News
Read about the latest events and activities in the Manchester Urban Institute and associated research groups.
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Institute of Data Science and AI to host three 'sandpit' events
13 Sep 2021
Through our partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, the Institute of Data Science and AI, which delivers activity for the Data Science and AI ...
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Researchers question Council land sales in Manchester
11 May 2021
The report highlights a lack of transparency around public land deals and questions whether Manchester City Council is getting value for money when ...
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MUI Professor secures prestigious appointment
10 Nov 2020
Professor Stefan Bouzarovski from the Department of Geography has been appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council’s Grant Assessment ...
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MUI launches first International Doctoral Cluster with University of Toronto
26 Oct 2020
The IDC will recruit PhD students at each university to start their studies in September 2021 and will focus on the absence and presence of different...
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Global Development Institute secures £32 million for African Cities research
1 Oct 2020
Researchers from the Global Development Institute have been awarded a new research contract of £32 million to establish the African Cities Research ...
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MUI Director publishes new COVID-19 piece in The Conversation
3 Aug 2020
The piece was co-authored by Kevin Ward, MUI Director, and Mark Davidson, Associate Professor of Urban Geography, Clark University. The article ...
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Jamie Peck named Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
29 Jul 2020
We are delighted to hear that Manchester undergraduate and graduate alumni, Jamie Peck, has been named Corresponding Fellow of the @BritishAcademy_ ...
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Obituary: Professor Brian Robson
10 Jul 2020
Brian Robson OBE, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Founder of Centre for Urban Policy Studies (now the Spatial Policy Analysis Lab) at the ...
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University professors publish 'The New Architecture of Science'
3 Jul 2020
The unique design of the National Graphene Institute in Manchester, UK sheds light on the new generation of 21st-century science buildings. In their ...
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