Urban Affairs Association (UAA)

📣🏆 2026 Best Book Review in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award Recipient: Tanvi Deshpande urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/06/t...

Edward Goetz and Michael Owens to Receive the 2026 Contribution to the Field of Urban Affairs Award Dr. Edward Goetz (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Michael Owens (Emory University) have been selected to receive the 2026 Contribution to the Field of Urban Affairs Award.  This annual award honors a...

📣🏆 2026 Contribution to the Field of Urban Affairs Award Recipients: Edward Goetz and Michael Owens urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/06/e... @milophd.bsky.social

Yasminah Beebeejaun, Ali Modarres and Deirdre Oakley to Receive the 2026 Scott Cummings Distinguished Editorial Service Award Dr. Yasminah Beebeejaun (University College London), Dr. Ali Modarres (University of Washington Tacoma) and Dr. Deirdre Oakley (Georgia State University) have been selected as the 2026 recipients of t...

📣🏆 2026 Distinguished Editorial Service Award Recipients: Yasminah Beebeejaun, Ali Modarres + Deirdre Oakley urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/05/2...

Andrew Kahrl to Receive the 2026 Best Book in Urban Affairs Award Dr. Andrew Kahrl (University of Virginia) has been selected to receive the 2026 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award for The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Disposition in Am...

📣🏆 2026 Best Book in Urban Affairs Award Recipient: Andrew Kahrl for The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/05/a... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Extended mobility for the city as a common: Furthering the right to the city in global perspective, edited by Lucia Capanema-Alvares and Romulo Orrico www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

Bweza Itaagi to Receive the 2026 Community Activist Award- Bweza Itaagi (Sistas in the Village and Grow Greater Englewood) has been selected to receive the 2026 Community Activist Award. Since the late 1960s, the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) has served as…

📣 🏆 2026 Community Activist Award Recipient: Bweza Itaagi urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/04/b...

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Measuring gentrification: A comparative evaluation of quantitative methods in Washington, DC www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

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Akira Drake Rodriguez to Receive the 2026 Best Article in JRE Award Akira Drake Rodriguez (University of Pennsylvania) has been selected to receive the 2026 Best Article in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City Award for her paper “Reparative-advocacy planning t...

📣🏆2026 Best Article in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity & the City Award Recipient: Akira Drake Rodriguez urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/04/a... @akirarodriguez.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: What projects get built? The distinctive characteristics of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit projects in high-opportunity neighborhoods www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Build baby build? Housing submarkets and the effects of new construction on existing rents www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

AJ Kim to Receive the 2026 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award Dr. AJ Kim (San Diego State University) has been selected to receive the 2026 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award. The award is co-sponsored by SAGE and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA).…

📣🏆 2026 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award Recipient: AJ Kim urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/03/a...

Deland Chan to Receive the 2026 Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Award Dr. Deland Chan (Chinatown Community Development Center) has been selected to receive the 2026 Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Research Award. This award is sponsored by the Voorhees Family and…

📣🏆 2026 Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Award Recipient: Deland Chan urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/03/d...

Nima Dahir to Receive the 2026 Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award Dr. Nima Dahir (The Ohio State University) has been selected to receive the 2026 Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award. This annual award is given to a promising Ph.D. candidate or early-career…

📣 🏆 2026 Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award Recipient: Dr. Nima Dahir urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/03/n...

📣🏆 Good morning! We are very excited to share our 2026 award recipients with you & will announce 2-3 each day for the next several days.

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Design with a mission: A comparative analysis of community design centers and design justice organizations in the U.S. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

COMMUNITY NEWS: Admissions Open for Global Urban Studies PhD Program at Rutgers University-Newark (Apply by 3/30/26) urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/02/28/a...

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: ‘The rent eats first’: Did ending the national eviction moratorium increase food insufficiency among renters in the United States? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Self-initiated residential mobility in pandemic times: A Schumpeterian perspective www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Social infrastructuring arrangements in Nordic urban area development: The professionalization of civil society associations? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: What’s the alternative? The institutional logics of community-oriented smart city development www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JRE #ARTICLE: The limbo of post-war Sur: A strategy of counterinsurgent urban governance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

JOB AD: Postdoctoral Associate (NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service) urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/02/17/p...

JOB AD: Part-Time Lecturer (California State University, Northridge) urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/02/13/p...

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Chuco punk: Sonic insurgency in El Paso, by Tara López www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Selling low-value housing to owner occupants or investors: The effect on property disinvestment in Detroit www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

In Memory of Murray Stewart It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Murray Stewart – a highly respected and much-loved urban scholar who was a key driving force in the creation of the European Urban Resear...

🕊️In Memory of Murray Stewart, a highly respected and much-loved urban scholar who was a key driving force in the creation of the European Urban Research Association and well known for building bridges between North American & European scholars. eura.org/news-murrays...

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: When the future is captured by participation: Governance, resistance and planning dilemmas on Lisbon’s Violet Line www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Financing African urban infrastructure: China’s role and its implications www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Emergent genders: Living otherwise in Tokyo’s pink economies, by Michelle H. S. Ho www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social