Redento B. Recio, PhD is a Research Fellow at the Informal Urbanism (InfUr) Research Hub of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (University of Melbourne). Kazi Nazrul Fattah, PhD is an urban sociologist based at Melbourne Centre for Cities, the University of Melbourne, Australia. Nausheen H. Anwar, PhD is the Director of Karachi Urban Lab & Professor City & Regional Planning, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.Noman Ahmed, PhD is currently working as Professor and Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Management Sciences at NED University.Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, PhD is Associate Professor in Urban Planning and Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion. Michele Acuto, PhD is Director of the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, where he is also Professor of urban politics and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. Ian Jayson Hecita is an Assistant Professorial Lecturer of Political Science and Development Studies at De La Salle University, Philippines. Shiva Nouri is a PhD candidate in Urban Planning at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne.

• 1. Navigating the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Asia: state measures, grassroots responses and implications for recovery 2. COVID-19, micro-smart lockdowns and gendered impacts in Karachi 3. Social security for urban informal workers: the case of Hyderabad, India 4. Urban community response supported by government: the case of COVID-19 management in Dhaka 5. Securitisation of the pandemic response in the Philippines 6. Impacts of pandemic policies on street vendors in Jakarta 7. Just and inclusive urban recovery in post-pandemic Asia: prioritising policy considerations for informal workers