DPU Dialogues in Development
31 December 2025, 2:30 pm–3:30 pm
The DPU's Dialogues in Development lecture series
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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Alexander Macfarlane
Location
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The DPU hosts a lecture series titled Dialogues in Development in which a diverse range of speakers working in the field of urban development are invited to share and discuss their work.
Dialogues in Development events range from panel discussions, individual talks, book launches andÌýfilm screenings amongst other event types.Ìý
Please keep an eye on theÌýevents page for details of upcoming and past events. In the meantime you can view or listen to video recordings and podcasts of previous events below.
A full list of upcoming events can be found here.
- 2023-24
DrÌýThaisa Comelli
20 March 2024Karen Seaman, Dr Christina Xiao,ÌýDrÌýOlivia Allot,ÌýDr Samuel Asiedu Owusu, chaired by Daniel Oviedo
13 March 2024Dr Saad Ali Shire, Umul Ker Kasslim Sheikh, Hareg Bekele, Nuradin Dirie, chaired by Dr Emmanuel Osuteye
20 Feb 2024Zeremariam Fre, Bereket Tsegay, Agenla Raven-Roberts, John Wibberley, chaired by Dr Lulsegged Abebe
6 Dec 2023Oren Yiftachel,ÌýFaranak Miraftab and Catalina Ortiz, chaired by ChandrimaÌýMukhopadhyay
29Ìý±·´Ç±¹Ìý2023Raquel Rolnik and Massimo Bricocoli, moderated by Alan Gilbery
20 Sept 2023
- 2022-23
Mona Harb
16 Jun 2023Hosted by Hanadi Samhan
8 Jun 2023Hosted by Michael Walls
6 Jun 2023Madhav Badami, chaired by Julio D. Dávila (DPU)
1 Jun 2023Prof. Le-Yin Zhang (DPU) and Prof. Fulong Wu (Bartlett School of Planning), chaired by Prof. Julio D. Dávila (DPU)
7 Mar 2023Dr Andrea Rigon
8 Feb 2023Dr Emmanuel Osuteye and Nuradin Aden Dirie
2 Feb 2023Dr Raktim Ray
20 Jan 2023Rami Nasrallah
9 Nov 2022Kambaiz Rafi
8 Nov 2022Alexandre Apsan Frediani
21 Oct 2022Adrienne Buller
5 Oct 2022
- 2021-22
Geoffrey Payne
30 May 2022Maimunah Mohd Sharif,ÌýExecutive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
14 March 2022Edward Paice
3 March 2022Hosted by Camillo Boano
26 Jan 2022Hosted by Andrea Rigon
2 Dec 2021Hosted by Haim Yacobi
7 Oct 2021- 2020-21
Hosted by Juliano Fiori
14 July 2021Hosted by Cassidy Johnson
17 June 2021Hosted by Michael Walls
10 June 2021Hossein Sadri
29 April 2021Hosted by Catalina Ortiz
9 Mar 2021Ola Uduku
4 Feb 2021Hosted by Prof Cassidy Johnson and Dr Julia Wesely
18 Jan 2021Hosted by Dr Catalina Ortiz
10 Dec 2020Hosted by Dr Rita Lambert
2 Dec 2020Hosted by Prof Haim Yacobi
12 Nov 2020Hosted by Prof Hai Yacobi
15 Oct 2020- 2019-20
Kelly Shannon
13 Feb 2020From DPU to Local Government: Inclusive economic development in theory and in Islington
Cllr Asima Shaikh
16 Jan 2020Mr. Elkin Velasquez Monsalve
10 Dec 2019Urban transformations, transport and health: The case of Transmicable in Bogotá
Dr Luis Angel Guzman
20 NovÌý2019Social and Spatial Justice: The Home as a Contact Zone in Israel - Palestine
Professor Tovi Fenster
16 Oct 2019- 2018-19
Displaceability – the new foundation of urban citizenship?
Oren Yifachel
23 MayÌý2019Arturo Samper
28 February 2019Lives through an extending urbanism
Professor AbdouMaliq Simone
30 January 2019State-building in Somalia: federalism, security and development
Nuradin Dirie
15 January 2019Walkable Santiago? Challenges for inclusive neighbourhoods in the XXI Century
Dr. M. Geraldine Herrmann-Lunecke andÌýDr. Jorge Inzulza-Contardo
8 November 2018Post-War Syria: Reconstruction, Politics, and Justice
Michael Walls, Sawsan Abou Zainedin and Ibrahim Olabi
8 November 2018Brazil on fire? Protests, crisis and confrontations
Jean Tible and Alexandre Apsan Frediani
2 November 2018Accessing justice and addressing urban inequalities through community paralegal services in Nigeria
Andrew Maki
4 October 2018- 2017-18
Socio-spatial processes in Mexico City. Academic views and citizen perceptions
Effi Bournazou
24 May 2018Partnering higher education institutions for social and environmental justice in the Global South
Dr Joseph Macarthy,Ìý,ÌýDr Andrea RigonÌý(¶Ù±Ê±«)
14 November 2017Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability
Dr. Eyal Weizman13 November 2017
India: the urban transition – a case study of development urbanism
Henrik Valeur
12 October 2017- 2016-17
Urban Futures and Climate Change in India: impacts and implications
Aromar Revi
24 May 2017Towards an autonomy of housing
Dr Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, John F.C. Turner
21 February 2017The SDGs: a tool for peacebuilding in Colombia
Felipe Castro
7th February 2017The Holy City of Makkah. Growth, Informal Areas and Urban Identity
Dr Muhammad Kadhim
1 December 2016Dr. Nasser Yassin
28 November 2016Dr. Barbara Lipietz, Prof. David Satterthwaite, Dr. Le-Yin Zhang and Prof. Adriana Allen
22 September 2016- 2015-16
- Yves Cabannes, Arabella Fraser, Colin Marx, Julian Walker, Emily Wilkinson
August 2016Arif Hasan
March 2016Harini Nagendra
March 2016
Jorge Perez
February 2016Dr. Alexandre Apsan Frediani and Dr. Joseph Macarthy
February 2016 - 2014-15
Dr. Jonathan Rokem
June 2015Mwanakombo M. Mkanga, Husna Seif Shechonge, Ruth McLeod, Pascale Hofmann
March 2015Dr. Michael Walls
February 2015Caroline Kabiru, Heriana Mwakipunda, Mirjam van Donk
January 2015
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