Chen, Y.-L. and Shin, H.B. (eds.) (in press) Neoliberal Urbanism, Contested Cities and Housing in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan Above is an edited volume that I have been working on as co-editor is now at the production stage, scheduled to appear in July 2019. The other co-editor is Dr Yi-Ling Chen at the University of Wyoming. […]
Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre is organising its first ever #ECR networking event to take place on 13th February at LSE. Please see the event description in the image below. This is an exciting opportunity to meet ECRs working on Southeast Asia. If you cannot attend but want to be added to the networ […]
As part of the forthcoming RC21 conference (11-13 September, Leeds, UK), I am organising, with Matthias Bernt (Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space) and Paul Waley (University of Leeds) back-to-back double sessions on gentrification, (1) Gentrification and Statehood and (2) Gentrification as Method. The session details are attached below. Paper abstracts should be […]
A forum was held in Seoul on 27 May 2016 to discuss anti-gentrification strategies and legislation, organised by one of the district governments in Seoul. I was not able to accept the invitation to attend and give a talk due to schedule conflict, but wrote a paper “How are we to overcome gentrification as urban […]
Below is a call for papers forwarded upon request from the conference organiser. This may interest colleagues studying urban issues related to Korea. Please see below. Abstract submission by 5th May 2016. Call for Papers Global Cities and Urban Studies: Korea in Comparative Perspective Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 16-18 June 2016 Over half […]
Just received an e-mail message from the publisher, explaining how to download an author e-book copy of Planetary Gentrification. It seems like the book’s kindle edition has just been released. Visit here to access the kindle edition: Amazon UK or Amazon US
Very much looking forward to the launch of my latest book Planetary Gentrification (2016, Polity Press) with Loretta Lees and Ernesto López-Morales. Reblogged from http://www.theurbansalon.org/index.php?page=3.1.0 16 March 2016 // Next Urban Salon seminar Book Launch: Planetary Gentrification (2016, Polity Press) To celebrate the launch of a new book Planetary Gentrification by Loretta Lees, Hyun Bang Shin and Ernesto Lopez-Morales, […]
The Urban Studies Foundation that runs the journal Urban Studies has announced the next round of our International Fellowship programme. The closing date for applications is 29 April 2016. Please feel free to widely circulate this information to colleagues or postdoctoral students who may find it of interest. International Fellowship for Early to Mid-Career Urban Scholars from the […]
In anticipation of the forthcoming RGS-IBG annual conference in 2016, I am organising a session on Narrating Displacements – A Radical Way to Rethink Urban Theories and Politics. To be considered, please submit an abstract by 15 February 2016. Please feel free to forward to whoever may be interested in this topic. ===== CfP begins […]
The Urban Research Group at the Department of Public Policy is recruiting a new postdoctoral fellow in urban studies, to start from 1 March 2016. This is an exciting group that has attracted strong post-doc researchers, one of whom was Dr Sin Yee Koh who completed her PhD in my department (I was her review […]