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Stories from the people shaping cities: expert interviews, career advice, opinion pieces and research from across the urbanist community.
What can you create with QGIS as an urbanist?
08.09.2026, All Things Urban team
Four practical applications of spatial analysis, and what we have learned from training urban professionals around the world.
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How to Lead a Multidisciplinary Urban Project Team Without Carrying It Alone
08.09.2026, All Things Urban team
Urban projects progress, but often only because one person holds everything together. Five signs your project team needs a reset, and why better communication is rarely the fix.
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Notes from Bloomberg CityLab 2026: The Shifts Reshaping Urban Careers and City Practice
31.08.2026, Anastasia Sukhoroslova
Trust, youth, skills, housing, climate and the connections that help good ideas travel. Eight shifts from three days at Bloomberg CityLab 2026 in Madrid, and what they mean…
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GIS for Urbanists: What Spatial Skills Can Actually Do for Your Career
10.08.2026, All Things Urban team
GIS is becoming an increasingly valuable skill for urban professionals. Here’s how spatial analysis can strengthen your work, improve decision-making and open new career opportunities, without turning you…
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Why Team Leadership Matters in Complex Urban Projects
28.07.2026, All Things Urban team
Urban projects are rarely simple. They bring together planners, architects, designers, engineers, policymakers, consultants, researchers, community organisations and public authorities. ...
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The best urbanism books: 18 reads for anyone shaping a city
17.07.2026, All Things Urban team
The best books on urbanism, urban planning and urban design, picked by the All Things Urban team. Classics and fresh voices, grouped by theme, with why each one…
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Urban planning internships: how to get one (including at UN-Habitat)
17.07.2026, All Things Urban team
How to find and win an urban planning internship, including UN-Habitat, with the organisations that hire, timelines, funding tips, and how to stand out. By All Things Urban.
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How to find a job in urban planning (and actually land it)
17.07.2026, All Things Urban team
Where to look for urban planning and urban design jobs, the titles to search, the organisations hiring worldwide, salaries, and how to stand out. From the All Things…
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Urbanism Is Not Just City Planning: 8 Urban Careers You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
16.04.2026, All Things Urban
Say you work in urbanism. The next question is almost always the same: "Oh, so you're a city planner?" Not quite. City planning is one path inside urbanism,…
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