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DPU staff nominated for the 2020 Student Choice Awards

Congratulations to all our staff members who were nominated for the 2020 Student Choice Awards…

DPU's KNOW project is pleased to launch its new City Partner pages

Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) City Pages are a dedicated space for each of our KNOW City Partners to share their investigations, local teams, outputs, and more as they coproduce pathways to urban equality in Africa, Asia and Latin…

Latest DPU/ACHR/CAN fellowship booklet published and available for download

The book, titled 'Grounded Learning: people-centred approaches to housing in Yangon and Yogyakarta', summarises the experience of our fellows and the work that has been carried out with our partners in Yangon and Yogyakarta.…

Launch of new edition of our succesful MOOC on development and planning in African Cities

Along with Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre and Njala University, we are excited to be launching a new edition of our highly successful free online course (MOOC) on Development and Planning in African Cities.…

DPU’s BUDD program collaborates with partners in Medellin to co-create a Living Heritage Atlas

As part of MSc BUDD’s learning alliance with CDCM, COONVITE and the Collective Moravia Resiste, over 62 participants in 13 countries are working remotely but closely together on co-creating a Living Heritage Atlas.…

Beyond Immunological Assumptions - DPU's Adriana Allen on COVID19 response and the Right to the City

In an online public assembly organized by the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C), Prof. Adriana Allen argues that blanket immunological assumptions won’t work for a vast majority of urban dwellers across the world.…

The DPU/ACHR/CAN Fellowship Programme welcomes three Research Fellows

The sixth wave of DPU/ACHR/CAN fellows has started working remotely with Arkomjogja and riverbank communities in Yogjakarta…

DPU contribute to debates on COVID-19 in precarious settlements and social housing in Latin America

DPU's Dr. Catalina Ortiz was invited as academic advisor of the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub led by Cities Alliance, UN Habitat, InterAmerican Housing Group, Habitat for Humanity.…

Urban Health Justice NOW - MSc Health in Urban Development scholarship now open for applications

The current global concern about the COVID-19 crisis highlights the necessity to develop action, intervention, research and teaching in urban health. We are now accepting applications to our MSc Health in Urban Development scholarship…

DPU's Prof. Haim Yacobi receives the Health and Context GCRF grant

Congratulations to the DPU's Prof. Haim Yacobi, Programme Leader of the MSc Health in Urban Development, for receiving the Health and Context GCRF grant as a Co-PI for a project that will focus on Type 2 diabetes in Ghana…