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Join the Future of Cities: opening for the 2012 Postgraduate Associates

Submitted by Nicholas Simcik... on Mon, 26/03/2012 - 19:33

The Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities welcomes nominations for the 2012 Postgraduate Associates cohort.

Research Fellow Michele Acuto contributes to The International Handbook Of Globalization And World Cities

Submitted by Nicholas Simcik... on Tue, 07/02/2012 - 17:28

Research Fellow Michele Acuto recently contributed a chapter to the International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities edited by the GaWc Network at the University of Loughborough for Edward Elgar Publishers. The chapter discusses the emergence of Sydney to world city status as pinpointed on environmental sustainability, and the socio-political challenges that question its "green, global and connected" strategy for urban governance.

Idalina Baptista presents on risk and urban flexibility at annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning conference

Submitted by Nicholas Simcik... on Sun, 05/02/2012 - 13:36

Sir Nigel Mobbs Research Fellow Idalina Baptista recently read two papers at the U.S. Annual Planning Researchers conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 13-16 October. Idalina was joined at the conference by Matilde Córdoba and Fernando Domínguez, two of her team members on the research project ‘Understanding the Dynamics of Urban Flexibility and Reconstruction', which is funded by the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities.

Alert - Disclaimer on 'Future Cities' and 'Failing Cities' Conferences by Holden Publishing and Research

Submitted by Esther Vicente on Thu, 19/01/2012 - 15:55

This is just to alert people that we have no associaton with the 'Future Cities' and 'Failing Cities' conferences that Holden Publishing and Research is organising in Oxford. Please pass on the information as appropriate.

Urban Flexibility project members to present their findings at 4S Annual Meeting

Submitted by Esther Vicente on Wed, 02/11/2011 - 18:41

Javier Lezaun (InSIS) wil be presenting a paper at the 4S Annual Meeting in Cleveland, 02-05 November, on 'Urban (Un)containment and Disaster Management: Shaping the Circulation of Water in Cancún (Mexico) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)' that he submitted in conjuction with Ann Kelly (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and Fernando Dominguez Rubio (NYU).

Steve Rayner speaking at CIRS Conference in Vancouver

Submitted by Esther Vicente on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:42

Professor Steve Rayner, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) and Co-Director of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, and Dr David Suzuki, distinguished Canadian environmentalist and UBC Professor Emeritus, will be the keynote speakers on the groundbreaking CIRS l Accelerating Sustainability Conference on 03-05 November in Vancouver.

Future of Cities Distinguished Lecture Series 2011-2012

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 10:13

The Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, University of Oxford, is organising a series of three lectures with distinguished academics whose inspirational work has contributed significantly to our understanding of contemporary cities and societies.

All seminars will be held in the Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre at Saïd Business School (map), 5:00-6:30pm.

Tuesday, 08 November 2011, 5:00-6:30pm

Steve Rayner addresses Oxford Industry Forum

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 31/05/2011 - 13:18

St Hilda's College, Oxford, was the location for the first Oxford Industry Forum day on 'Cities of the Future'. Steve Rayner was one of the speakers, and he spoke alongside colleagues such as Professor Sir David King, Sr Malcolm McCulloch and Dr Paul Newman. The agenda for the day can be seen here.

Steve Rayner gives talks to Deloitte

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 31/05/2011 - 11:48

Steve Rayner has given a series of talks to senior managers at Deloitte about various issues relating to technological innovation and climate. You can see them here.

Call for papers - Urban climate governance special issue

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/03/2011 - 15:35

Urban areas are increasingly viewed as key players in responding to climate change, as they have both
direct control of critical sources of emissions and are the scale at which the potentially catastrophic
impacts of climate change will play out. Whole cities in many parts of the developed world alreadyrequire
large industrial emitters to report on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the invisible majority of
commercial emitters are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) for which legislated GHG reductions
are unlikely. Novel partnerships and networks are emerging, however, which align the goals of SMEs,
municipal governments and regional authorities in support of GHG management in cities.

This Special Issue aims to expand the urban climate change research agenda to invlude an examination of
the drivers of these emerging partnerships and for theorizing the potential and emerging role of SMEs in
the wider context of non-state actors.