Papers are invited from scholars and practitioners with thoughtful, rigorous research, analysis and commentary on residential densification in urban areas, to further cross-national comparative conversations on the forms, challenges and outcomes of densification in countries around the world. We expect this project to lead to an edited volume or a special issue of a relevant...Read More
Derek Hyra has a new book coming out August 5, 2024. In Slow and Sudden Violence, Hyra weaves together a persuasive unrest narrative, linking police aggression to an ongoing cycle of racial and spatial urban redevelopment repression. By delving into the real estate history of the St. Louis region and Baltimore, Hyra shows how housing...Read 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 2024 to August 2025. The Publishing Fellows Program is for early career scholars (Doctoral students, untenured assistant professors). The year-long program will include writing and publication workshops, as well as individual...Read More
The University of Memphis Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration is proud to host the 2024 Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA) “Transforming Public and Nonprofit Governance: Shaping Sustainable Communities for Tomorrow”. The deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended!—submit your proposal for individual presentation, fully formed panel, or workshop here. We are especially...Read More
The College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs (CAPPA) is pleased to announce Deden Rukmana as the new Director of the Master of City and Regional Planning program in the Department of Public Affairs and Planning. Rukmana currently serves as professor and chairperson of the Department of Community and Regional Planning at Alabama A&M University....Read More
UAA is excited to announce that our 2025 Conference will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia! We will start to roll out more specific details and deadlines in the next few weeks. Abstract/proposal submission will open July 1.Read More
CFP | The 2nd Global Urban Governance and Policy Conference June 29-30, 2024 Shanghai, China Organizers School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Institute for Urban Governance (CIUG), Shanghai Jiao Tong University Co-Organizers China-America Association for Public Affairs (CAAPA) Chinese Policy Scholars Group (CPSG) Urban China Research Network (UCRN) Shanghai...Read More
The series editors for the new Disrupting Urban Policy book series will be available to meet with individuals who are interested in publishing in the series on Friday at 11:30 – 12:30 in the book exhibit (Westside Ballroom 1). The University of Pennsylvania Press will also have information about the series available at their exhibit...Read More
Sociologist Rachael Woldoff is a keynote speaker for the next symposium hosted by Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS), a think tank that explores old and new ways of working and living. The RGCS Symposium in Toulouse! will stimulate discussions about new mobilities at work, new modes of spacing and emplacing work, new ways of...Read More
Submit your problem statements for TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program by June 14. Research projects published in 2023 focused on transit capacity and quality, track design, workforce mental health, paratransit fleet configuration, bus rapid transit, and more. The TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Commission will select the research problem statements for the program this fall.Read More
Dr. Naa Oyo Kwate (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) has been selected to receive the 2024 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award for White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation (University of Minnesota Press, 2023). This annual award is given to a book that is well-written...Read More
Dr. Derek Hyra (American University) has been selected to receive the 2024 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award. The award is co-sponsored by SAGE and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA).This award was established to highlight field-based urban scholarship and promote the dissemination of work by activist urban scholars. The inspiration for this award is the...Read More
Dr. Kenton Card (Boston University) has been selected to receive the 2024 Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Research Award. This award is sponsored by the Voorhees Family and Individual Donors. This annual award recognizes an emerging activist scholar whose research record shows a direct relationship between activism, scholarship, and engagement with community(ies). This award honors...Read More
