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Article

Can mitigation deliver better cities in the global South? Make Change Happen podcast episode 20

19 December 2022

Five people posing with signs that read "gentrificado"

Project

What does queer have to do with it?

Began June 2022

City planning with displaced communities: the benefits of inclusion

06 December 2022

Houses can be seen inside a sealed, glass bottle on its side.

Blog

Wellbeing in refugee camps: life inside a bottle

Boel McAteer
06 December 2022

Interview

Interviews: co-creating pathways to urban equality

23 November 2022

People gathering around a table with a laptop

Project

Civic media for housing rights: lessons from struggles against evictions in São Paulo and Lagos

August 2022 - February 2025

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Blog

Can global reporting bring about transformation?

Alexandre Apsan Frediani and Camila Cociña
12 October 2022

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