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Upcoming events at the Academy


The Urbanism Hour: Shaping Urban Design as a Technical Vocation

Exploring the 'why', 'who' and 'how' of urban design as a technical discipline
25 Apr 2025 1:00pm

Young Urbanists present: Politics and the Built Environment

Join for an evening examining the role of politics in the built environment
1 May 2025 6:10pm

Rethinking Retail Parks: Carparks to communities

Join the AoU and Lichfields for the launch of their latest research on the unrealised potential of retail parks
14 May 2025 8:30am
Members only

YU Visit to New Ground Co-Housing Community

Join us to see how local authorities, planners, policy makers and housing developers have come together in practice.
17 May 2025 2:00pm

Congress 2025 - Utrecht: Healthy Urban Living

Join us at Congress 2025 in Utrecht to explore how the city is making Healthy Urban Living a reality
11 Jun 2025 9:00am

Save the date: AoU Book Club (Glasgow)

The first session of the new AoU Book Club will dive into David Harvey's Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
19 Jun 2025 6:30pm

Young Urbanist Cycle Trip 2025

A long weekend cycling between Brussels and Ghent in Belgium
3 Jul 2025 10:00am
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