The latest issue is out now! Spain's National Transit Pass, NYC's Lost Automats, and Google Maps' Market Maker Effect urbanismnow.substack.com/p/48-spains-... #urbanism #urbanplanning #spain #nyc

IJURR Foundation is accepting applications for writing-up grants of up to £6,000 for PhD students in urban and regional studies from low- and middle-income countries who have completed fieldwork and are writing their dissertation. Apply by January 31. #urbanism

TU Delft’s Summer School Planning and Design for the Just City is accepting applications for students in architecture, planning, engineering, and related fields. January 15. #urbanism #urbanplanning #regionalstudies #phdgrants #dissertationwriting

A live webinar from The GeoSpatial Hub will teach urban practitioners practical AI-aided workflows in QGIS, covering skills like writing expressions and cleaning data. A follow-up Q&A session will be held December 19. #urbanism #urbanplanning #architecture #engineering #JustCity

OECD Young Associates Programme is accepting applications for a two-year paid placement for recent Bachelor’s graduates in public policy, research, and multilateral cooperation. December 14. #urbanism #urbanplanning #GIS #AIinQGIS #GeoSpatial

The Marie Curie Doctoral Network MITIME is recruiting 15 phd researchers for fully funded projects on European urban migration. Positions are available at universities across Belgium, Ireland, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey. #urbanism #urbanplanning #publicpolicy

The University of Stavanger is hiring a PhD fellow to research urban morphology, accessibility and mobility cultures in Norway. ~$50k salary. Apply by January 4. #urbanism #urbanplanning #fellowship #nycjobs #publicservice

The Institute for Urban Excellence is seeking a Junior Project Assistant to support research on soil-inclusive planning and communication activities in The Hague. €2,399.92 gross salary. Apply by December 14. #urbanism #urbanplanning #mobility #accessibility #phdfellow

Why Bhutan is Building the Anti-Dubai #urbanism #urbanplanning #soilhealth #thehague #projectassistant

BART’s GM Bob Powers launched ‘Managers Riding Trains’ to address criticism that leadership doesn’t engage with the system. Top managers now regularly ride trains to understand rider/employee challenges firsthand, improving accountability, communication, and service conditions. #urbanism

A recent 99PI Podcast discusses how the TV show Sesame Street has been teaching children about urbanism through its set design. #urbanism #urbanplanning #PublicTransit #Leadership #CustomerService

A new study finds corporations own nearly 9% of residential land across 500 U.S. counties, leading to faster rent hikes and higher eviction rates. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy report notes that corporate ownership exceeds 20% in some communities. #urbanism #urbanplanning #SesameStreet #99PI

A program in Ulster County, New York, is tackling the affordable housing crisis by matching homeowners with spare rooms to people seeking housing. HomeShare Ulster County uses a detailed vetting process to facilitate safe, affordable, and supportive living arrangements. #urbanism #urbanplanning

New research analyzes transport politics in Bogotá’s Seventh Avenue through “critical moments,” revealing how excluding citizens’ political actions can undermine transport justice for all, even when progressive agendas are pursued. #urbanism #urbanplanning #affordablehousing #homesharing

Denver’s Tierra Colectiva community land trust is developing a 170-unit mixed-use project with a library and commercial space, showing how residents can shape and own development at a scale once reserved for private developers. #urbanism #urbanplanning #transportjustice #Bogotá #criticalmoments

Applications for the NYC Urban Fellows Program are now open. The program offers a nine-month fellowship combining hands-on work in mayoral offices and city agencies with seminars led by public and private sector leaders. $36,184 stipend. Apply by January 12. #urbanism #urbanplanning #boston #data

As cities keep taking strong roles in society, San Francisco filed the first government lawsuit in the U.S. against 10 major food corporations, seeking damages for the public health costs associated with their ultraprocessed products and alleging deceptive marketing. #urbanism #urbanplanning #CLT

The latest issue of Urbanism Now is out! San Francisco Food Lawsuit, Bogotá Transport Politics, and Corporate Rent Hikes urbanismnow.substack.com/p/47-san-fra... #urbanism #urbanplanning #transit #foodsystems #urbanism+

IJURR Foundation is accepting applications for writing-up grants of up to £6,000 for PhD students in urban and regional studies from low- and middle-income countries who have completed fieldwork and are writing their dissertation. Apply by January 31. #urbanism #urbanplanning #cities #cityplanning

TU Delft’s Summer School Planning and Design for the Just City is accepting applications for students in architecture, planning, engineering, and related fields. January 15. #urbanism #urbanplanning #PhDgrants #developmentstudies #regionalstudies

RC21 Conference at University of Vienna seeks abstracts on critical urban issues and urban inequalities for oral presentations. December 29. #urbanism #urbanplanning #architecture #engineering #spatialjustice

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy seeks case studies documenting land value capture implementation for climate adaptation and disaster risk management, including green infrastructure, resilient building codes, and nature-based solutions. Apply by December 19. #urbanism #urbanplanning

The Marie Curie Doctoral Network MITIME is recruiting 15 phd researchers for fully funded projects on European urban migration. Positions are available at universities across Belgium, Ireland, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey. #urbanism #urbanplanning #migrationstudies

The City of Boston is hiring a Research and Evaluation Manager ($80,859 - $116,704.85) and a Senior Manager of Performance and Innovation ($97,132 - $135,471) for its Research & Data team. #urbanism #urbanplanning #boston #jobsearch #government

London School of Economics is seeking an Assistant Professor in Economic Geography and Urban Planning to teach local economic development and regional planning at undergraduate and master’s levels. £68,087. #urbanism #urbanplanning #EconomicGeography #LocalEconomicDevelopment #HigherEdJobs

Applications for the NYC Urban Fellows Program are now open. The program offers a nine-month fellowship combining hands-on work in mayoral offices and city agencies with seminars led by public and private sector leaders. $36,184 stipend. Apply by January 12. #urbanism #urbanplanning #fellowship

The University of Stavanger is hiring a PhD fellow to research urban morphology, accessibility and mobility cultures in Norway. ~$50k salary. Apply by January 4. #urbanism #urbanplanning #mobilityculture #accessibility #urbanmorphology

The Institute for Urban Excellence is seeking a Junior Project Assistant to support research on soil-inclusive planning and communication activities in The Hague. €2,399.92 gross salary. Apply by December 14. #urbanism #urbanplanning #soilhealth #thehague #projectassistant

A live webinar from The GeoSpatial Hub will teach urban practitioners practical AI-aided workflows in QGIS, covering skills like writing expressions and cleaning data. A follow-up Q&A session will be held December 19. #urbanism #urbanplanning #GIS #AI #QGIS

OECD Young Associates Programme is accepting applications for a two-year paid placement for recent Bachelor’s graduates in public policy, research, and multilateral cooperation. December 14. #urbanism #urbanplanning #publicpolicy #research #multilateralcooperation

Newcastle University offers a fully funded MSc Urban Planning Scholarship through the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. Apply by December 9. #urbanism #urbanplanning #scholarship #newcastleuniversity #commonwealthscholarship

Jakarta is now the world’s largest megacity with nearly 42 million residents, surpassing Tokyo, according to the U.N. “World Urbanization Prospects 2025” report. #urbanism #urbanplanning Please provide the content or topic you would like hashtags for.

New York City is the epicenter of a boom in office-to-residential conversions. Over the past two decades, developers have converted nearly 30 million square feet of office space into residential living. #urbanism #urbanplanning #socialjustice #urbaninequality #cities

An article from the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development finds that 29% of building area in Nairobi was replaced, renewed, or removed between 2010 and 2021, showing cities change internally through slum formalization, rezoning, and urban renewal, not just by expanding outward.

Peter Füssy for the Urban Cycling Institute, explores how children’s books reinforce car-oriented thinking from an early age and argues that radical children’s literature can help reimagine urban futures by challenging motonormativity and opening space for alternative mobility imaginaries.

Issue number 46 Is out now! Office-to-Residential Conversions, Nairobi Renewal, and Children's Book Influences urbanismnow.substack.com/p/46-office-... #urbanism #urbanplanning

Degrowth and Spatial Politics Conference in Amsterdam seeks contributions exploring how degrowth transforms urban spaces and socio-material flows across scales. December 1. #urbanism #urbanplanning #degrowth #spatialpolitics #amsterdam

Urban Wilding Hub is hosting a webinar on urban rewilding’s impact on biodiversity, climate resilience, and community wellbeing. November 26. #urbanism #urbanplanning #rewilding #biodiversity #climateaction

London School of Economics is seeking an Assistant Professor in Economic Geography and Urban Planning to teach local economic development and regional planning at undergraduate and master’s levels. £68,087. #urbanism #urbanplanning #economicgeography #regionalplanning #localdevelopment

Applications for the NYC Urban Fellows Program are now open. The program offers a nine-month fellowship combining hands-on work in mayoral offices and city agencies with seminars led by public and private sector leaders. $36,184 stipend. Apply by January 12. #urbanism #urbanplanning #publicservice

Utrecht University is hiring a postdoc for the ACTIVATE project to study children’s active mobility and urban environments. #urbanism #urbanplanning #ActiveMobility #ChildFriendlyCities #UtrechtUniversity

We’re very happy to announce that Non-Boring Mobility Innovations 2025, which we both edited, is now widely available. It is a collection of thought-provoking essays that explore the complexities of modern transportation systems. Here is a discount code for 25% off: URBANISMNOW. #urbanism

The activist group Safe Street Rebel used traffic cones to immobilize autonomous cars in SF. This piece frames the protest as “playful resistance,” a form of tactical urbanism that challenges the corporate takeover of public space. #urbanism #urbanplanning #SafeStreetRebel #tacticalurbanism

Iowa City’s fare-free bus program has been extended for another year after a successful two-year pilot saw ridership surpass pre-pandemic levels by 18 percent. The program led to 1.8 million fewer miles driven and a drop in emissions equivalent to taking 5,200 cars off the road. #urbanism

URBACT explores Vienna’s people-first mobility transformation, where half of households are car-free and 130 projects have created 100 kilometers of cycling infrastructure, turning former parking lots into climate-resilient community spaces. #urbanism #urbanplanning #ViennaCalling

New research develops an open-data method for assessing equity in X-minute cities, finding that ethical frameworks significantly shape equity assessments and that car-dependent cities can surprisingly outperform walkable ones in proximity-based planning models. #urbanism #urbanplanning #smartcities

Urbanism Now Issue 45 is out now! urbanismnow.substack.com/p/45-x-minut... #urbanism #urbanism+ #urbanplanning #publictransit

The latest issue is out now! Non-Boring Mobility Innovations, Temporary Workforce Camping, and Playful Cities urbanismnow.substack.com/p/44-non-bor... #urbanism #urbanism+ #urbanplanning

Utrecht University is hiring a postdoc for the ACTIVATE project to study children’s active mobility and urban environments. #urbanism #urbanplanning #activemobility #childrenshealth #postdoc

All Things Urban and Urban Mobility Explained are co-hosting a free webinar on inclusive urban design for public spaces and public transport. November 18. #urbanism #urbanplanning #inclusivedesign #publicspaces #mobility