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Urban Futures research group

The notion of the ‘future’ provides a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that allows us to question what cities are and how they work. We are particularly interested in examining how visions of urban futures in planning, governance, citizenship and everyday life are being imagined, contested and lived in by people across the world, learning from the lessons of the past.

We use this approach to address some of the most important challenges facing cities today in both the Global North and the Global South. Our research focuses on issues of security, liveability, health and inequality, and considers how emerging modes of governance and planning can promote more inclusive, sustainable, vibrant and playful cities.

Members

Majed Akhter

Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society

Umar Al Faruq

PhD Student

Johan Andersson

Johan Andersson

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

James Angel

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Ivana Bevilacqua

PhD student

Andrew Brooks

Senior Lecturer in Development and Environment

Robert Cowley

Robert Cowley

Lecturer in Sustainable Cities

Ruth Craggs

Reader in Political and Historical Geography

Luke Dickens

Senior Lecturer

David Green

Professor of Historical Geography

Philip Hubbard

Professor of Urban Studies

Rachel Jones

PhD student

Katie Meehan

Reader in Environment and Society

Daanish Mustafa

Daanish Mustafa

Professor in Critical Geography

Rhian Scott

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Isobel Ward

PhD student

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No space like home: the geography of micro-apartments in London

Studying micro-apartments and their impact on affordable homes and people's living spaces in London.

Dignity and Resistance
McIlwaine, C., Peppl, R. & Santos, P., 12 May 2022, 17 p. London : King's College London. Research output: Other contribution
Latin London: Negotiating Invisibility among Latin Americans in London
McIlwaine, C., 2015, London the Promised Land Revisited. Kershen, A. (ed.). Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., p. 167-186 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Borderland: Identity and Belonging at the edge of England
Hubbard, P., 28 Jun 2022, 1st ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press, Manchester. 256 p. Research output: Book/Report › Book
Resistance Practices to Address Gendered Urban Violence in Maré, Rio de Janeiro
McIlwaine, C., Coelho Resende, N., Rizzini Ansari, M., Dionisio, A., Gonçalves Leal, J., Vieira, F., Krenzinger, M., Heritage, P., Peppl, R. & Sousa Silva, E., 21 Apr 2022, London: King's College London. 77 p. Research output: Book/Report › Report
Berghain: Space, affect, and sexual disorientation
Andersson, J., Jun 2022, In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 40, 3, p. 451-468 18 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758221096463
Negotiating privacy in the ‘vertical city’: Regulating the gentrification of the skies
Hubbard, P., 1 Jan 2021, Handbook on Space, Place and Law. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 207-216 10 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Covid Commentaries: London’s Cultural Policy
Gasch, L. & Dickens, L., 20 Jan 2022, In: The London Journal. 4 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/03058034.2022.2008728
Covid commentaries: London’s cultural landscape
Bull, D. & Dickens, L., 11 Jun 2021, In: The London Journal. 46, 2, p. 121-127 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/03058034.2021.1929693
The Spatial Politics of Infrastructure-Led Development: Notes from an Asian Postcolony
Akhter, M., Akhtar, A. S. & Karrar, H. H., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Antipode. Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12832
Navigating migrant infrastructure and gendered infrastructural violence: Reflections from Brazilian women in London
McIlwaine, C. & Evans, Y., 5 Jun 2022, In: GENDER PLACE AND CULTURE. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2073335

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Contact us

Urban Futures chair:

philip.hubbard@kcl.ac.uk