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32nd UK Shelter Forum – Save the Date

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The 32nd UK Shelter Forum 2026 will be held online on Thursday 7th May and in-person at LSE on Friday 8th May. The conference will be co-convened by the Department of Geography & Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

The theme is ‘Shelter and Urban Systems’. This may cover a range of topics and areas of interest and concern, including issues that relate to both urban economies and their development, urban governance and planning, and markets (land, housing, rental, construction, labour). Through this focus the meeting will consider opportunities for collaboration between the humanitarian shelter sector and local economic development. There will be opportunities for presentations and discussions on technical, policy, and programmatic subjects.

Guiding Questions

  • How can the areas of practice (humanitarianism and urban economic development) work more closely together?
  • How can the shelter response work with local economy and market systems?
  • How can humanitarian market-based programming in urban areas be more sustainable?

Submissions

We will prioritise in-person presentations for the Friday 8th May meeting at the LSE. Online presentations will take place in a Microsoft Teams meeting on Thursday 7th May (12.00 GMT TBC).

The UK Shelter Forum will be live-streamed and shared via an online meeting invite. Comments will be available to add through the chat function.

Submissions will either be accepted as short ‘updates’ (5 minutes) or as presentations (10-15 minutes to allow time for Q&A). When submitting an abstract, please indicate your preference.

If you wish to submit an abstract for consideration, email ukshelterforum2013@gmail.com with the subject line ‘UKSF 2026 Submission’.

The deadline for abstracts is Monday 2nd March. If successful, presentations will be expected for review by Monday 13th April.

Details for submission

Name:
Organisation:
Contact Tel:
Title of submission:
Abstract (short description):
Preference (update or presentation):
Approximate time required:
Preference for online (Thursday 7th) or in-person (Friday 8th):

Deadline Monday 2nd March

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31st UK Shelter Forum

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The 31st UK Shelter Forum will be held in Bath on Friday 9th May 2025 and will be co-convened by the University of Bath and CARE International UK.

The two themes of the day will be: “Building for Climate Change and Extreme Environments” and “The Ways Forward in Times of Uncertainty”. Time will also be made for some presentations and updates that do not fit within these two themes.

Date and time: Friday 9th May 2025, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Location: University of Bath, School of Management, Convocation Ave, Claverton Down, Bath. BA2 7AY

Register for the event: Book your tickets for the forum here.

The final agenda for the forum is below:

UK Shelter Forum 30 presentations

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The 30th UK Shelter Forum was held at Arup offices, London on 14th May 2024. The turnout was great with nearly 100 in-person attendees over the course of the day and 30+ online. There were some really rich discussions around the theme of the challenge of scale in an environment of increasing need and decreasing resources. Thank you once again to our hosts Arup and RedR UK for providing the space, a great lunch spread and snacks and much-needed IT support.

Please find links to all the presentations below as well as any extra information provided by speakers:

UPDATES

PLENARY – THE CHALLENGES OF SCALE

BREAKOUTS – THE CHALLENGES OF SCALE

PRESENTATIONS – MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

PRESENTATIONS – CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY

DISCUSSION GROUPS – CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY