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📣 UEL in the press - weekly wrap up 📣   🏠 Location, location… taxation: Dr Anna Minton, Reader in Architecture at UEL, writes for The Guardian on New York’s new pied-à-terre tax, which will apply to non-primary residences worth $1 million or more. Drawing on her expertise in housing, wealth and urban inequality, she compares the policy with similar measures already in place in the UK and explores how luxury property ownership shapes cities and affects housing affordability.   https://lnkd.in/ewxe_rtp   🌊 Thames tracker: Dr Ria Devereux, Environmental Research Fellow, appeared on BBC London, discussing her new study tracking microplastic pollution in the River Thames from Teddington to Southend. The research, which was also shared on the national BBC News, aims to build a clearer picture of how contamination levels are changing and what impact climate pressures may be having on the river system. https://lnkd.in/eeQqPR4H   🚆 Dream journeys: Dr Mehri khosravi, Energy and Carbon Senior Research Fellow, features in The Independent, discussing the growing popularity of overnight trains as a greener alternative to flying, allowing travellers to sleep their way to holiday destinations while reducing their environmental impact.   https://lnkd.in/ewq7mw2K   🔒 Online safety debate: Professor Julia Davidson OBE, Director of the Institute for Connected Communities, featured across international outlets this week in response to the Government's announcement to ban under-16s from social media next year. Through appearances with Associated Press Television News Limited, TVBS News, MSN Taiwan, Yahoo News Taiwan and OBS News, she highlighted the importance of regulation, education and collective action in creating safer online spaces for young people. https://lnkd.in/euth-Qxh   🧱 Sweet success: UEL’s Alan Chandler and Armor Gutiérrez Rivas from UEL School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, feature on leading architecture platform ArchDaily with Sugarcrete®, our pioneering low-carbon building material made from sugarcane waste that is helping to rethink how sustainable buildings are designed and constructed.   https://lnkd.in/ed9hupkY #UELNews #TeamUEL #UniversityOfEastLondon