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DPU summerLab 2013 series registration open!

DPU summerLab 2013 series registration open!

20 May 2013

The Bartlett Development Planning Unit is happy to officially announce the launch of the DPU summerLab 2013 series. The 2013 series contains several innovations including the introduction of two Latin America destinations and ...
DPU at Cities Methodologies 2013

DPU at Cities Methodologies 2013

17 April 2013

The DPU will be well represented again in the upcoming Cities Methodologies 2013 exhibition presented by UCL Urban Laboratory to be held at the Slade Research Centre on UCL’s campus April 23-26. 
MSc Social Development Practice Awarded UCL Teaching Innovations Grant

MSc Social Development Practice Awarded UCL Teaching Innovations Grant

The SDP programme has been awarded a Teaching Innovations grant from UCL to undertake the project entitled ‘Engaging Leaders for Social Change: An Action-Learning Platform’. The Teaching Innovations grant is designed to support ...
Robert Biel publishes his latest book, 'The Entropy of Capitalism'

Robert Biel publishes his latest book, 'The Entropy of Capitalism'

Drawing on his experience in international systems and low-input agriculture, the book sees Biel exploring the interactions of social and physical systems. In the process he reveals the early twenty-first century as a ...

Publication Launch. Regeneration and Well-Being in East London: Stories from Carpenters Estate

Photo by ©Alexandre Apsan Frediani

DPU at the Asian Housing Rights Summit

William Hunter, DPU Teaching Fellow on the MSc Building and Urban Design in Development is currently attending and representing the DPU at the annual UPCA/ACHR/ACCA Regional Meeting being held in Bangkok ...

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Beyond Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): moving towards sustainable cities

Beyond Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): moving towards sustainable cities

21 May 2013

Photo by Flickr member ©mariordo59
Student Fieldwork Presentations

Student Fieldwork Presentations

22 - 24 May 2013

After almost three weeks of intense fieldwork in Thailand, Ethiopia, Peru and Kenya, the students of the different DPU MSc programmes will be presenting -throughout the week- their proposals, findings and experiences.
Bamboo architecture: from a symbol of poverty to a symbol of sustainability

Bamboo architecture: from a symbol of poverty to a symbol of sustainability

28 May 2013

Photo by ©Simon Velez
Emerging research on 'transformation at the city scale'

Emerging research on 'transformation at the city scale'

30 May 2013

Photo by ©Gynna Millan
DPU summerLab 2013 series registration open!

DPU summerLab 2013 series registration open!

26 August - 21 September 2013

The Bartlett Development Planning Unit is happy to officially announce the launch of the DPU summerLab 2013 series. The 2013 series contains several innovations including the introduction of two Latin America destinations and ...