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Publication April 16, 2025 Penn IUR Joins Global Leaders in Cape Town for Urban Ecosystem Restoration Workshop Penn IUR participated as a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) partner in the Generation Restoration global workshop for urban nature-based solutions (NbS) held in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2025. Climate Change & Resilience
News April 10, 2025 Penn IUR Celebrates 20 Years of Global Urban Leadership at Annual Forum The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) will host the 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum, a milestone event honoring visionary global leaders who have shaped today’s cities and have lessons for tomorrow's cities, on Friday, April 25.  Urban Development
Mar 13 2024 Past Event Powering the Slum: Exploring Alternatives Forms of Energy for Informal Settlements Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Article September 27, 2023 Powering the Slum II: Alternative Sources of Energy in Accra’s Informal Settlements Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Oct 28 2022 Past Event Book Talk with Chandan Deuskar: Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
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Scholar James Kwame Mensah
Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Administration, University of Ghana Business School
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Fellow Aisa Kirabo Kacyira
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN-Habitat
Climate Change & Resilience
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Affiliated PhD Student Kimberly Noronha
PhD Candidate, City and Regional Planning, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Fellow Rose Molokoane
Coordinator, South African Federation of the Urban Poor (FEDUP)
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Jere Behrman
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics
Climate Change & Resilience
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Fellow Janice Perlman
President, The Mega-Cities Project, Inc.
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
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Fellow Lily Yeh
Global Artist and Founder, Barefoot Artists
Rapid Urbanization
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Scholar Brent D. Ryan
Vice Provost and Professor of Urban Design and Public Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Fellow Enrique Peñalosa
Independent Consultant Former Mayor of Bogota, Colombia Author of Equality and the City
Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Fellow Sheela Patel
Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) Ambassador to the race to resilience
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3
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Faculty Fellow Domenic Vitiello
Associate Professor
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Faculty Fellow Heather Sharkey
Professor
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Randall Mason
Professor, Historic Preservation
Urban Development

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