The COVID-19 pandemic could give rise to positive innovations in cities and a radical intolerance of the status quo

All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating long-term effects spread unnoticed worldwide

While the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging around the globe, we will continue to experience unprecedented urbanization in the coming decades.

Discrimination and violence against Brazil’s LGBTQ communities are widespread, yet often underreported

At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Muitos brasileiros se preocuparam com a torrente de desinformação nas redes sociais durante as eleições presidenciais americanas deste ano, que foram duramente disputadas.

Cities are the crucible of our civilisations

Central Asia was long a digital backwater

Brazilians are preparing nervously for their own municipal elections on November 15

This is the startling observation made by authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah in the introduction to their fascinating new book, Terra Incognita

Maps are not just informative, they are empowering. They can help provide a new perspective to age-old problems

Around the world, responses to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are understandably focused on reducing infections and fatalities.

Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre contributed with a chapter for The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a profoundly urban crisis. The vast majority of the millions of reported cases worldwide are concentrated in overcrowded neighbourhoods and informal settlements.

This article is part of a series in which leading experts reflect on emerging trends for cities seeking to address hate, polarisation and extremism.