Events – Page 6 – The Urban Salon

Debating High-rise Urbanism

Posted on 9 June 2014 | by Louise

Join a panel discussion of academics and practitioners on the challenges and opportunities in high-rise urbanism in London.

Date and time
Monday 9 June

6-8pm (BST)

Location
G07, Pearson Building, Gower Street, University College London, London WC1E 6BT (www.ucl.ac.uk/maps)

Urban comparativism: some reflections and challenges on how to actually do it

Posted on 3 June 2014 | by Louise

Join Sarah Gonzalez (Leeds University) for this presentation reflecting on the practice of comparative research.

Date and time
Tuesday 3 June 2014
6pm

Location
UCL Pearson Building, Exhibition Room G07, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Imaging Collapse: the Aesthetics of Economic Downfall

Posted on 3 June 2014 | by Louise

Join Mireille Rodier (University of Michigan) for a paper drawing on her book project, Imaging Collapse: the Aesthetics of Economic Downfall, on Detroit and the ramifications of the ways in which extreme instances of urban blight and fiscal ill-being are portrayed.

Date and time
Tuesday 3rd June 2014

6pm (BST)

Location

UCL Pearson Building, Exhibition Room GO07, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT (see www.ucl.ac.uk/maps)

The relationship between gentrification and public policy in Berlin – a conversation with London.

Posted on 8 May 2014 | by Louise

This talk, Matthias Bernt, explores the changing interrelation of gentrification and public policy in the neighbourhood of Prenzlauer Berg (Berlin).

Date and time
Thursday 8 May 2014

6pm

Location
UCL Pearson Building, Exhibition Room GO07, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT. (see www.ucl.ac.uk/maps)

Public Housing in a Private Time: NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) and neoliberalism

Posted on 5 December 2013 | by Louise

David Madden (Sociology, LSE) on Public Housing in a Private Time: NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) and neoliberalism.

Date and time

Thursday 5 December

6pm (GMT)

Location
UCL Gower St., Pearson Building Exhibition Room, G07

De-centring global urban studies: learning from small cities in Africa

Posted on 21 November 2013 | by Louise

Mathieu Hilgers presents a paper on de-centring global urban studies by focusing on small cities on the African continent.

Date and time
Thursday 21 November

6pm (GMT)

Location

LSE Houghton St., Old Building RoomOLD.3.21

(Maps and Directions: http://www.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/findingYourWayAroundLSE.aspx)

Learning from International Urban Planning Practice

Posted on 17 October 2013 | by Louise

Join Rosanna Law for a presentation on the challenges faced by emerging Gulf nation states in modernizing their cities.

Date and time
Thurs 17 October 2013
6pm (GMT)

Location

UCL Gower St., Pearson Building Exhibition Room, G07

Smart Cities and Speculative Urbanisms

Posted on 21 May 2013 | by Louise

Join Jennifer Gabrys (Goldsmiths) and Nerea Calvillo (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid) for a discussion of smart cities in speculative urbanism.

Date and time
Tuesday 21 May 2013
6pm (BST)

Location
UCL Geography

Transnational Soup: Translating Local Integration Policies Across Borders

Posted on 20 March 2013 | by Louise

Join Hannah Jones (Open University) and Ben Gidley (Oxford) who will be presenting on how European cities develop and innovate in policies for migrant integration, and how these policies might be researched transnationally.

Date and time
Wednesday 20 March 2013
6pm (GMT)

Location
UCL Geography (Exhibition Room, G07, the Pearson Building, Gower Street, see www.ucl.ac.uk/maps)

Materialities and urban politics

Posted on 15 January 2013 | by Louise

Join a session with two papers on materialities and urban politics.

Date and time
15 January 2013
6-8 pm (GMT)

Location
UCL Geography Exhibition Room, Pearson Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/find-us/)