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The University of Manchester is delighted to announce the establishment of the Manchester Urban Institute (MUI) from 1 August 2016. Building upon the work of cities@manchester (www.cities.manchester.ac.uk), this will combine the strengths of a number of research centres and groupings from across the University of Manchester, bringing together colleagues, researchers and graduate students from the disciplines of anthropology, architecture, arts management, business studies, development studies, education, epidemiology, engineering, environmental sciences, human geography, history, Italian studies, Latin American studies, planning and environmental management, political science, social gerontology and sociology. The MUI will be one of the most intellectually diverse and largest of its kind, using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to study cities in both the global north and south, in the process challenging the assumptions that go with these categories and the work they do intellectually and politically. The vision of the MUI is to realise more inclusive and just cities that are both environmentally and socially sustainable for the current and future generations through research, engagement/impact and training activities To mark the establishment of the MUI there are a number of events planned over the remainder of 2016, with a public launch in early February 2017. There is a currently a holding page for the MUI: http://www.mui.manchester.ac.uk/ For more information email us at [log in to unmask] or email directly the inaugural Director, Professor Kevin Ward, [log in to unmask]