Hic President Blog
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Another City is possible – 2021 edition of the Kota Kita’s Urban Social Forum
Since 2013, The Urban Social Forum (USF) has become an open and inclusive space organized by In …
20 September, 2021
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HIC supports before the Catalan Parliament the approval of a law to extend urgent measures to tackle the housing emergency.
The President of HIC, Adriana Allen, participated in the round of hearings in the Parliament of C …
10 September, 2021
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Fearless and Transformative Cities: Housing Stories from the Ground
The right to housing is under attack. Alarming levels of homelessness, forced evictions, unafford …
8 July, 2021
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Generative pedagogies from and for the social production of habitat: Learning from HIC-AL School of grassroots urbanism
Authors Julia Wesely University College London, UK Corresponding author: julia.wesely@ucl.ac.uk A …
9 June, 2021
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FLACSO Roundtable: What styles of urban development could reduce the inequalities and socio-territorial vulnerabilities evidenced by the pandemic?
Intervention by Adriana Allen, President of HIC, at the FLACSO Roundtable: What styles of urban d …
3 June, 2021
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A conversation with HIC President on networked practices, knowledges and pedagogies for translocal housing activism
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13 December, 2020
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