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The second event of the ‘(Post)Pandemic Planning in the South(s)’ÌýcentresÌýaround questions of housing justice and urban planning during pandemic times.ÌýItÌýwill beÌýframedÌýby a presentation from Prof Raquel Rolnik regardingÌýherÌýexperience of leading housing research atÌý,ÌýSao Paulo,ÌýduringÌýthe pandemic,ÌýandÌýwill unfold as a conversation between Raquel and the DPU’s Prof Adriana Allen and DrÌýParojÌýBanerjee.ÌýÌý

During theÌýdiscussion, Raquel’s recent research into territorial mobilisations and the role of planning in the biopolitical urban governance of Brazilian cities, will be brought into dialogue with Adriana’s experiencesÌýasÌýPresident of Habitat International Coalition andÌý±Ê²¹°ù´ÇÂá’sÌýemerging work on urban unsafety and houselessness in IndiaÌýduring the pandemic.ÌýClosing with a chaired audience Q&A, the event promises a fascinating window intoÌýtheÌýways in which the pandemic has served to simultaneously reveal, accelerate, and transformÌý³Ù´Ç»å²¹²â’sÌýhousing question(s).Ìý

ChairedÌýbyÌý
Prof Adriana Allen,ÌýProfessor of Development Planning and Urban SustainabilityÌýat The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, and President of Habitat International Coalition (HIC).Ìý(@allenDPUadriana)

Speaker
Prof Raquel Rolnik, Full professor Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo Universidade de São paulo and co- coordinator of LabCidade - Right to the city LaboratoryÌý(@raquelrolnik)

Respondent
DrÌýParojÌýBanerjee (FHEA), Lecturer (Teaching) and Joint Programme Leader of the Development Administration and Planning (DAP) at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾. Ìý

Reflections by:

Pierre Arnold - Project Manager at UrbaMonde - France; Twitter: @urbaMonde
Camila Cociña: PhD Development Planning and MSc Building and Urban Design in Development by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾; Research Fellow at Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) programme; Twitter: @camilacocina
Barbara Lipietz: Associate Professor, Development Planning Unit; Vice Dean International, the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾. coordinator of the "Urban transformations" research cluster; Twitter: @BLipVid

About theÌý(Post)Pandemic Planning in the South(s) series

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new imperatives for the field of Development Planning. As a response, last year DPU proposed a webinar and blog series around ‘Post COVID-19 Urban Futures' as an outward facing space for reflection with scholars, practitioners, students, and alumni on the impacts the pandemic is having on the cities in all spheres of life. The question we used to connect all the sessions and written contributions revolved around: Are we ready to imagine a better post COVID world? Ìý

Find out more on theÌýseries webpage.