UTH member Alda Botelho Azevedo is featured on the latest episode of 90 Segundos de Ciência, a program on Portugal national radio Antena 1 that provides short introductions to researchers and their work. Listen to the episode here. Continue reading “Alda Botelho Azevedo featured on 90 Segundos de Ciência”
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Desassossego [disquiet]: reflecting on being academics during the Covid-19 pandemic
Another collective post by the UTH, published on the blog of AESOP YA: what it means to be (critical) scholars in times of pandemic?
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Guest authors: Urban Transitions Hub (UTH) (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)
Editor’s note: This post is an engaging contribution by the members of UTH, including the founder and former editor-in-chief of the YA blog.
With this collective post, the Urban Transitions Hub wants to contribute to the debate about what it means to be a social scientist today, and what it might mean in the medium term. Perhaps aptly, we began this reflection on April Fools day (April 1st) during our first online meeting amid Covid-19 lockdown measures. We came together somewhat unsure of how and what to share between us, realising that ‘business as usual’ was not an option, and soon finding that we were searching for a space where we could discuss our collective desasossego (Fernando Pessoa’s disquiet) and unease triggered by the way the pandemic was affecting our…
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Pandemia e inquietação nas ciências sociais: Uma reflexão do Urban Transitions Hub, no Instituto de Ciências Sociais
The UTH colelctively published a post, in Portuguese, which is a collective reflection on the personal and collective impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our personal and academic life.
Os membros do Urban Transitions Hub pretendem contribuir para o debate sobre o que significa, e o que pode representar a médio prazo, ser um/a académico/a nas ciências sociais face à pandemia que enfrentamos nos dias de hoje. Este texto apresenta-se como um exercício contínuo de autorreflexão em tempos de Covid-19, o qual não pretende esgotar as nossas inquietações, mas sim começar a dar-lhes voz.
(NOVA) CRISE
Aparentemente, parece que estamos perante uma tempestade perfeita. Uma tempestade que gera inquietação, mas também sentimentos de confusão e luta. Para muitos/as de nós, esta crise representa uma aceleração de padrões sociais já existentes, assim como de tendências que são críticas há já muito tempo. Problemas e contradições das nossas sociedades têm vindo a acumular-se nas últimas décadas, e a pandemia parece oferecer-lhes um novo e dramático desenlace ao mesmo tempo que novos “monstros em ascensão”, como alguns…
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UTH statement at the times of COVID19
Our feeling
Unease, confusion, and a precarious equilibrium between hope and despair. We acknowledge the need to start bringing more care into academia – something we tend to put aside as if care belongs to our personal lives only. Continue reading “UTH statement at the times of COVID19”
Webinar: Right to Housing in COVID-19 Lockdown Times. 16 April 2020, 4pm CEST
UTH member Simone Tulumello organises, with Guya Accornero (CIES-IUL) and in collaboration with ISA Research Committee 47 (Social Classes and Social Movements) a webinar on the impact of lockdown measures over movements for housing and the right to the city. Continue reading “Webinar: Right to Housing in COVID-19 Lockdown Times. 16 April 2020, 4pm CEST”
From our colleagues at Mistra Urban Futures, a new open access book on co-production of knowledge
Comparative Urban Research from Theory to Practice: Co-production for Sustainability, edited by David Simon, Henrietta Palmer and Jan Riise (Policy Press, Bristol, 25 March 2020). Order online at https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/comparative-urban-research-from-theory-to-practice. Continue reading “From our colleagues at Mistra Urban Futures, a new open access book on co-production of knowledge”
Update and new deadline. The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies
Due to disruptions caused by the global pandemics of Covid-19, we are constantly assessing the opportunity to mantain the Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies.
At this stage (26 March 2020), we have decided to wait for developments: the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 15 April 2020 and a final decision will be taken in the forthcoming weeks – also considering the opportunity of rescheduling or convening the workshop through online means. Continue reading “Update and new deadline. The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies”
Promover iniciativas culturais como forma de resistência
Neste novo encontro do ciclo Café com Luta, organizado pela Fundação Friedrich Ebert em colaboração com a Associação Transparência e Integridade e o Urban Transitions Hub (ICS-ULisboa), vamos juntar experiências diversas de resistência cultural na área metropolitana de Lisboa. Continue reading “Promover iniciativas culturais como forma de resistência”
The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies. 1st ed. 18-20/11/2020 ICS-ULisboa
EDIT: due to disruptions caused by the global pandemics of Covid-19, the organising committee is constantly assessing the opportunity to cancel the event. At this stage (26 March 2020), we have decided to wait for developments: the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 15 April 2020 and a final decision will be taken in the forthcoming weeks – also considering the opportunity of rescheduling or convening the workshop through online means.
The Urban Transitions Hub and the AESOP Young Academics Network are happy to open the call for papers for the first edition of the Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies, to be held on 18-20 November 2020 at ICS-ULisboa. Circa 30 PhD students and early-career scholars will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research projects and/or findings during a 3-day event organised as a space of exchange, debate and learning. Continue reading “The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies. 1st ed. 18-20/11/2020 ICS-ULisboa”
Call for abstracts ESA RN37, Bologna, 2-4 September 2020, UTH co-organised sessions
Call for abstract aberta até 3 marco 2020, para a conferência “Urban Theory and Urban Praxis: Past, Present and Possible Futures”. Continue reading “Call for abstracts ESA RN37, Bologna, 2-4 September 2020, UTH co-organised sessions”
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