The Voices from the Community section of the IJURR Foundation website is a space for past and present award holders and workshop organisers to reflect on their experience of the IJURR Foundation. Over the 30 years since it was established, the Foundation has supported hundreds of outstanding scholars around the world. Some have gone on to work in academic positions, while others have moved into a diverse range of careers and positions. It is time to share the stories from this rich network of alumni and find out more about the people supported by the Foundation, and where this support has helped to take them in their lives and careers.
We welcome new blogs from IJURR Foundation Alumni to Sarah Daisy (Company Secretary).
 “Participants reflecting on the walk around one of oldest maple trees in the area” Photo: Hamza Albakri, 2026. Walking As Anti-Colonial Research Methodologyby Hamza Albakri (IJURR Foundation Majority Regions Workshop Organiser) |
 Event Flyer UCCC Workshop. Image: Heba Elhanafy, 2026. From Gap Analysis to Action: UCCC Workshop Advances Planning Curriculum Reformby Heba Elhanafy, Chief Officer AUL (IJURR Foundation Majority Regions Workshop Organiser) |
 ‘Morning light landscape’, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Photo: Remi Clinton, 2020. When Welfare Travels Further than Development: Reflections from Tamil Naduby Mr Thiruppathi P (Writing up awardee 2025) |
 Event Flyers. Images: Jhono Bennett, 2025. Co-Writing Repair: Reweaving Southern Urban Knowledge Across Continentsby Jhono Bennett (IJURR Foundation Majority Regions’ Workshop Organiser 2026) |
 “Buddy”. Image: Aireen Andal, 2025 On building quiet human infrastructures of care in global academiaby Aireen Grace Andal (Writing up Grant Holder 2023) |
 “First members of the Afro-Indigenous Spectralities Network.” Photo by Miguel Angel Liborio Maceda, 2025. Afro-Indigenous Spectralities: A Network under Construction from Coastal Urbanism in Guerreroby Mariana Martínez Castrejón, Felipe Covarrubias Melgar, and Ulises Moreno Tabarez |
 “Participants’ feet.” Photo: Ulises Moreno Tabarez, 2026. Common Spectralities: Territorial Conjurings of Presence and Memoryby Linayme Paulette Reyes Ávila, Juan Fernando Abarca Reyes and Arturo Lara Valdez. |
 “Abandoned van in the street, Acapulco.” Photo: Astrid Paola Chavelas López, 2025 Spectral Beginnings: Weaving the Afro-Indigenous Network in Guerreroby Ulises Moreno-Tabárez (Organiser of Afro-Indingenous Spectralities, IJURR Foundation funded Workshop Series) |
 “Typology: Section of access street”. Image: Sara Gebremeskel, 2024 Reimagining Urban Design Through the Pedestrian’s Lensby Sara Gebremeskel (Writing up grant holder 2024) |
 “Participants at workshop.” Photo: Napong Tao Rugkhapan, December 2024 IJURR Workshop for Early Career Scholars in Urban Studies in Southeast Asia, 7-8 December, 2024, Bangkok, Thailandby Napong Tao Rugkhapan (workshop co-organiser, Writing up Grant holder 2016), Petchpilai Lattanan and Chaya Vaddhanaphuti (workshop co-organisers)
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