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“Planning without Growth” Public Lecture and Panel Discussion

08 Sep

Date: Monday 08 September 2025
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Social events, Public lectures
Venue: The Social Hub Glasgow

Planning without Growth critically explores how planning systems are locked into growth dependence and encourage market-led development that widens social inequality and adverse environmental outcomes. Prof Rydin’s talk will be followed by a panel discussion, chaired by Prof Andy Inch from the University Glasgow, with Sarah Shaw, Chief Planner at Glasgow City Council, Stephen Jones, Director of Core Cities UK, and Clare Symonds from Planning Democracy. A drinks reception hosted by Urban Retrofit will follow the lecture and panel discussion.

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A Just Transition? Scotland's Housing Policy and Energy Future

16 Sep

Date: Tuesday 16 September 2025
Time: 09:30 - 12:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars, Academic events, Public lectures
Venue: Adam Smith Business School, Room 587

Join the Centre for Public Policy and Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy on 16 September as we bring together experts and practitioners to explore how housing and energy policy can deliver a fairer path to net zero, with insights on retrofitting, energy poverty, and the Housing (Scotland) Bill.

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ARC Conversations: The practice and potential of transdisciplinary research

17 Sep

Date: Wednesday 17 September 2025
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars, Academic events, Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Shanti Sumartojo, Associate Professor of Design Research and a Co-Director of WonderLab (Monash University)

From social robots to built environment - Shanti Sumartojo, Co-director of WonderLab (Monash University) asks what changes are needed for transdisciplinary research to take flight

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Race, Gender and Misogynoir Stereotypes within the Constructions of Digital Women Footballers​​

23 Sep

Date: Tuesday 23 September 2025
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars, Student events, Academic events, Public lectures
Venue: Online
Speaker: Anika Leslie-Walker (Nottingham Trent University), Paul Ian Campbell (University of Leicester), and Marcus Maloney (Coventry University)

In this talk, Anika Leslie-Walker, Paul Ian Campbell and Marcus Maloney will discuss their recent Identities article, ‘The intersections of race and gendered stereotypes within the constructions of digital women footballers in video games’. They will explore the ways in which the numerical values which constitute FIFA22’s ‘Top 100’ Black and White digital women footballers reflect or challenge the wider social and sporting discourses that shape the experiences of Black and White female sporting athletes in the offline world.

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