About FURS
Origin and Aims
The Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies Ltd was set up in 1995 as a charity under the Companies Act. Its main source of income is the surplus generated by the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, the leading critical urban and regional studies journal established in 1977 and published by Wiley-Blackwell. IJURR is run by a wholly-owned subsidiary of FURS.
The aims of FURS are to 'promote and improve social scientific research, education and scholarship in the field of urban, rural and regional studies'. To this end it may:
1. publish journals, books, articles, bulletins, reports and other materials in any media,
2. arrange and host or support conferences, courses, workshops, seminars and other educational activities,
3. provide for individuals to participate in conferences, courses, workshops, seminars and other educational activities, and
4. arrange or support research and activities related to research.
In practice it has focused on four main activities: giving studentships to postgraduate research students, giving research grants, giving conference travel grants and running an international essay competition. The details of how these work (rules, application forms) and the names of the recipients and essay competition winners can be found elsewhere on this website.
FURS is run by Trustees who hold an annual meeting. They are currently: Linda McDowell (Chair), Tim Butler, Fulong Wu, Matthew Gandy, Eduardo Marques, Judit Bodnar, Patrick le Galès and Paula Meth. The Secretary of FURS is Nick Buck and the Administrator is Sally Pepperall.
Further information about the origins of FURS can be found in two articles in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 22 (4), 1998, 676-682.
Latest News
- 2012 Studentship/Research Grant applications now welcomed - Deadline 31st January 2012.
- 2012 Essay Competition call now open - Deadline 31st May 2012.
- Prize for the Best Essay on Urban and Regional Themes by Young Authors 2010 International Essay Competition
- Research Grants: Awarded
- Studentships: Awarded
- Network for African Urban Social Studies : Awarded
