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Research Centre on the Future of Cities

The Centre offers a unique interdisciplinary research environment in Canada, to address the pressing challenges of the 21st century by tackling the relationship between the transformation of cities, the climate and social crisis, and the Anthropocene.
Hong Kong city
Nov 6

Anthropologists of Today and Tomorrow

Event organized by the Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies.

Poster 2024-10-28 Authoritarian Smart Cities and Total Urban Surveillance
Oct 28

Authoritarian Smart Cities and Total Urban Surveillance

Join us for a conversation on surveillance and smart cities to launch the CCS/Lab and welcome our new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Global Fellow.  T…

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Oct 3

Interdisciplinary Reflexion on Urban Transition and the Role of Ecology in Habitability

Research workshop organized by Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the Research Chair on Urban Anthropocene.

Recent Publication
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Recent Publication

Anthropologie végétale

Postdoctoral fellow Nakeyah Giroux-Works' new entry for Anthropen, the francophone dictionary of anthropology.
Media Intervention
nuclear power plant and flower bouquet collage
Media Intervention

Le rôle de l’urbanisation dans la lutte aux changements climatiques

Vincent Mirza's interview for "Au coeur du monde" at the 91st ACFAS Conference.
Opinion paper
Valley
Opinion paper

L'inégal accès à la nature

Opinion paper by postdoctoral fellow Nakeyah Giroux-Works on the theme of diversity and accessibility in the great outdoors.
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Research Centre on the Future of Cities

Faculty of Social Sciences
120 University Private
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5

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