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Housing rights: Looking back, looking forward - video outputs from DPU co-hosted event published
The event, hosted on 9 October, responded to this year's World Habitat Day theme of 'Housing for All: A Better “Urban” Future', and brought together various communities of practice converging in the defence and production of the ‘right to…
DPU partner 'Public Works' launches the Housing Monitor’s Reporting Line in Beirut
Public works is a research-based studio, co-founded by DPU alumna Abir Saksouk-Sasso, that engages critically and creatively with a number of urban and public issues in Lebanon.…
Prof Michael Walls takes over from Prof Julio Davila as DPU Director
The DPU would like to thank Prof Julio Davila for his hard work and dedication during his time as Director, while we warmly welcome Prof Michael Walls as his successor.…
DPU BUDDLab Volume 12 published
The BUDDLab Volume 12 on Co-Habitation Practices has been published and is available to download on our website…
DPU News Issue 67 published and available for download
The edition focusses on the impact of the DPU on urban planning practice…
DPU student one of the winning teams for the Equal Cities Challenge
Congratulations to Rohit Lahoti, current student on the MSc Urban Development Planning programme, who was selected as one of five winning teams for the Equal Cities Challenge, by The Nudge-Center for Social Innovation (N/Core).…
New Energy project co-led by DPU's Rita Lambert has received funding from GCRF
The project 'Grounded Energy Modelling for equitable urban planning development in the global South (GEMDev)' will be co-led by Rita Lambert with UCL Energy Institute, CDRF-CEPT (Ahmedabad), PUCP (Lima), FCPV, CENCA, and CIDAP…
OVERDUE - DPU's Adriana Allen leads new GCRF-funded project on sanitation in urban Africa
The project aims to interrogate the sanitation taboo across Urban Africa, as a site where everyday crises exacerbate and are exacerbated by health crisis like COVID19, and where gender inequality continues to be reproduced across colonial legacies…
DPU's Giovanna Astolfo conducts conversation series as part of project on the pandemic on migration
Coinciding with the Refugee Week, DPU conducts a series of conversations (17, 18 and 19 June) on the impact of the pandemic on migration, and local responses across nine cities. This is part of the EU funded project EPIC and led by Giovanna Astolfo.…
UN Habitat praises the co-creation of a Living Heritage Atlas by MSc BUDD students and partners
The work was part of a learning alliance between MSc Building and Urban Design in Development from the DPU, the Moravia Cultural Centre, the Moravia Resiste Collective, and the Cooperative Coonvite from Medellin, Colombia.…