Early-Career Workshop for Advanced Graduate Students @ 2026 ICUA Sponsored by: The Urban Affairs Association Date/Time: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 (9:00AM – 4:30PM) Location: Marriott Marquis Hotel | Chicago, Illinois Application Deadline: November 14, 2025 EVENT DESCRIPTION This full-day conference workshop targets early-career professionals and focuses on developing and completing the dissertation, approaching the job...Read More
Shifting Landscapes: Strategies and Ideas for Navigating Your Early Career Plans Webinar Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time Where: Zoom (link will be provided to registrants no later than 2 days prior to the webinar) Target Audience: Early Career (EC) Professionals (dissertation-stage students, postdocs and recent graduates) Cost:...Read More
Navigating Uncertainty: Conversations on Challenges in Academia and Work-Life Balance Target Audience: Mid-to-Advanced Career (MAC) Professionals (PhD grad +4 years of experience) Webinar Date: Friday, November 14, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time Where: Zoom (link will be provided to registrants no later than 2 days prior to the webinar) Cost: Free...Read More
Community news submitted by: Keenan Collett, The London School of Economics and Political Science For September 2026 entry, the Bloomberg Philanthropies PhD Studentships in Cities will be available for a number of programmes across the Departments of Government, Geography, Management and Sociology at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Students of all nationalities...Read More
We are excited to announce our 2025-2026 professional development opportunities. Activities will occur online in the Fall and Summer, and in-person at the Spring conference ICUA 2026 in Chicago. A summary of the schedule is provided below. Learn more about eligibility, application and registration dates on the Professional Development page. 1. Early Career Opportunities Designed...Read More
Dear Early Career UAA Members: Would you like to support your fellow early career colleagues and get a free conference registration waiver for the ICUA 2026 Conference in Chicago? UAA is looking for early career discussants to share their experiences navigating career issues as part of our Fall 2025 Early Career Professional Development Webinar entitled:...Read More
Community News submitted by: Deden Rukmana The Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) program at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is delighted to welcome three new faculty members who joined us at the start of the Fall 2025 semester: Dr. Wei Zhai (Associate Professor), Dr. Malini Roy (Assistant Professor), and Dr. Xueyin...Read More
The International Conference on Urban Affairs 2026 is now accepting submissions! Submission Deadline = October 1, 2025 @ 11:59 CDT Call for Participation General Schedule Deadlines Conference Policies Registration Rates Hotel Rates International Attendee InfoRead More
The Scholar Development Editors (SDEs) of the Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA), which is sponsored by the Urban Affairs Association (UAA), will host the UAA Publishing Fellows Program from August 2025 to August 2026. The Publishing Fellows Program is for early career scholars (i.e. doctoral students, untenured assistant professors). The year-long program will include writing and publication workshops, as well...Read More
Submit a manuscript to the Journal of Urban Affairs for a special issue on Immigration and the Metropolis / / / DEADLINES / / / Abstract deadline: August 30, 2025 Manuscript deadline: February 15, 2026 / / / IMMIGRATION & THE METROPOLIS / / / Throughout modern history, immigration has shaped urban spaces by driving...Read More
Community News submitted by: AJ Kim Seeking volunteers: Fellow profs, graduate students, people with interns who have a few hours to commit to project work Description of project: I’ve just created an ICE Detention Center tracker (nationwide) for all active detention sites as of the July 2025 data. By clicking on each point you can...Read More
Community News submitted by: Gregory Squires The recipient of the 2025 American Sociological Association’s Public Understanding of Sociology Award is Dr. Gregory Squires, recognized by both his nominators and the selection committee for his involvement in policy research and a career as a public sociologist that have advanced the public understanding of sociology, sociological research,...Read More
Community News submitted by: Katrin Anacker Just published: Introduction to Housing, third edition (Routledge) www.routledge.com/Introduction-to-Housing/… This foundational text on housing tenure, housing policy, homelessness, and housing in a global context has been thoroughly updated to reflect changes in the United States during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This third edition delves into the complexities of...Read More
Community News submitted by: Deirdre Oakley “The Impact of Housing Displacement on Quality of Life” Special Issue, Social Sciences. Deadline: November 2025 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/J9ZY21552V Housing displacement is a significant global problem extensively examined across various disciplines, including urban studies, sociology, geography, public policy, and real estate studies. At the heart of this scholarship lies a pattern of...Read More
Community news submitted by: Rasul Mowatt The City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was a combination of forces that produced the environment for Hip-Hop to specifically grow in the geographies of New York City and its boroughs. This book argues it was the political forces of the 1970s...Read More
