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Cities and the built environment
“Dignity by Design: Human rights and the built environment lifecycle” (IHRB)
“Land as a lens for future-facing advocacy“, Open Global Rights
“Cities driving a shift to circular and rights-based construction“, World Human Rights Cities Forum
“Women and girls at the centre of transformation in the built environment“, with Ying-Chih Deng of ICLEI
“The unauthorized plans for New York“, Rights Here Project
Finance
“Finance, land and lives“, It’s Material
“Unpacking the right to housing for investors“, It’s Material
“Better Building(s): Financing Inclusive Decarbonization in Europe’s Built Environment“, with Alejandra Rivera and Ursula Hartenberger (IHRB)
“Who Owns Cairo? Transparency and accountability in urban land ownership“, profile of 10Tooba research
“Intense scrutiny on the AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) should spur it to fulfill its social and environmental mission“, with Lowell Chow (South China Morning Post)
Tech
“Tech and the City – Parts 1 and 2“, It’s Material
“Information technology – The power and responsibility of business“, for Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Infrastructure
Book chapter: “Interventions in hospital construction: Early action for the realisation of human rights“, pub Edward Elgar
Architecture
“Architecture and human rights“, an interview with me by Edyta Skiba in the Polish magazine Architektura & Biznes
Construction
“100 union actions for climate justice“, and “Migration, climate and construction” for Building & Woodworkers International
“Power Tools” interview with plumber Judaline Cassidy and “A safe space” interview with Ligia Guallpa of the Workers Justice Project in Urban Omnibus
“Life as a day laborer” and “Day laborers organizing for change at La Colmena, Staten Island“, Rights Here Project
Community
51-1.org: On places that people value in their neighborhoods, and what they would like to change
30th Ave – A Year in the Life of a Street: One interview a week for a year with people who live or work along 30th Avenue in Astoria, Queens
I Live Here – Queens: Collecting the words for “I live Here” in the hundreds of languages spoken in the borough
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