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The Global Urbanist publishes articles on a broad range of topics written by urban specialists and concerned community members from all sectors, including academia, NGOs, government and private enterprise. We are continuously seeking new contributions from writers interested in disseminating their views or their research to a wider professional audience.
What we are looking for
We are seeking short opinion pieces outlining your views on any issue affecting any city or cities, which you think urban leaders should pay attention to. Topics may be technical, financial, social or economic in nature. Articles may be based on your own professional experiences or research, or on your own reflections on wider debates.
We also publish magazine-style pieces, which may include photos, graphs, interviews, etc., where any issue or city/cities may be explored in further detail. These may be in the form of journalistic reportage, business writing, technical notes, academic essays or ethnographic studies.
We are interested in all disciplines and all kinds of viewpoints, and are open to all topic suggestions. As a guide to the breadth of issues covered, all articles are published under one of the following six sections: planning, governance, economy, communities, environment, and international.
Articles should aim for between 600 and 1,000 words in length (larger contributions may be serialised) and be accompanied by one or more licensed photographs.
How to contribute
If you would like to be included in our database of potential writers, register for our Writers Bulletin via our subscribe page. This is an occasional newsletter that we send out to our community of writers to discuss upcoming issues, to call for contributions on specific topics or cities, and to share our thoughts as editors. You will be subscribed to our weekly email newsletter at the same time to follow what others are writing about.
If you have a story or topic in mind already, get in touch with us via editors@globurb.com with your proposed topic or story ideas, or feel free to send a text you have already written. We will contact you to discuss the proposal and offer further guidance.
We also welcome proposals to become a regular columnist.