Events
Manchester Urban Institute runs a wide variety of different events and activities, and collaborates with a range of local, national and global partners.
Upcoming events
PEM Seminar Series -Dr Yimin Zhao, Renmin University of China: Jiehebu or suburb? Towards a translational turn in urban studies
Abstract: Engaging with reflections on improper urban vocabularies, this talk proposes a translational turn to foreground dialogues – rather than equivalences – between languages. Drawing on the philosophies of language and hermeneutics, I adopt “the fusion of horizons” as an alternative perspective to redefine translation where differ..
PEM Seminar Series -PEM Doctoral Researchers
Doctoral researchers serminars
Food 3.0
The global food system is the greatest single disruptor of climate and ecosystems, with growing gaps between the under-fed and over-fed. The principles of collective food intelligence can help to design global-local agri-food systems, which combine new technology with ancient wisdom, with new kinds of socio-eco-enterprises. The principles of..
PEM Seminar Series - Prof Shenjing He: The University of Hong Kong
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PEM Seminar Series -Prof Anupam Nanda; Dr Yishuang and Dr Sotirios Thanoms: ‘Health is Wealth’: Dynamics of Global Healthcare Real Estate Market
‘Health is Wealth’: Dynamics of Global Healthcare Real Estate Market
PEM Seminar Series-Dr Ian Mell (University of Manchester)-Re-examining ANGSt in 2020: green space metrics, perceptions and equity in planning
Re-examining ANGSt in 2020: green space metrics, perceptions and equity in planning
PEM Seminar Series -Prof Stan Geertman, Utrecht University
Planning Support Systems
PEM Seminar Series-Prof Claire Colomb (UCL) “Our city is not for sale”. The politics of regulation of platform-mediated short-term holiday rentals in European cities
“Our city is not for sale”. The politics of regulation of platform-mediated short-term holiday rentals in European cities In the space of a few years, short-term (“holiday”) rentals have become a contentious issue in many cities around the world. Their proliferation was facilitated by the emergence of new forms of ‘platform capitali..
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Summer Institute of Urban Studies
Our annual summer institute investigates urban theoretical and methodological questions, with a range of associated career development issues.
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