housing Question ℹ️ I'm putting together a symposium proposal to The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) with co-editors Sarah Klosterkamp & @melnowicki 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 22 August 25 🏹 Spread the word!
Our ‘No Space Like Home?’ study has its first ever newsletter out. Take a look! Supported by @ESRC and led by @PhilHubbard1 nospacelikehome.study/news
Zheng Wang, new Urban Futures Lead, will be speaking at Royal Town Planning Institute's online webinar on the role of urban planning in tackling climate and biodiversity challenges alongside this Thursday, 12th June at 12:00 noon. rtpi.org.uk/events
It's away day season! Cannot think of anything more fitting than staff from our Urban Futures Research Group exploring the city together - we spent the afternoon exploring the Serpentine galleries & hanging out talking ideas in its 2025 pavilion
How do we support each other in academic writing? In the Urban Futures Research Group, we have ‘writing surgeries' where we discuss a draft piece of work from one of our PhD or staff members. They are so productive, but also lovely to come together and chat ideas!
Urban Futures research in the news:
"Your life chances from a young age are impacted by constant moving, constant worries, constant stress” Timi, a Londoner, living in temporary accommodation in The New Statesman. The article includes insights from my & @melnowicki @DebtUrbanism research newstatesman.com/spotlight/econ…
I was born into a city where housing was affordable. But I've grown up into one where it was not. What has gone wrong in London over the last 35 years? And where is it going in the future? My new book, Homesick, tells that story. Out Sept 25 amazon.co.uk/Homesick-How-H…
Urban Futures members launch new UK-wide call for evidence with @TA_APPG on the impact that Temporary Accommodation has on neurodivergent children. Please share! sensorylivesproject.org/national-call-…
NEW POST: 165,000 children are homeless, many of whom are neurodivergent. Researchers @rosalie_warnock @K_Brickell want to hear from families of #neurodivergent children who have experience of living in temporary accommodation specialneedsjungle.com/call-evidence-…
Beautiful day in London - visited @csjthinktank in Smith Square to confirm the launch details for our forthcoming @agendapub book. Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State Pre-order is now live: waterstones.com/book/debt-trap…
Urban Radar 🎙️ | 🌟 Episode 4 | Bats 🦇 , Buildings 🏢 and Big Ideas 💡 Join the discussion with Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry for the Sheffield Urbanism podcast Here's the link to tune in to the full episode : lnkd.in/enVHKU6g
Urban Futures members have a new research study 🚀 Check it out!
What is the future of English cities? Is the future of housing small? 🔍 Our new @ESRC study led by @PhilHubbard1 explores these questions & more. Check out our new website for more info & updates: nospacelikehome.study LinkedIN: linkedin.com/company/106533…
2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: USF International Fellowships grant funding! 📢 Deadline: 16/07/25. This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: ow.ly/AYfn50R8oou
📢Launching our new research project "Sensory Lives: Neurodiverse Children and Families in Temporary Accommodation" supported by @LeverhulmeTrust at @KCLUrbanFutures, @KingsCollegeLon with Rosalie Warnock Check out our website with accessibility plug-in: sensorylivesproject.org
I'll be speaking with @melnowicki at this new domestic abuse community of practice on Wednesday- reporting on our @DebtUrbanism findings in support of changes in social housing allocation for domestic abuse survivors nationally
📢NEW for 2025: CIH UK domestic abuse community of practice📢 An opportunity for members from all four nations to share best practice, identify common issues & provide peer support in our collective effort to support victims & survivors & prevent homelessness. Get involved ⬇️
Important new paper by @elaraks on housing and mould in Progress in Environmental Geography. Please share! Elara is a @KingsCollegeLon @lissdtp doctoral researcher with me and @PhilHubbard1 in Geography journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
So excited to share the first paper from my PhD! This new #openaccess paper in @progenvgeog examines the UK’s mould crisis through literature on toxic geographies – revealing the racial logics and temporal dynamics of “toxic” household mould journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…
Join us on 13 November to hear @jkkusiak discuss her new @NineDotsPrize winning book, Radically Legal: Berlin Constitutes the Future 🌟📚 @davidjmadden @AnnaMinton @urbancommune @LSEsociology @CambridgeUP zurl.co/Hvb2
🚨🧵With @melnowicki & @FraserWC I have been uncovering the scandal that are local authority rules on housing allocation which are banning thousands of indebted homeless families in England from social housing. Thanks @Victoria_Spratt for exposure: inews.co.uk/news/housing/c…
Coming up in our departmental seminar series, Urban Futures staff member Nathaniel will be speaking on ‘Kings Hill, Dominica: Framing Ideas of Home, Heritage and Belonging -
I’m also delivering a @kclgeography departmental presentation on my autoethnographic [practice-based] body of work made with Dominica’s landscapes, which is taking place next week Wednesday at 16:00PM in case your in central London at the time.