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Keynote: Nature in the city at Sciences Po Paris
Last month, Vanesa Castán Broto presented her keynote on mundane innovation at the annual Nature in the City  conference organised and...
Erika Conchis
Jan 141 min read
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Innovation workshop: Local Action for Climate Change in Pune City
Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE) and the Symbiosis Centre for Urban Studies (SCUS), in collaboration with Sheffield University, hosted...
Erika Conchis
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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Book: Urban Movements and Climate Change
The book Urban Movements and Climate Change: Loss, Damage and Radical Adaptation, edited by Marco Armiero, Ethemcan Turhan and Salvatore...
Erika Conchis
Jan 17, 20241 min read
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Policy Brief: Equitable urban climate adaptation
Equitable urban climate adaptation: the importance of structural considerations Policy brief authors: Lorraine Dongo, Héctor Herrera, Amy...
Erika Conchis
Jan 10, 20242 min read
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Urban Inhabitation in the Anthropocene conference
On 25th–27th April 2023, we held the Urban Inhabitation in the Anthropocene conference in Sheffield, UK. The programme of the conference...
Erika Conchis
Dec 13, 20231 min read
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Art Exhibition: CATA - Climate Change and Waste Pickers
The exhibition is one of the ordinary actions to mitigate climate change as part of the ERC funded LO-ACT project. The exhibition is current
Erika Conchis
Nov 15, 20233 min read
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Article: Institutionalisation of urban climate adaptation
This article explores the dynamics & tools that enable the institutionalisation of adaptation practices in local governments with three...
Erika Conchis
Sep 21, 20221 min read
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Visual Summary: reparative innovation for climate change adaptation
Recent articles suggest that adaptations to climate change in cities often disadvantage vulnerable communities. In the article Reparative...
Erika Conchis
Apr 21, 20222 min read
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Article: Splintering Urbanism and Climate Breakdown
'There are some signs that we may be entering a new era of green infrastructure spending in 2021. The climate breakdown increasingly...
Erika Conchis
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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Article: Compound urban crises
The crises that cities face—such as climate change, pandemics, economic downturn, and racism—are tightly interlinked and cannot be...
Erika Conchis
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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IPCC report release
The report of the Working Group II for the 6th Annual Assessment Report of the IPCC has been published. It examines the evidence on...
Erika Conchis
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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Project update: LO-ACT mid-term project report
The mid-term scientific report provides an update on the progress of LO-ACT project, reviewing the results submitted to the European...
Erika Conchis
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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Award: AXA Research fund award for Climate Science Prof Vanesa Castán Broto
Congratulations to LO-ACT PI Prof Vanesa Castán Broto who has received an AXA Research fund Award for her outstanding contribution to...
Erika Conchis
Jul 29, 20211 min read
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COP26 Briefings: From asking why to thinking how: emerging challenges for urban climate action
Vanesa Castán Broto and Linda Westman work has been featured on the British Academy website and on their newsletter (issued on...
Erika Conchis
Jul 27, 20211 min read
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Team update: Dr Ping Huang appointed a visiting position at the GCCS
Dr Ping Huang has been appointed a visiting position at The Advanced Institute of Global and Contemporary China Studies (GCCS) at The...
Erika Conchis
Jul 22, 20211 min read
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Article: Finding feasible action towards urban transformations
In this paper, the authors argue that despite growing attention to urban transformations, scholars often overlook challenges faced by...
Erika Conchis
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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Article + presentation: A culture-led approach to understanding energy transitions in China
A culture-led approach to understanding energy transitions in China: The correlative epistemology Ping Huang, Linda Westman, Vanesa...
Erika Conchis
Jun 22, 20211 min read
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Book: Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South
Vanesa Castán Broto and Andrea Rigon edited 'Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South: Intersectionality, Inequalities, and...
Erika Conchis
May 25, 20211 min read
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Presentation: Tackling climate change in ordinary cities: tracing the origins of social innovation
Event: International Social Innovation Research Conference 2020 Speaker: Ping Huang and Vanesa Castán Broto 01/09/2020 - Online
Erika Conchis
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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Presentation: From experiments to messiness: responding to the need for radical change
Event: From experiments to messiness: responding to the need for radical change at the Climate Praxis Conference organised by Place-Based...
Erika Conchis
Oct 7, 20206 min read
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