The lasting legacy of patriarchy has it that the study of gender inequality is essentially a story of female discrimination. All you have to do is look at the headlines…
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The Urban Resilience Research Network (URNet), founded by our faculty member Lorenzo Chelleri, is launching a new research project aimed at building a global database of case studies exploring urban…
Just over a month ago on Wednesday September 20, the fifth-strongest storm ever to hit the US made catastrophic landfall on Puerto Rico, killing at least 49 people and upending…
We recently caught up with former student Noel Sampson (1984), an architect from Nicaragua who completed our program as a Mundus Urbano student in 2013. Since graduating, Noel has worked…
Before delving into the specifics of topics covered in our program such as emergency shelter or slum upgrading, it’s important to look at the big picture. How does the practice…
“In terms of access to housing and right to the city, the question is, how do you help poor people access enough power to lay claim to space?” This week…
As many of you know, our one-year master program is a second-year track within the prestigious Mundus Urbano master at Darmstadt University, forming part of the Mundus Urbano Masters Programme…
UCL’s Bartlett Devleopment Planning Unit, with whom we partnered last year for their DPU Summer Lab in Barcelona, has published a pamphlet showcasing the reflections that emerged during the four…
As our 2016-17 academic year comes to a close, we are excited to welcome our new group of students for the 2017-18 term! Here’s what we have in store for…
“Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.” It’s become the go-to adage among post-disaster reconstruction experts who cite poor construction as the man-made cause of fatalities in the event of such…