By ShehanaThe following piece is part of Progressive City’s “Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer” series, which asks authors to examine the role of academic institutions in (re)shaping cities and how planning practitioners, activists, educators, students, or other actors can contest their harmful impacts both from within and outside these institutions. … [Read more...] about The Rise of India’s Elite Urban Education Hubs
Who gets to be ‘political’?
The following piece is part of Progressive City’s “Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer” series, which asks authors to examine the role of academic institutions in (re)shaping cities and how planning practitioners, activists, educators, students, or other actors can contest their harmful impacts both from within and outside these institutions. More … [Read more...] about Who gets to be ‘political’?
Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani: Hopes and Fears for New York City’s Next Mayor
By Tom Angotti Progressives in New York City are celebrating the huge, decisive and unprecedented victory of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani to be the next mayor, following a huge grassroots campaign that went up against big money, a withering Democratic Party apparatus and an intense, well-funded media blitz that accused the candidate of being too inexperienced, a … [Read more...] about Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani: Hopes and Fears for New York City’s Next Mayor
2025 ACSP Distinguished Educator Award Speech
The following is a transcription of Faranak Miraftab’s speech delivered upon receiving the 2025 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Distinguished Educator Award at the ACSP Annual Conference held in Minneapolis from October 23rd to 25th. Good morning. Thank you so much for your generous introduction. I received the email about this unexpected honor a … [Read more...] about 2025 ACSP Distinguished Educator Award Speech
Education as Real Estate: The Commodification of Higher Learning and Peri-Urban Transformation in Sonipat, India
By Ishita Chatterjee and Minati Dash The following piece is part of Progressive City’s “Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer” series, which asks authors to examine the role of academic institutions in (re)shaping cities and how planning practitioners, activists, educators, students, or other actors can contest their harmful impacts both from … [Read more...] about Education as Real Estate: The Commodification of Higher Learning and Peri-Urban Transformation in Sonipat, India