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The Geographies of Viability Planning

by WhWills2562 | Aug 19, 2020 | London, Planning

The Geographies of Viability Planning In a recent new publication Whig researchers Jess Ferm and Mike Raco explore the geographies of viability-driven planning reform in England. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in London and the North East region, the paper...

Towards an understanding of the role of debt

by WhWills2562 | Sep 3, 2019 | Debt, Financialization, London

Given our focus on investment into residential real estate, an essential dimension is understanding how housing fits more broadly within the financialized economy of the UK (and the Netherlands and France). An important but under engaged within urban studies part of...

Community Led Regeneration: the London Case

by WhWills2562 | Jun 20, 2019 | Financialization, London, Regeneration

UCL has a long-standing relationship with Just Space, an umbrella organisation for community groups across London. Whilst the WHIG project is not explicitly working with them at this stage, their work is highly relevant to understanding the planning context of London...

Hamlet Without the Prince

by WhWills2562 | Jun 12, 2019 | Investors, London

Hamlet Without the Prince or Why We Need More Research on How Private Sector Actors See the World. I recently gave a paper in the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow on the subject of ‘Seeing Like an Investor’. The talk was based on a paper that...

Towards some clarification on financialisation?

by WhWills2562 | May 31, 2019 | Financialization, London

Existing debates on ‘financialization’ in urban studies, and beyond, are intense. Given the nature of the WHIG project, we will inevitably be addressing the issue of financialization, financializing and financing head on. On Thursday 23 May, The Open University hosted...

Law at the Margins of the City

by WhWills2562 | May 20, 2019 | Financialization, Housing, Investors, London

Law at the Margins of the City: a day on law and financialization, Birkbeck, London. Recent debates in urban studies on finance (and financialization) have highlighted new investors in urban development. Former UN special rapporteur on housing revisits London Luckily...