We invite you to apply to the Memphis ’25 Institute on Teaching Social Action at the National Civil Rights Museum on March 8-9, 2025. All sessions will be led by Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton, Director of Teaching Social Action, Dr. A.T. Harrison from the Urban Studies Department at Rhodes, and Bobby Hackett, President of the Bonner Foundation....Read More
Organized and moderated by the JUA Scholar Development Editors (SDEs), the Virtual Writing Group is a UAA professional development opportunity targeted at graduate students and early-career scholars.Read More
The Kauffman Foundation is has a new Research RFP on Racial Wealth Gaps. The Kauffman Foundation’s Research grant opportunities offer funding for forward-facing research projects that both catalyze the field and develop greater understanding of how to close racial wealth gaps. By deepening the understanding of how racial wealth gaps are built, sustained, and dismantled,...Read More
Chapter proposals are invited for The Handbook of Urban Planning and Social Justice (De Gruyter: Berlin), edited by Robert Silverman (Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Buffalo, rms35@buffalo.edu). Submit chapter proposals to the editor (rms35@buffalo.edu) by December 16, 2024. The initial draft of chapters is due by May 5, 2025 (for peer...Read More
As co-editors, we wish to invite scholars, researchers, students, instructors, and other intellectually interested parties to submit proposals for The Handbook for the Geographies of Race, A Multidisciplinary Global Perspective through De Gruyter, an important initial transdisciplinary volume that will be co-edited by Rasul A. Mowatt (Professor – North Carolina State University, Sociology & Anthropology, Parks, Recreation and Tourism...Read More
After an international search, the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kathe Newman (Rutgers University-New Brunswick) and Dr. Ben Gerlofs (University of Hong Kong) as the new Book Review Editors of the Journal of Urban Affairs. The journal, published by Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group, has a global...Read More
The Global Urban Studies PhD Program in Urban Systems at Rutgers University—Newark invites applications for Fall 2024 enrollment and has graduate assistantship funding available. The program builds policy-oriented, interdisciplinary and global knowledge about cities through its innovative curriculum and collaborative research grounded in the social sciences. A track in Urban Humanities launched in Fall 2019....Read More
Organized and moderated by the JUA Scholar Development Editors (SDEs), the Virtual Writing Group is a UAA professional development opportunity targeted at graduate students and early-career scholars.Read More
Creating healthy and sustainable cities Bristol, UK, 10-13 June 2025 The international conference of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) aims to advance understanding of how to co-create healthy, sustainable and more equitable cities. You are invited to participate in this forward-looking conference. Please submit your abstract or panel proposal by Thursday 31 October 2024....Read More
UAA Members: On September 17, the Executive Office sent instructions regarding the nomination period for the Fall Governing Board Election. Recommendations for nominees are due Tuesday, October 1. If you did not receive the email message, please contact support@uaamail.org. We want to make sure you receive future email messaging regarding the election, including access to...Read More
