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Conferences
An overview of the various conferences our group has hosted and participated in, with topics varying from sustainability transformation to resilience & spatial planning. -
Media
Interviews, videos, podcasts and blog articles help to inform the interested public about our commitment. -
Publications
This is a selection of the publications of the Urban Studies working group's members. -
Workshops
Check out the various workshops our group has hosted or participated in, the various methods used, and intriguing topics covered.
Energy Congress 2024: Smart energy concepts for cities and regions
Read more about the Energy Congress 2024 and the corresponding recommendations for cities and regions, which were discussed on the podium with the participation of Kerstin Krellenberg.
Transdisciplinarity is done (again and again)!
Contextual, collaborative and transformative. Three attributes that were considered from different perspectives during the conference on “Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Ressearch for Sustainable Deevleopment” at UCLouvain in November 2023 in Belgium. ..
Planning for Action: Making sustainable transformations of cities and territories happen
Our PhD Candidate, James Vandenberg, presented his working paper “Assessing the Resilience Capacities of Urban Food Systems: A multi-dimensional framework to enhance urban governance”, in Track 3, of this year’s annual Association of European Schools of Planning Young Academics (AESOP YA) conference, alongside 40 PhD and Post-doc researchers.
The Urban Political Podcast: Sanitation and the right to citylife
Listen to the podcast about urban sanitation with Julia Wesely and other experts from different universities!
JETzt: Podcast
How to get more trees in the city – how to create an efficient green infrastructure in the city? Episode 25 of the JETzt podcast features Kerstin Krellenberg.
Scoping article: research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals
This article takes stock of the 2030 Agenda and focuses on five governance areas. In a nutshell, we see a quite patchy and often primarily symbolic uptake of the global goals. Although some studies highlight individual success stories of actors and institutions to implement the goals…
Housing refugees from Ukraine: preliminary insights and learnings from the local response in five European cities
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine caused an escape of more than 7 million people to other European countries. In this extreme context, the accommodation of refugees has been an urgent need and an unexpected challenge for the host cities and societies…
The permanent regime of temporary solutions: Housing of forced migrants in Europe as a policy challenge
Periods of forced migration to and in Europe have been common in the past decade and show no expectation of stalling due to ongoing armed conflicts, global inequalities and the adverse effects of climate change. Nevertheless, the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees continues to depend on temporary, ad hoc solutions…
The SDGs in urban areas
The SDGs in urban areas – local perspectives for accelerated implementation and the post-2030 sustainability agenda
Transdisciplinarity in Teaching – Final 4Cities workshop – Indicators in Action: Supporting Sustainable Urban Development
A transdisciplinary workshop on June 27th 2024, hosted by the 43 4Cities Students, marked the end of an intensive summer term.
Effective science-to-public communication: How it works or can work.
Do you remember a really good piece by scientists published in a newspaper, on social media or broadcasting? Not so easy, right. But there are a few examples, and once you know what needs to be considered for effective science-to-public communication you realize: It is not as obvious as it seems, to translate research results into text or visuals or to create an exciting storyline. How it can work?
