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  • Social Mixing and the London East Village: Exclusion, Habitus and Belonging in a Post-Olympics Neighbourhood
  • The Urban Political Economy of ‘Austerity Islamophobia’
  • Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium: Ever Shrinking Spaces
  • CURA invites expressions of interest from outstanding prospective PhD students
  • Governance-driven democratisation and democracy-driven governance: democratic radicalization and co-optation in the case of Barcelona

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  • Social Mixing and the London East Village: Exclusion, Habitus and Belonging in a Post-Olympics Neighbourhood
  • The Urban Political Economy of ‘Austerity Islamophobia’
  • Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium: Ever Shrinking Spaces
  • CURA invites expressions of interest from outstanding prospective PhD students
  • Governance-driven democratisation and democracy-driven governance: democratic radicalization and co-optation in the case of Barcelona
  • After the “Age of Austerity”: From COVID-19 to a New “Social Contract”? 
  • Expanded Resources on the Journal of Urban Affairs Blog for Remote Classes: Video and Power Point presentation on the Special Issue “Worlds of Austerity” edited by Prof Jonathan Davies
  • The Clandestine Hand of the State: a Workshop
  • Researching tenants’ relations in a state of emergency – relational polarization and its challenges for research
  • Methodologies for Housing Justice Resource Guide: A new, open tool for movements fighting for housing justice

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