Category: News
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In search of a South-to-South Dialogue: From Smart Urbanism to Infrastructure of Oppression/Aspiration—Tooran Alizadeh seminar with InfUr
This presentation took place on Thursday 13th November 2025 with Tooran Alizadeh. Abstract: In this talk, Prof. Tooran Alizadeh takes us through a journey of her research in search of a South-to-South dialogue – from smart urbanism to an intersectional approach towards data centres as material infrastructure of oppression/aspiration(?) in the digital age. Tooran Alizadeh […] -
Slum-Free Cities or Community Struggles: Decoding Odisha’s JAGA Story
Abstract: In Indian and South Asian cities, there is a strong policy push to create “world-class”, slum-free urban centres while improving the “ease of doing business”. This has driven neoliberal policy interventions through public-private partnership in housing, infrastructure, land titling and transport. Within India’s federal democratic framework, provincial governments have adopted varied approaches to these […] -
Urban Microclimates and Climate Adaptation: Rethinking Resilience in the Global South
This presentation took place on Tuesday 9th September 2025 with Tania Sharmin. Abstract: As climate change accelerates, cities in the Global South face intensifying challenges linked to extreme heat, rapid urbanisation, and socio-economic vulnerability. This talk explores how urban planning and design can support climate resilience by addressing the complex interrelations between built form, microclimate, […] -
Between ‘Here’ and ‘There’: An ethnographic exploration of migrant women’s experience of place as mediated through social media—PhD Completion seminar
Abstract: Migration and digital technologies are increasingly intertwined, shaping the contemporary urban experience. As digital connectivity expands and transnational mobility grows, the boundaries between places and communities become less distinct, transforming how urban spaces are perceived, navigated, and co-produced. Drawing on mobile ethnographies, including walking interviews and social media ethnography, this research explores how ubiquitous social […] -
The Spatial Logic of Informal Urbanism (Book Launch)-InfUr seminar
This presentation took place on Wednesday 21st May 2025 with Kim Dovey and Reden Recio. This presentation marks the publication of a book that grounds an understanding of global South cities in the ways informal urbanism works to sustain livelihoods. It reveals the interrelations and synergies between informal street vending, transport and settlement, and between these modes […]infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2025/11/16/the-spatial-logic-of-informal-urbanism-book-launch-infur-seminar
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The emergence of public space through informal settlement: a morphogenic study of three self-made neighbourhoods in Southern Africa—PhD completion seminar
Abstract: The research is about public space in informal settlements and draws from three main subject areas that have informed the research questions and subsequent methods: Urban public space, urban informal settlement and urban morphology. The thesis explores the relationship between two themes to better understand the emergence of public space through informal settlement. Firstly, […] -
Mobility freedoms: Conceptions of freedom in contestations over urban transport—Ian Loader seminar with InfUr
His presentation took place on Thursday 10th April 2025 with Ian Loader. Abstract: The link between urban transport and freedom has long been recognized in transport and mobilities literature. Recent controversies over initiatives to reduce car use within urban areas are drawing renewed attention to those links. This paper uses conceptualisations of freedom from across […] -
City of desire—Tanzil Shafique seminar with InfUr
This presentation took place on WFriday 21st March 2025 with Tanzil Shafique. Abstract: City of Desire by Tanzil Shafique is a portrait of the largest informal settlement in Bangladesh. It seeks to develop a Southern perspective on urban slums, challenging mainstream Western discourses. Shafique’s approach is rooted in a personal and thematic exploration of slum […]infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2025/11/16/city-of-desire-tanzil-shafique-seminar-with-infur
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Crystal Legacy delivers The Pat Troy Memorial Lecture at SOAC 2023 — The participation paradox and its politics: A story about gaslighting
In December 2023 InfUr- co-director Crystal Legacy took centre stage at the State of Australasian Cities conference 2023 in Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington to deliver the Pat Troy Memorial Lecture. Crystal began her talk by reflecting on the legacy of Pat Troy and “his desire to provoke debate to progress more just planning. […] -
Public launch of a new book entitled “COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response and implications for urban recovery”
As COVID-19 took hold across local and international borders in 2020 and 2021, over 1.6 billion informal workers were estimated to have been adversely impacted by mobility restrictions and other ‘lockdown’ measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis. In the Global South, the pandemic has severely affected the sprawling megacities in Southeast and South Asia that […]
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