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This is a selection of reflections on interesting and relevant topics that emerge from our work in research as well as current events that have an impact on vulnerable communities in the Global South.

Water Management on the Periphery of Medellin, Colombia

By Caroline Knowles * Original blogpost found at: https://urbanmorph.medium.com/water-management-on-the-periphery-of-medellin-colombia-9e...

Mar 10, 2023

Co-production process: Ongoing collaboration with government institutions

This Summer 2021, the research team undertaking the ESRC and CONACYT jointly funded project 'Developing co-created smart city solutions...

Sep 10, 2021

Perceptions of Water-related Risk Management in Peri-urban Medellín

'Exploring the development and implementation of co-produced water management infrastructure solutions to adapt to climate change-related...

Mar 4, 2021

Initial insights on co-production of water management and risk mitigation infrastructures

'Exploring the development and implementation of co-produced water management infrastructure solutions to adapt to climate change-related...

Nov 20, 2020

Project Case Studies & Some Preliminary Findings

ESRC and CONACYT jointly-funded research project 'Developing co-created smart city solutions for managed adaptation and monitoring of...

Oct 30, 2020

The relevance of ‘empowering citizens’ through a smart-city approach to climate change risk

For vulnerable communities to be more resilient to climate change risk, smart city authorities recognise that citizens have to play a...

Sep 30, 2020

Doing research in the times of COVID-19

ESRC and CONACYT jointly-funded research project 'Developing co-created smart city solutions for managed adaptation and monitoring of...

Sep 10, 2020

BOTTOM-UP COLLECTIVE ACTIONS DURING COVID-19

Rapid urbanisation in the Global South has generated the growth of unplanned informal areas on the peripheries of cities. These areas...

Jun 25, 2020

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