Hic President Blog
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Why are collaborative housing models needed today?
Our President Adriana Allen joined the opening of the Collaborative Housing Day at the Third Int …
20 June, 2022
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Insights from the Coalition: a conversation with Somsook Boonyabancha, Executive Director of the Asian Coalition of Housing Rights
Somsook Boonyabancha, Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Coalition of Housing Rights (A …
8 February, 2022
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New paper by Adriana Allen: Navigating stigma through everyday city-making: Gendered trajectories, politics and outcomes in the periphery of Lima
New Special Issue paper by HIC President Adriana Allen: ‘Navigating stigma through everyda …
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Co-producing knowledge for an equitable and sustainable future
15 years activating environmental justice through translocal learning alliances across Mumbai, Ac …
22 December, 2021
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Sanitation is more than just toilets and women are more than just sanitation users
Here are some highlights from the work of our President on advancing just sanitation from …
17 December, 2021
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Building just sanitation across urban Africa
Building just sanitation from a feminist perspective is an integral component of building social …
5 December, 2021
About me
Adriana Allen
Adriana Allen is Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London, where she leads the research cluster on Environmental Justice, Urbanization and Resilience (EJUR). She is also the Bartlett's Vice-Dean International and is actively engaged in various initiatives promoting trans-local learning and enhanced advocacy and actionresearch capacity, both within UCL and internationally Originally trained as an urban planner in Argentina, she specialized over the years in the fields of housing, public health, urban environmental governance and political ecology. Adriana has over 30 years of international experience in research, postgraduate teaching, advisory and training services undertakings in over 25 countries across the Global South. Adriana Allen Bio