UCL and UN-Habitat sign a Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Sustainable Urban Development
The DPU, UCL Research, Innovation, & Global Engagement and The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) have entered into a collaborative partnership to enhance knowledge, capacity, and awareness in the realm of sustainable urban development.

Now Launching: The DPU70 Scholarships
The DPU70 Scholarships applications will support two students from Sub-Saharan Africa to study a master’s at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit in 2024-25. Visit the DPU70 scholarships page for information on how to apply.

Dr Giovanna Astolfo awarded funding for the research project ‘Reframing Arrival infrastructures’

Dr Camillo Boano, Dr Harriet Allsopp and IRDR’s Estella Carpi have received AHRC funding for the project ‘Reframing Arrival infrastructures’, led by Dr Giovanna Astolfo.

Dr Alessio Kolioulis delivers speech at the recent Stadt Nach Acht conference
Dr Alessio Kolioulis recently delivered a speech on establishing an EU standard for nightlife research at the ‘Stadt Nach Acht’ conference in Berlin.

Digital Archive Launched to Imagine Alternative Urban Futures for Moravia, Medellin
Archivo Vivo Moravia, or the Moravia Living Archive, is a collaborative research project which highlights the importance of intergenerational memory and collective action.

Ten policy briefs published on upgrading, mobility and zero waste for self-built neighbourhoods
The GREAT project featuring DPU’s Dr Catalina Ortiz has released ten policy briefs on neighbourhood upgrading, mobility, and zero waste for self-built neighbourhoods. The project concludes with these policy briefs to influence urban governance and the implementation of the SDGs.

Urban Development Planning MSc Dissertation Published in Urbanisation Journal
Debayan Chatterjee, alumnus of the Urban Development Planning MSc at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) has published a paper in Urbanisation journal with colleague Khushboo Khanna.

Prof. Barbara Lipietz and Dr Azadeh Mashayekhi participates at IIHS Urban Arc Conference 2024

Prof. Barbara Lipietz and Dr Azadeh Mashayekhi explored the ‘public’ role of internationally networked universities in times of polycrises at the recent IIHS Urban Arc Conference.

The ethnocratic shikun: housing discourse in support of nation-building Authored by Matan Flum 

Diasporic scholarship: racialization, coloniality and de-territorializing knowledge Coauthored by Dr Kamna Patel

Dignified housing and energy justice ten lessons from low-income settlements in lima
Coauthored by Dr Rita Lambert 

Healthy cities aren’t a question of boring or exciting buildings but about creating better public space Authored by Prof. Haim Yacobi