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Loïc Wacquant | The Invention of the ‘Underclass’: A Study in the Politics of Knowledge
Read More: Loïc Wacquant | The Invention of the ‘Underclass’: A Study in the Politics of KnowledgeRSVP for this Book Talk Join GMS and discussants Jovan Scott Lewis and Anna Livia Brand for a talk with the author about his new book,The Invention of the ‘Underclass’: A Study in the Politics of Knowledge, which charts the rise, metamorphoses, and fall of the racialized folk devil of the “underclass” in the long shadow […]
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Online Urban Politics Conference
Read More: Online Urban Politics ConferenceThis event is co-sponsored by Global Metropolitan Studies and the American Political Science Association. We are pleased to announce a first, online workshop designed to bring together the growing community of political scientists conducting research on urban politics in the Global South. This workshop aims to facilitate exchange among those contributing to our understanding of cities […]
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António Tavares | Taking Time Seriously in the Study of Municipal Amalgamations: A Developmental Comparative Design of Reforms in European Countries
Read More: António Tavares | Taking Time Seriously in the Study of Municipal Amalgamations: A Developmental Comparative Design of Reforms in European CountriesThis event is Co-Sponsored by the Institute of European Studies RSVP for this Book Talk Zoom link will be sent to registered guests ahead of the event Amalgamations are blunt instruments of public policy reform. Unlike inter-municipal cooperation arrangements, which have limited effects on local government autonomy and can target specific tasks for joint service […]
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CANCELLED: Policy Breakfast | Regional Governance for Housing as a Human Right
Read More: CANCELLED: Policy Breakfast | Regional Governance for Housing as a Human RightTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Join us for a policy breakfast talk in the Social Science Matrix. Many cities are seeking solutions for the housing affordability crisis that was temporarily paused by eviction moratoriums, state funded rental assistance programs, and stimulus payments. While the Bay Area has expressed a commitment to […]
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GMS Fall 2022 Open House
Read More: GMS Fall 2022 Open HouseThe Fall 2022 GMS Open House will be held in the Social Sciences Matrix (8th floor of the Social Sciences Building) on Tuesday, October 4, at 3:30 pm. Please share this information with any prospective DE students. We look forward to reconnecting in person with faculty and with both returning and prospective students. This year’s open […]
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ReConnecting with Big Rivers: A collaboration between Jackson State University and the University of California, Berkeley
Read More: ReConnecting with Big Rivers: A collaboration between Jackson State University and the University of California, BerkeleyRiverfronts are increasingly valued as public space, but along some large rivers, cities and towns are cut off from their rivers by levees and other flood control infrastructure. For example, until the 1990s, one could visit New Orleans and never see the river because visual access was cut off by artificial levees built on top […]
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Floods and Equity: A panel discussion
Read More: Floods and Equity: A panel discussionFloods are the most destructive natural hazard, both at the national and international scale, and they disproportionately affect people of color and the poor. To understand this uneven exposure to floods requires that we understand the history of land use and institutional structures that have resulted in current exposure and inequitable allocation of resources for […]
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Digital Transformations in Global Land, Housing, and Property
Read More: Digital Transformations in Global Land, Housing, and PropertySince the 17th-century invention of the surveyor’s chain, new technologies have been embedded in real estate market devices. While technologies targeting land are not new, the capture and application of big data, as well as the technological affordances of digital platforms and the structural power of their corporate owners, are catalysing novel processes of claiming […]
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Do equity metrics for smart transportation measure up? An interdisciplinary discussion
Read More: Do equity metrics for smart transportation measure up? An interdisciplinary discussionAlison Post (Global Metropolitan Studies and Political Science) and Jane Macfarlane (Institute of Transportation Studies) will present interdisciplinary research on equity in smart transportation programs. David Harding (Sociology) will serve as discussant. All attendees need to show their green Campus Access badge for admittance. We will update this page with location information when […]
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Journal Articles: Getting from Start to Finish!
Read More: Journal Articles: Getting from Start to Finish!Please join us for an interdisciplinary panel discussion on academic publishing. Participants include GMS Affiliates Daniel Kammen (ERG), Alison Post (GMS and Political Science), Daniel Rodríguez (City and Regional Planning), and Brandi Summers (GMS and Geography). The talk will be from 11 am-12 pm, and a lunch for participants will immediately follow from 12 pm-1pm. […]