Pandemic Urbanism Symposium May 29

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. & BE 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 participating may complete a Participant Form or email or email pandemicurbanism@uw.edu. Calls to present are due May 1.