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.
HIC President Blog
Une journée ne suffit pas pour faire progresser les droits des femmes et des filles dans toutes les sphères de la vie.
Comme chaque année, le 8 mars, nous célébrons la Journée internationale de la femme. Cependant, une journée ne suffit pas pour faire progresser les droits des femmes et des filles [...]
The UCLG GOLD report on global urban equality calls for transformative action and real change
This blog post by Alexandre Apsan Frediani HIC Board Representative in Europe and reseracher in IIED and Camila Cociña (researcher in IIED’s Human Settlements research group) has been originally published [...]
Un nouveau document explore les études de cas qui construisent l’égalité urbaine par le biais de pédagogies critiques de la base
Quelles pratiques pédagogiques permettent aux mouvements sociaux, aux citoyens ordinaires, aux activistes et aux praticiens urbains de devenir des agents de changement pour un habitat socialement et écologiquement juste ? [...]
Why are collaborative housing models needed today?
Our President Adriana Allen joined the opening of the Collaborative Housing Day at the Third International Social Housing Festival that took place in Helsinki between 14–17 June 2022. “Why are collaborative housing [...]
Perspectives de la coalition : Conversation avec Somsook Boonyabancha, directrice exécutive de la Coalition asiatique pour le droit au logement (Asian Housing Rights Coalition)
Somsook Boonyabancha, fondatrice et directrice exécutif de la Coalition asiatique pour le droit au logement - Asian Coalition of Housing Rights (ACHR) et ancien directrice de l'Institut de développement des organisations [...]
