👋🔜From 9/16/2025 to 2/15/2026, we are looking forward to having Václav Walach @vwalach.bsky.social (Ass. Prof. at the Department of Social Work, Ostravská univerzita, Czechia) join the department and the Urban Futures Platform @urbanfutures.bsky.social! Read more ➡️ t.ly/UPsgZ@univie.ac.at
Comparing post-apartheid Johannesburg and São Paulo, this book panel highlights the importance of two factors in urban inequality: an "embedded" local state and cohesive institutions capable of delivering public goods.
🆕 Hot Off the Press returns June 18 with Fulong Wu & Fangzhu Zhang’s new book Governing Urban Development in China! What can China’s planning, finance & redevelopment teach us about global urban governance? 📅 Register now: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
⌛📚 Last chance to register for our next Hot Off The Press event! On May 7, @bhbradlow.bsky.social presents Urban Power, exploring inequality and governance in São Paulo & Johannesburg. Don’t miss this!
📣 Bring your lunch and join us for the next Brown Bag Lunch on May 22, at 12:00pm in person in Vienna. @ifswien.bsky.social
@jobzomerplaag.bsky.social (Maastricht University / UNU-MERIT) will share insights from his PhD on how publics are (un)made in the Dutch transition away from natural gas.
📚 Join us on May 7 for our next Hot Off the Press session with Bejamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social , presenting his new book Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg. Register here: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
Join us for the next edition of our online book presentation series Hot Off The Press, where we welcome Professor Yvonne Rydin (UCL) to present her latest book "Planning without Growth".
Don't forget to sign up for the next Brown Bag Lunch event! Clelia Zardnini will present her work on "The role of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) in advancing energy democracy and contributing to a just transition" Register here: urban-futures.at/events/brown...
Sign up now for the next Brown Bag Lunch on March 24, 2025. Clelia Zardini, a PhD student at the University of Milan, will present her work on Renewable Energy Communities and their contribution to a just transition. buff.ly/4fnqCFb
Register now for the next Brown Bag Lunch on 11. December 2024. Petr Kodenko Kubala is going to present his work on Affordable Housing within "planetary boundaries". https://buff.ly/4fnqCFb
Don't forget to sign up for the next Brown Bag Lunch event! Julia Wesely will present her work on "Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in global urban studies".. Register here:
Register now for our Hot Off The Press Event where Nadja Kabisch and Niki Frantzeskaki will be presenting their new book "Nature-Based Solutions for Cities" .
Final reminder: Tomorrow our Brown Bag Lunch Series continues with an exciting presentation by Nana Iashvili on the financialisation of housing in Georgia.
Urban Futures Research Affiliate Byeongsun Ahn and Principal Investigator Yuri Kazepov published an article that takes a closer look at new municipalism and the design of participatory budgeting processes in Vienna.
Register here: urban-futures.at/events/brown... for the first date of the Brown Bag Lunch series 2024/2025. It starts with an exciting lecture by Nana Iashvili on ‘Mechanisms and practices of housing financialisation in Georgia’ on 30. October.
