News – The Public Space Research Group

Public Space in the Smart City (Troy Simpson)
Publicly accessible spaces in New York City are constantly transforming, both in terms of how they are designed and...
December 18, 2019
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Why context matters (Javier Otero Peña)
Javier Otero Peña‘s dissertation consists of three articles related to how contextual factors affect park use, urban environmental justice...
December 18, 2019
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Staying Power (Erin Lilli)
Erin is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her dissertation work, tentatively titled Staying...
December 18, 2019
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The PSRG will be active in the WUF 10!
In the Public Space Research Group, we are excited to attend the World Urban Forum 10 and, with our...
December 18, 2019
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Call for Volunteer Researchers: Public Space and Vending in Flushing, New York
In the spring of 2019 a ban on street vending in Downtown Flushing, Queens, will go into effect. Business...
March 19, 2019
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PSRG Members Submit Proposal for EDRA Presentation in May 2019
The PSRG members Erin Lilli, Troy Simpson, Evie Klein, Javier Otero Pena and Setha Low have submitted a proposal...
December 14, 2018
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Setha Low to give Luskin Lecture April 23, 2019
Setha Low will give the Luskin Lecture in Urban Policy at UCLA on April 23, 2019 (l)
December 14, 2018
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Setha Low Celebrates Her Latest Book, The Handbook of Anthropology and the City
A book party and celebration of Setha Low’s latest book, The Handbook of Anthropology and the City (Routledge 2019)...
December 14, 2018
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PSRG Research Team Presenting on Public Space Guidelines in Iceland, May 2019
Setha Low and the PSRG research team including Erin Lilli and Troy Simpson will be presenting on the CFP...
December 5, 2018
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Upcoming Release of the Toolkit for the Ethnographic Study of Space
The release of the Toolkit for the Ethnographic Study of Space by PSRG members Setha Low, Troy Simpson and...
December 5, 2018
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The PSRG present in the World Urban Forum 9
Today marks the first day of the 9th World Urban Forum, organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme...
February 7, 2018
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Setha Low appointed as Board Member of the Center for Active Design
Setha Low, Director of the Public Space Research Group, has been appointed for three years as a Board Member...
February 7, 2018
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Urban Agriculture in NYC
As part of her fieldwork in community gardens in East Harlem threatened by the affordable housing plan, PSRG member,...
May 4, 2017
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The Public and Publics Conference
How have scholars, activists, and artists apprehended their position in public life and their belonging in a collective? How...
March 28, 2017
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Deep Word Play: Signs of Distinction and Exclusion in Gentrifying Brooklyn
Deep Word Play: Signs of Distinction and Exclusion in Gentrifying Brooklyn March 3, 2017. 12:00pm – 2:00pm Room C201...
February 27, 2017
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The PSRG is present at the Habitat III Conference
Setha Low, Director of the Public Space Research Group, is attending the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador, organized...
October 17, 2016
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Welcome to thepsrg.org!
The Public Space Research Group just had an extreme makeover! With a new logo, new website and new members,...
October 12, 2016
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Event Invitation 10/13/2016 – From New York to Paris: Public Space and Social Reactions to Terror Attacks
Join us in welcoming Gérôme Truc, (France, Center for the Study of Social Movements at EHESS, the Institute for...
October 12, 2016
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