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April 8, 2026Visiting Now: Guest Professor Harutyun Vermishyan from Yerevan State University – Afterlives of Soviet Industrial Urban Structures
The Urban Sustainability Living Lab is proud to announce that Dr Harutyun Vermishyan (Yerevan State University YSU) will join the Department of Geography and Regional Research as a Guest Professor (Research) in April and May 2026. -
April 8, 2026Recap and reflections on the ReCITY project 2025
Over the past year, the ReCITY project has made significant progress in its aim to better understand urban transformations in small, former industrial cities in Armenia. A particular highlight in 2025 were three research trips of the Univie project team to Armenia, as well as two visits of the YSU project lead Harutyun Vermishan to Vienna. The field trips to Armenia provided numerous insights into urban development of the three small Armenian cities – Charentsavan, Sisian and Stepanavan, which are at the centre of the research project. On the other hand, all exchanges contributed significantly to strengthening cooperation within our international project team. -
February 10, 2026
Where do we come from and where are we headed as urban researchers? On the positionality of the Urban Studies student cohort (2025–2027)
At the end of January 2026, the first cohort of the specialisation in ‘Urban Studies’ (2025-2027) of the new Master's programme ‘Geographies of Global Change and Sustainability Transformations’ at the University of Vienna took on the challenge of co-creating a collective positionality statement that will guide them through the coming semesters of their study programme.
