May 1 Deadline for Pandemic Urbanism Symposium Participation

In lieu of a traditional Annual Symposium, the Urban Design & Planning Ph.D. and the College of Built Environments are sponsoring a special student-run Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, Friday, May 29.  Organizers include current and recent URBDP Ph.D. students Evan Carver, Peter T. Dunn, Katie Idziorek, Lan T. Nguyen, Boyang Sa, Elizabeth Umbanhowar, and Yiyuan Wang.

Academics, practitioners, civic leaders, and activists will contribute around four themes:

• • Mobility (e.g., geographies of accessibility; transit funding and operations; travel patterns and mode shift)
  • Sociability (e.g., social infrastructure; parks and public space; social distancing; communications technology)
  • Politics (e.g., role of government; civic engagement; community organization; equity; resilience; activism and protest)
  • Density (e.g., health and contagion; critical infrastructure; built environments; land use; service delivery; agglomeration economies)

Those interested in presenting or otherwise participating may complete a Participant Form or email or email pandemicurbanism@uw.edu. Calls to present are due May 1.