Welcome to GURC
Bottom-up, multi-disciplinary, research on urban globalisation, poverty, inequality and exclusion.
Latest News and Events
- Melanie Lombard awarded
GURC researcher Dr Melanie Lombard has been awarded the Iberoamerican Sustainable Housing Thesis Prize, run by Mexican housing agency INFONAVIT and the Mexico State Autonomous University, for her PhD thesis 'Making a place in the city: Place-making in urban informal settlements in Mexico'.
- New publication, December 2011
Caroline Moser, Bruce Frayne and Gina Ziervogel (Editors) Climate Change, Assets and Food Security in Southern African Cities. Earthscan, December 2011
- Presentation by Caroline Moser to DfID, London, 12 December 2011
Caroline gave a seminar on climate resillience and adaptation entitled From asset vulnerability to asset adaptation: building resilience to climate change at the local level.
- Caroline Moser at the CLUVA workshop on ‘Urban Participatory Climate Change Adaptation Appraisal Methodology’. 8 December, 2011, Leipzig
Caroline gave five lectures and a keynote address entitled Participatory Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons learnt from cross-disciplinary research in poor human settlements. - Alfredo Stein lectures in Central America, 20-25 November 2011
Alfredo Stein lectured on Theories and Practices of Urban Development and Planning at the Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa. He also gave a lecture on the impacts of climate change on Central America which will be broadcast by UNAH’s TV channel. - Alfredo Stein participated in RIBA event. London, 10 November, 2011
The debate - Knowledge communities on Climate Change: Bridging the Gap Between the Developing World and the UK was organised by the Sponge Network, the Young Fabians and Article 25. - New publication, October 2011
Caroline Moser and Alfredo Stein Implementing urban participatory climate change adaptation appraisals: a methodological guideline in Environment and Urbanization October 2011, Vol 23 No. 2 pp 463-485.
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About GURC
Established in 2007, GURC is a research centre that focuses on critical urban transformations, to inform urban development debates and influence policy and practice.
The centre has a multidisciplinary staff including academics and research-focused practitioners.
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Our Research
Building on our extensive expertise, GURC’s research agenda is based around the following themes:
- Asset accumulation and urban poverty reduction
- Urban climate change adaptation
- Insecurity, violence and conflict in cities
- Transnational migration in cities
- Asset planning in cities
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Resources
GURC resources include a working paper series, briefing papers, conferences and links to our publications and other multimedia resources.
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Postgraduate
GURC’s postgraduate programme relates to its research areas. We welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students and post-doctorate research fellows.