2024 Santiago School

The 2024 Doctoral School was held in conjunction with the RC21 Conference (24-26 July 2014)  in Santiago de Chile on the theme of “The politics and spaces of encounters: advancing dialogues between and within the Global North and the Global South” . The School was co-organised by RC21 in collaboration with scholars from several institutions in Santiago: the University of Chile (UCH) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), working in cooperation through COES: the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies. Speakers at the school included Rodrigo Caimanque (University of Chile), Yasna Contreras (University of Chile), Macarena Ibara (Catholic University of Chile), Paola Jiron (University of Chile), Felipe Link (Catholic University of Chile), Michael Lukas (University of Chile), Maria Luisa Mendez (Catholic University of Chile), Quentin Ramond (Universidad Mayor), Javier Ruiz-Tagle (Catholic University of Chile), Prof. Alberta Andreotti (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy); Prof. Julie-Anne Boudreau (UNAM, México), Prof. Patrick Le Galès (CNRS, Sciences Po, France); Prof. Jennifer Robinson (University College London, UK). 

Further details about the 2024 School can be found on the RC21 Website

2022 Virtual School

A small group of PhD students in urban related disciplines who were actively working on their thesis/dissertation met via zoom. The students presented their work, read each other’s work, and provided feedback to their peers, coordinated and led by one faculty member serving as an academic advisor. Students met for one 2-3 hour meeting on April 7/8, May 12/13, and June 9/10. A workshop on how to publish papers in urban studies followed these sessions. The aim was to bring together students from as many regions of the world as possible to discuss their work (in English) with each other coordinated by an established scholar: Abdu Maliq Simone (University of Sheffield), Diane Davis (Harvard University), Enzo Mingione (University of Milano-Bicocca), Hyun Bang Shin (London School of Economics), Jeremy Seekings (University of Cape Town), Marisol Garcia (University of Barcelona (UB)), Rivke Jaffe (University of Amsterdam), Roger Keil (York University), Sara Gonzalez  (University of Leeds), Sujata Patel  (Umea University), Susan Fainstein  (Harvard University), Yuri Kazepov (University of Vienna), Zhigang Li (Wuhan University). 

2019 Delhi School

The 6th Doctoral School in Comparative Urban Studies took place in Delhi (India) from the 7th to 21st September 2019. The School was held in conjunction with the RC21 Conference (18^th-21^st September) held in Delhi on the theme of “In and Beyond the City: Emerging Ontologies, Persistent Challenges and Hopeful Futures”. Speakers at the School included Prof. Alberta Andreotti (University of Milan-Bicocca), Prof. Yasmeen Arif (University of Delhi), Dr Claire Colomb (UCL), Prof. Eduardo Marques (University of São Paulo), Dr Sonia Roitman (University of Queensland), Prof. Hilary Silver (Brown University), Prof. AbdouMaliq Simone (University of Sheffield), Prof. Sanjay Srivastava (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi), and Prof. Liza Weinstein (Northeastern University).

More information about the 2019 Summer/Winter School at the RC21 Website.

2017 London & Leeds School

In August and September 2017, the 5th RC21-IJURR-IJURR Foundation Summer School in Comparative Urban Studies was held in London and Leeds (UK), in conjunction with the RC21 Conference on the theme of “Rethinking urban global justice” held on September 11-13.

Speakers included Prof. Jenny Robinson ((UCL), Prof. Patrick Le Galès (Sciences-Po Paris), Prof. Dennis Rodgers (University of Amsterdam), Prof. Laurent Fourchard (Sciences-Po Paris), Dr Claire Colomb (UCL), Prof. Mike Savage (LSE), Prof. Eduardo Marques (University of São Paulo), Prof. Alberta Andreotti (University of Milan-Bicocca) and Dr. Andrew Wallace, (University of Leeds).

Further details about the 2017 School can be found on the RC21 Website.

2015 Urbino School

The fourth School took place in Urbino (Italy) in August 2015. Speakers at the School included: Jeremy Seekings (University of Cape Town), Yuri Kazepov (University of Vienna), Eduardo Barberis (University of Urbino), Lidia K. Manzo (Maynooth University), Talja Blokland (Humboldt, Berlin), Laurent Fourchard (Sciences Po, Paris), Eduardo Marques (CEM, São Paulo), Alberta Andreotti (University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan), Massimo Bricocoli (Politecnico di Milano, Milano), Jill Gross (City University, New York), Jenny Robinson (University College London, UK), Patrick Le Galès (Sciences Po, Paris), Claire Colomb (University College London, UK), Mike Raco (University College London, UK), Raquel Rolnik (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Alan Scott (University of California, Los Angeles). Further information about the 2015 Urbino School can be found here.

2013 Berlin School

The third School took place in Berlin (Germany) in August 2013.
Speakers at the School included: Matthias Bernt (Leipzig), Talja Blokland (Humboldt, Berlin), Neil Brenner (Harvard, Cambridge), Tim Butler (Kings College, London), Claire Colomb (University College, London), Christine Hentschel (Humboldt, Berlin), Andrej Holm (Humboldt, Berlin), Ares Kalandides (InPolis, Berlin), Yuri Kazepov (University of Urbino), Henrik Lebuhn (Humboldt, Berlin), Eduardo Marques (CEM, São Paolo, BR), Margit Mayer (Freie Universitaet, Berlin) Mike Raco (University College, London), Jeremy Seekings (Cape Town, ZA). Further information about the 2013 Berlin School can be found here.

2011 Amsterdam School

The second School took place in Amsterdam (Netherlands) in July 2011.
Speakers at the School included: Isa Baud (U. of Amsterdam), Talja Blokland (Humboldt U. at Berlin), Anouk de Koning (U. of Amsterdam) Ewald Engelen (U. of Amsterdam), Philip Kasinitz (City U. of New York), Yuri Kazepov (University of Urbino and President of RC21), Patrick Le Galès (Sciences-Po, Paris), John Mollenkopf (City U. of New York), Clara Mulder (U. of Amsterdam), Jenny Robinson (University College London), Mike Savage (U. of Manchester), Jeremy Seekings (U. of Cape Town, co-editor of IJURR at the time), AbdouMaliq Simone (Goldsmiths College, London) and Jeroen van der Waal (Erasmus U.). Further information about the 2011 Amsterdam School can be found here.

2009 São Paulo School

The inaugural School was held in São Paulo (Brazil), in August 2009. It was hosted by Eduardo Marques and the Centre for Metropolitan Studies (CEM) at the University of São Paulo. Twenty-six graduate students and recent PhD graduates from all over the world participated. They came from Lebanon, Spain, Mexico, USA, China, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Greece, Turkey, Canada, India, Belgium, Peru and Brazil.
Speakers at the School included John Logan (from the USA), Edmond Preteceille (France), Enzo Mingione (Italy), Jan-Willem Duyvendak (Netherlands), Yuri Kazepov (Italy and RC21) and Jeremy Seekings (South Africa/USA and IJURR), together with Raquel Rolnik, Nadya Guimaraes, Ilse Scherer-Warren and Eduardo Marques (all from Brazil). The School combined formal academic sessions, visits to different parts of São Paulo, and some memorable social events.