@USForg

We provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge.

 Glasgow, Scotland
urbanstudiesfoundation.org
Joined January 2018
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📢 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: USF International Fellowships for urban scholars from the Global South. Deadline 6th July 2026. Read more & apply to this grant funding here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/f…
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📢 New USF Funding: Urban Urgencies The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges. Deadline: 23rd March 2026 Read more & share: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/u…
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We are happy to reveal the fourteen projects supported in our 2025 Seminar Series Awards! 👉 Read more about the grants here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2… Also, did you know you can follow us for future updates on BlueSky? Please share: bsky.app/profile/urbanstudie…
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📢 Call for Trustees! The Urban Studies Foundation is recruiting new Trustees to join our Board. Deadline for applications: August 8th 2025 Find out more: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2…
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2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: USF International Fellowships grant funding! 📢 Deadline: 16/07/25. This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: ow.ly/AYfn50R8oou
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🚨 New publication! Check out @OyalowoBasirat's latest work "Urban services and the invisibility of local governments in Nigeria in a COVID-19 pandemic context," in International Development Planning Review #USFInternationalFellow 🔗 Read more: ow.ly/YnKR50UJsGQ
Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the paper "Urban services and the invisibility of local governments in Nigeria in a COVID-19 pandemic context" Authored by Dr Basirat Oyalowo, former USF International Fellow on a Photo via Flickr by Paris on Ponce

ALT Flyer with USF logo and the cover of the paper "Urban services and the invisibility of local governments in Nigeria in a COVID-19 pandemic context" Authored by Dr Basirat Oyalowo, former USF International Fellow on a Photo via Flickr by Paris on Ponce

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🚨 New blog alert! In this guest post, Anuj Daga explores the results and impact of ‘The Waiting Room’ exhibition, supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards and #USFKnowledgeMobilisationAward. The exhibition reflects on the politics of (in)visibility of youth ow.ly/LRTo50UH8K4
Image Description: Flyer with USF's logo and the quote "Imagined as a transitory and fragmentary portal / pavilion within the conference site, The Waiting Room is a receptacle of multiple temporalities in material and space that hint at the politics of (in)visibility of youth in the region of Africa-Asia. " on an Image by YOTM.

ALT Image Description: Flyer with USF's logo and the quote "Imagined as a transitory and fragmentary portal / pavilion within the conference site, The Waiting Room is a receptacle of multiple temporalities in material and space that hint at the politics of (in)visibility of youth in the region of Africa-Asia. " on an Image by YOTM.

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🌍Don’t miss former #USFInternationalFellow @AAbeyasekera at #YorkTalks2025 this Wednesday, 15 Jan! She’ll present her research on how Colombo’s marginalized communities are crafting their vision of a world-class city for South Asia. @UniofYork More info: ow.ly/bc3k50UFuGE

YorkTalks 2026: Heritage Reframed

Saturday 6 June This year YorkTalks is stepping out of the lecture theatre to bring its incredible heritage-focused research to life.

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🔔 Deadline approaching! Apply now for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨ Submit your proposals by 17th February 2025. Don't miss out—visit the USF website for more details! 👉 ow.ly/8xU650UoJOJ #USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies
[Image description: Flyer with USF logo announcing the 2025 "Seminar Series Awards" Call for Applications, featuring a photo via Flickr by Chemnitz]

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In this guest post, @az_mashayekhi, Dr Noura Wahby, and Dr Camila Pereira Saraiva discuss the outcomes of the seminars on religious actors and urban planning in Latin America and the Middle East, which were supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant: ow.ly/8mQq50Ux4tq
Flyer with USF logo and the quote "Existing scholarship on Middle Eastern and Latin American urbanism suggests that religious and ideological institutions, as well as non-state actors, have often assumed or reclaimed certain state functions. These actors frequently overlap with, contradict, or complement state-led urban policies." on a photo via Flickr by Ádám Szedlák

ALT Flyer with USF logo and the quote "Existing scholarship on Middle Eastern and Latin American urbanism suggests that religious and ideological institutions, as well as non-state actors, have often assumed or reclaimed certain state functions. These actors frequently overlap with, contradict, or complement state-led urban policies." on a photo via Flickr by Ádám Szedlák

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New piece by @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 @JosieWittmer, and colleagues. "Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance" Funded by a #USFPandemicsandCities grant. Available online: doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.202… #wastewatersurveillance
Flyer with USF logo and Cover of the paper "Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance", authored by Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Carolyn Prouse, Josie Wittmer, and colleagues. Funded by a USF Pandemics and Cities grant. Photo via Flickr by Photo via Flickr by Fred Weirowsky

ALT Flyer with USF logo and Cover of the paper "Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance", authored by Mohammed Rafi Arefin, Carolyn Prouse, Josie Wittmer, and colleagues. Funded by a USF Pandemics and Cities grant. Photo via Flickr by Photo via Flickr by Fred Weirowsky

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🚨 Reminder: a new edition of Writing Urban India Fellowship! Hosted by the HUPA, in collaboration with the #WritingUrbanIndia Collective and @USForg, the third iteration will take place at @NLSIUofficial. Learn more and apply now: 👉 ow.ly/rXc750UjuJP #UrbanStudies
Flyer for the Call for Fellows, WUI 3.0 with USF and National Law School of India University logos. On a photo via Flickr by Ian Brown

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🔔 Now accepting applications for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨ Submit your proposals before the deadline on 17th February 2025. Visit the USF website for more info! 👉 ow.ly/9Wxn50Ug4zQ #USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies
[Image description: Flyer with USF logo announcing the 2025 "Seminar Series Awards" Call for Applications, featuring a photo of Glasgow via Flickr by Luis Tamayo]

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Josie Wittmer@JosieWittmer9 Dec 2024
Making waves! @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 and I coordinated this piece via our work with a fantastic group of co-authors/panelists from our workshop: creating a justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance funded by @USForg doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.202…
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Rae Baker@cityisthelimit27 Nov 2024
The 1st advertisement for "Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis" is here! Thank you to the supportive editors at @fernpub, all the contributors/agitators, and @USForg ! Available on shelves in early 2025! Accepting invitations for book talks!
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Ulises Moreno-Tabarez introduces in this blog the origins of the Coastal Commons project, funded by the #USF #SeminarSeriesAwards: ow.ly/35cM50Ummtf Check more about the project: ow.ly/yBO650Ummtg
Flyer with USF logo and the quote: "This project is a collaborative exploration of urbanity, concentrating on the small and remote cities of the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico. As artists, activists, and researchers, we aim to better understand and share our diverse Black and Indigenous histories—interwoven identities in encounters and tales of violence and love. " on a Photo by Ulises Moreno Tabarez. Taken Oct 2023 after Hurricane Otis.

ALT Flyer with USF logo and the quote: "This project is a collaborative exploration of urbanity, concentrating on the small and remote cities of the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico. As artists, activists, and researchers, we aim to better understand and share our diverse Black and Indigenous histories—interwoven identities in encounters and tales of violence and love. " on a Photo by Ulises Moreno Tabarez. Taken Oct 2023 after Hurricane Otis.

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Call for Applications | NLSIU invites applications for the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship. Duration of the fellowship: 10 months Application Deadline: December 25, 2024 Find out more and apply here: nls.ac.in/news-events/call-f…
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The HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law, in collaboration with #WritingUrbanIndia Collective and @USForg, is hosting the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship at @NLSIUofficial in 2025. Read more about WUI and apply: ow.ly/rXc750UjuJP
Flyer for the Call for Fellows, WUI 3.0 with USF and National Law School of India University logos. On a photo via Flickr by Stéphane Toumayan (ToumaŸ)

ALT Flyer for the Call for Fellows, WUI 3.0 with USF and National Law School of India University logos. On a photo via Flickr by Stéphane Toumayan (ToumaŸ)

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