ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for Papers: Urban and Ageing Population
In this call for papers, the focus is specifically on the evidence-base for age-friendly interventions. The Journal invites submissions that are theoretically focused and empirically grounded on the topic of urban development and ageing populations.
Deadline for abstract submission: Wednesday 1 October 2025
Deadline for paper submission: Sunday 1 March 2026
DETAILS HERERead this quarter’s Editors’ Featured Articles, which are available free access on a temporary basis.
Each year, Urban Studies publishes around 170 articles advancing the field of urban knowledge. To further promote and facilitate the work of urban scholars we offer Editors’ Featured Articles, which will be accessible via the Urban Studies Online website. Editors’ Featured Articles makes a range of articles that have been recently published available to access for free on a temporary basis. Featured articles will be updated every quarter.
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The long shadow of territorial stigma: Upward social mobility and the symbolic baggage of the old neighbourhood
This open access study sheds light on how former residents learn to relate to the symbolic baggage of having once lived in a ‘notorious’ German neighbourhood.
Apocalyptic urban surrealism in the city at the end of the world
This open access paper responds to calls for radical experimentation in urban theory in the context of the material and psychological upheavals of the Anthropocene.
Best Article Video Playlist
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2024 Annual Lecture
Thank you to everyone who attended our 2024 Annual Lecture ‘Urban metabolism redux’ presented by Matthew Gandy, which was held on Thursday 29 August at the RGS-IBG conference in London.
View our past annual lectures here.
Annual Lecture Video Playlist
Watch a selection of our past annual lectures on our YouTube channel.
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