Urban Studies Foundation
@USForg
We provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge.
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We are happy to reveal the fourteen projects supported in our 2025 Seminar Series Awards! 👉 Read more about the grants here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/07/09/ann… Also, did you know you can follow us for future updates on BlueSky? Please share: bsky.app/profile/urbans…
📢 Call for Trustees! The Urban Studies Foundation is recruiting new Trustees to join our Board. Deadline for applications: August 8th 2025 Find out more: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/06/13/tru…
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
🚨 New publication! Check out @OyalowoBasirat's latest work "Urban services and the invisibility of local governments in Nigeria in a COVID-19 pandemic context," in International Development Planning Review #USFInternationalFellow 🔗 Read more: ow.ly/YnKR50UJsGQ
🚨 New blog alert! In this guest post, Anuj Daga explores the results and impact of ‘The Waiting Room’ exhibition, supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards and #USFKnowledgeMobilisationAward. The exhibition reflects on the politics of (in)visibility of youth ow.ly/LRTo50UH8K4
🌍Don’t miss former #USFInternationalFellow @AAbeyasekera at #YorkTalks2025 this Wednesday, 15 Jan! She’ll present her research on how Colombo’s marginalized communities are crafting their vision of a world-class city for South Asia. @UniofYork More info: ow.ly/bc3k50UFuGE
🔔 Deadline approaching! Apply now for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨ Submit your proposals by 17th February 2025. Don't miss out—visit the USF website for more details! 👉 ow.ly/8xU650UoJOJ #USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies
In this guest post, @az_mashayekhi, Dr Noura Wahby, and Dr Camila Pereira Saraiva discuss the outcomes of the seminars on religious actors and urban planning in Latin America and the Middle East, which were supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant: ow.ly/8mQq50Ux4tq
New piece by @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 @JosieWittmer, and colleagues. "Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance" Funded by a #USFPandemicsandCities grant. Available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.watr… #wastewatersurveillance
🚨 Reminder: a new edition of Writing Urban India Fellowship! Hosted by the HUPA, in collaboration with the #WritingUrbanIndia Collective and @USForg, the third iteration will take place at @NLSIUofficial. Learn more and apply now: 👉 ow.ly/rXc750UjuJP #UrbanStudies
🔔 Now accepting applications for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨ Submit your proposals before the deadline on 17th February 2025. Visit the USF website for more info! 👉 ow.ly/9Wxn50Ug4zQ #USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies
Making waves! @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 and I coordinated this piece via our work with a fantastic group of co-authors/panelists from our workshop: creating a justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance funded by @USForg doi.org/10.1016/j.watr…
The 1st advertisement for "Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis" is here! Thank you to the supportive editors at @fernpub, all the contributors/agitators, and @USForg ! Available on shelves in early 2025! Accepting invitations for book talks!
We are excited to announce that our Spring 2025 titles are now available for pre-order. For more information about these forthcoming titles visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/forthcom…
Ulises Moreno-Tabarez introduces in this blog the origins of the Coastal Commons project, funded by the #USF #SeminarSeriesAwards: ow.ly/35cM50Ummtf Check more about the project: ow.ly/yBO650Ummtg
Call for Applications | NLSIU invites applications for the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship. Duration of the fellowship: 10 months Application Deadline: December 25, 2024 Find out more and apply here: nls.ac.in/news-events/ca…
The HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law, in collaboration with #WritingUrbanIndia Collective and @USForg, is hosting the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship at @NLSIUofficial in 2025. Read more about WUI and apply: ow.ly/rXc750UjuJP
🔔 Reminder! Applications for the next round of USF Seminar Series Awards funding are now open! Don't miss the deadline—17th February 2025. Visit the USF website for more details and spread the word! #USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies ow.ly/cCnS50Ug4zR
📢 This week, Dr. Liza Cirolia, Dr. Miriam Maina, and Mbugua Kuria Mbugua share the outcomes of the UTA-Do (Urban Theory Africa-Doing) seminars, supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant. Learn more about the project: ow.ly/Wr4E50Ufnxl
📚 Great to see this new Handbook on Gender and Cities, featuring work from no less than eight @USForg Fellows, grantholders, Mentors, and Trustees! Just published by @ElgarPublishing doi.org/10.4337/978178…
