DPU Dialogues in Development
The DPU's Dialogues in Development lecture series
DPU Dialogues in Development
31 Dec 2026, 14:30 – 15:30
The DPU hosts a lecture series titled Dialogues in Development in which a diverse range of speakers working in the field of urban development are invited to share and discuss their work.
Dialogues in Development events range from panel discussions, individual talks, book launches and film screenings amongst other event types.
Please keep an eye on the events page for details of upcoming and past events. In the meantime you can view or listen to video recordings and podcasts of previous events below.
A full list of upcoming events can be found here.
Tanzil Shafique, chaired by Dr Paroj Banerjee
11 March 2025
Displacement, Development and the Public Interest: Interrogating the Links
Professor Victor Onyebueke, Dr Thaisa Comelli and Dr Alexander Apsan Frediani, chaired by Professor Barbara Lipietz
04 March 2025
Transforming the shared built environment: The Habitat Project in Maputo
Sara Márquez Martín
04 February 2025
Rupturing Architecture. A conversation around Spatial Practices of Refuge
Dr Sana Murrani, Professor Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Professor Camillo Boano, chaired by Dr Giovanna Astolfo
15 January 2025
Questioning Urban Transport Planning: Towards Transport Justice
Professor Caren Levy, Professor Julio D Dávila, Dr Daniel Oviedo, Professor Nick Tyler, chaired by Professor Barbara Lipietz
19 November 2024
Global Infrastructure: Private Finance and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Stephen Ellison, chaired by Professor Julio D Dávila
06 November 2024
Book launch: Urban informality and the built environment
Professor Catalina Ortiz, Nerea Amorós Elorduy, Nikhilesh Sinha, Professor Colin Marx, chaired by Dr Azadeh Mashayekhi
26 September 2024
Dr Thaisa Comelli
20 March 2024
Karen Seaman, Dr Christina Xiao, Dr Olivia Allot, Dr Samuel Asiedu Owusu, chaired by Daniel Oviedo
13 March 2024
Dr Saad Ali Shire, Umul Ker Kasslim Sheikh, Hareg Bekele, Nuradin Dirie, chaired by Dr Emmanuel Osuteye
20 Feb 2024
Zeremariam Fre, Bereket Tsegay, Agenla Raven-Roberts, John Wibberley, chaired by Dr Lulsegged Abebe
6 Dec 2023
Oren Yiftachel, Faranak Miraftab and Catalina Ortiz, chaired by Chandrima Mukhopadhyay
29 Nov 2023
Raquel Rolnik and Massimo Bricocoli, moderated by Alan Gilbery
20 Sept 2023
Mona Harb
16 Jun 2023
Hosted by Hanadi Samhan
8 Jun 2023
Hosted by Michael Walls
6 Jun 2023
Madhav Badami, chaired by Julio D. Dávila (DPU)
1 Jun 2023
Prof. Le-Yin Zhang (DPU) and Prof. Fulong Wu (Bartlett School of Planning), chaired by Prof. Julio D. Dávila (DPU)
7 Mar 2023
Dr Andrea Rigon
8 Feb 2023
Dr Emmanuel Osuteye and Nuradin Aden Dirie
2 Feb 2023
Dr Raktim Ray
20 Jan 2023
Rami Nasrallah
9 Nov 2022
Kambaiz Rafi
8 Nov 2022
Alexandre Apsan Frediani
21 Oct 2022
Adrienne Buller
5 Oct 2022
Geoffrey Payne
30 May 2022
Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
14 March 2022
Edward Paice
3 March 2022
Hosted by Camillo Boano
26 Jan 2022
Hosted by Andrea Rigon
2 Dec 2021
Hosted by Haim Yacobi
7 Oct 2021
Hosted by Juliano Fiori
14 July 2021
Hosted by Cassidy Johnson
17 June 2021
Hosted by Michael Walls
10 June 2021
Hossein Sadri
29 April 2021
Hosted by Catalina Ortiz
9 Mar 2021
Ola Uduku
4 Feb 2021
Hosted by Prof Cassidy Johnson and Dr Julia Wesely
18 Jan 2021
Hosted by Dr Catalina Ortiz
10 Dec 2020
Hosted by Dr Rita Lambert
2 Dec 2020
Hosted by Prof Haim Yacobi
12 Nov 2020
Hosted by Prof Hai Yacobi
15 Oct 2020
Kelly Shannon
13 Feb 2020
Cllr Asima Shaikh
16 Jan 2020
Mr. Elkin Velasquez Monsalve
10 Dec 2019
Dr Luis Angel Guzman
20 Nov 2019
Professor Tovi Fenster
16 Oct 2019
Oren Yifachel
23 May 2019
Arturo Samper
28 February 2019
Professor AbdouMaliq Simone
30 January 2019
Nuradin Dirie
15 January 2019
Dr. M. Geraldine Herrmann-Lunecke and Dr. Jorge Inzulza-Contardo
8 November 2018
Michael Walls, Sawsan Abou Zainedin and Ibrahim Olabi
8 November 2018
Jean Tible and Alexandre Apsan Frediani
2 November 2018
Andrew Maki
4 October 2018
Effi Bournazou
24 May 2018
14 November 2017Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of DetectabilityDr. Eyal Weizman
13 November 2017
India: the urban transition – a case study of development urbanismHenrik Valeur
12 October 2017
Aromar Revi
24 May 2017
Dr Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, John F.C. Turner
21 February 2017
Felipe Castro
7th February 2017
Dr Muhammad Kadhim
1 December 2016
Dr. Nasser Yassin
28 November 2016
Dr. Barbara Lipietz, Prof. David Satterthwaite, Dr. Le-Yin Zhang and Prof. Adriana Allen
22 September 2016
August 2016The story of the Urban Resource Centre, Karachi
Arif Hasan
March 2016
Harini Nagendra
March 2016
February 2016Urban development in Sierra Leone
Dr. Alexandre Apsan Frediani and Dr. Joseph Macarthy
February 2016
Dr. Jonathan Rokem
June 2015
Mwanakombo M. Mkanga, Husna Seif Shechonge, Ruth McLeod, Pascale Hofmann
March 2015
Dr. Michael Walls
February 2015
Caroline Kabiru, Heriana Mwakipunda, Mirjam van Donk
January 2015
Dialogues in Development playlist
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Dialogues in Development Book Launches
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