New publication alert: UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman and Peter Walters write on urban informality in the Global South. This chapter provides an in-depth conceptual discussion on urban informality as a logic of organisation in the Global South that requires overcoming binary conceptual approaches, interwoven with research findings on informality in cities located in the Global South. … Continue reading
Are you eager to learn about the complexity of planning and environmental management problems in different socio-economic and cultural situations? Are you also eager to develop your skill sets in field research and engagement with real-world stakeholders? If you are, then join us in Indonesia as part of the Indonesian fieldtrip course, PLAN3200/7200. In the … Continue reading
Former UQ|UP colleagues and graduates have just published a book on COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities. The book is titled ‘COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response and implications for urban recovery’. It was edited by Redento Recio (UQ|UP PhD Graduate), Kazi Fattah, Nausheen H. Anwar, Noman Ahmed, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano (UQ|UP … Continue reading
Last week Sonia Roitman was invited to give an online guest lecture to the students in the Master of Urban Planning, at the University of Cuenca, in Ecuador. This is a new master program in one of the oldest universities in the country. Most of the students are currently working in urban planning departments at … Continue reading
UQ|UP’s Sonia Roitman is working with colleagues from National University of Samoa and UN Women Samoa on a new research project. Pacific Island Countries are urbanising and also face serious threats from climate change. The aim of this project is to understand the role of urban planning in adapting to climate change in urban areas, … Continue reading