Urbanisation, Planning and Development
‘How stubborn “nail houses” take a stand against China’s rapid urbanisation’ is a new blog piece by Dr. Hyun Bang Shin of the UPD Cluster written for The Conversation in March 2017. ‘A single house balancing precariously in the middle of a construction site may seem like a doomed and fragile structure. But in China, these residences…
As part of this year’s annual American Association of Geographers’ (AAG) convening, UPD Research Student Yimin Zhao won third place (tie) in the China Geography Specialty Group’s student paper competition and received a travel stipend from the group. Yimin’s winning paper is entitled ‘Space as Method: Field Sites and Encounters in Beijing’s Green Belts’. Paper…
On 7 June 2016, the UPD seminar included four presentations by current research students as part of their annual review or upgrading. The presentations introduced the scope of their doctoral research projects whose provisional titles are as follows:
On 15 March, the CSD seminar included three presentations by current research students as part of their annual review or upgrading. The presentations introduced the scope of their doctoral research projects whose provisional titles are as follows: ‘Everyday disruption and consistent place-making: An ethnography of the spatial practices of the homeless in Mumbai’, Paroj Banerjee Paroj…
Announcing LSE Summer School Courses taught by the Cities Research Cluster Staff Several members of the Cities Research Cluster staff are to teach urban courses as part of LSE’s summer school programmes in London, Cape Town and Beijing. A brief outline of each course is presented below. You can find out more about the application details by…
Urban Salon seminar Learning from China and Questioning China Exceptionalism: An interdisciplinary debate The next Urban Salon seminar is going to take place at the LSE as a half-day workshop to provide a space for a unique opportunity to listen to academics working in various disciplines, who are to reflect on their own research and…
Urban Salon seminar Learning from China and Questioning China Exceptionalism: An interdisciplinary debate An Urban Salon seminar at LSE offering a unique opportunity to share research and stimulate new ideas, with discussions initiated by leading academics in the field. Closing date to register: 15th May. Register at http://www.lse.ac.uk/geographyAndEnvironment/Events/UrbanSalonSeminar2015.aspx Venue: Room 32L.LG.04, London School of Economics and Political…
Dr Hyun Bang Shin has introduced a new course on ’Urban Asia and China: Cities, Society and Development‘ to be taught at the annual LSE-PKU Summer School (click here to visit the course outline on the School web site). Please click here to download the outline syllabus. Informed by interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, the course explores the…
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