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Contested Knowledges for Just Urban Futures is a one-day seminar organised by Professors Tim May and Beth Perry at the University of Sheffield, which will take place on Tuesday 10th December at Channing Hall in Sheffield. The seminar is aimed at university academics engaged in urban reearch and practice and aims to explore the following question:

How does our commitment to just urban futures specifically manifest in practice, in the context of the wider co-productive turn and interest in different ideas about what it means to be an ‘engaged’ academic?

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We've just published a Policy Brief on localising the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This stems from the work we did in partnership with UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development, which involved convening a residential workshop for various UK and international cities.

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The latest newsletter is published. You can read about our ESRC Jam and Justice final project report launch, our work on festivals or our recent participation in a TV debate on citizens and climate action, plus lots of news from our international partners.

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Professor Beth Perry, Professorial Fellow Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield and Dr Rike Stiatas, Researcher at the University of Cape Town discuss how festivals can transform cities by making space for overlooked people and cultures in an article for The Conversation published on 15 August 2019.

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Beth Perry, Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson reflect on the findings of the Jam and Justice Action Research Collective in Greater Manchester and discuss how social innovation can support citizen participation.

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The June issue of the Mistra Urban Futures international newsletter is now available. Includes an update on the Sheffield-Manchester Local Interaction Platform's Liverpool, Manchester and Gothenburg learning exchange on social housing and neighbourhoods and the Greater Manchester visit to the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation (Muungano Wa Wanavijiji) in Nairobi in May for a learning exchange about community action against poverty.

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Calendar of events in National Co-Production Week

1-5 July is National Co-Production Week. Jam and Justice is marking the occasion with a series of co-hosted events in Greater Manchester and the release of our report, How Can We Govern Cities Differently? The Promise and Practices of Co-Production.

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An exhibition produced by Urban Institute researcher, Vicky Habermehl, Visiting Associate Liz Mason Deese and community researchers in Greater Manchester has been opened at the Manchester Central Library.

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Back in March, Beth Perry and others from Jam and Justice took part in an event exploring the potential for an English Co-Production Network.

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Jam and Justice learning exchange -- workshop 1 with Gothenburg Region

In March 2019, an 11-person delegation travelled from the UK to the Swedish city of Gothenburg for a learning exchange, supported by Jam and Justice and Mistra Urban Futures.

Iona Hine, ESRC Impact Officer for Jam and Justice, reports:

With 11 people in the delegation, we must have had at least 12 reasons for taking part in the exchange. When the Greater Manchester group met for a pre-trip briefing, we identified three core goals:

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