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April 10, 2025
Althangrund educational campus – students develop urban lab approaches
Old WU (University of Economics)? UZA? Althangrund West? At the Spittelau? What will the site of the future Campus Althangrund even be called? A fundamental question that the students of the course "Urban Labs: Approaches, Methods, Skills" came across in numerous discussions with local stakeholders. -
April 10, 2025
Yesterday an industrial site, today vacant and tomorrow…?
On the role of brownfield revitalization and the transfer of policies and practices - The students implemented a co-creative turnover with local actors from civil society, business and politics in Hirschbach/Gmünd. The webinar actively contributes to the Third Mission of the University of Vienna and is now available online! -
March 27, 2025
Transdisciplinary methods in practice: Alsergrund urban living lab day
Not all citizens have the same opportunities to participate in urban development processes. As part of the course "Theoretical Foundations and Methods for Transdisciplinary Urban Research", Master's students... -
March 17, 2025
News from the Sustainability Challenge
Practice partners and universities: Together for the SDGs | Service Learning - theory meets practice -
March 12, 2025
Lecture series “Natural hazards, vulnerability and disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”
The lecture series takes place as part of the extension curriculum for Bachelor students at the Institute of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna. -
January 11, 2025
Reimagining Urban Education – Podcast
Yvonne Franz reflects together with Stefan de Corte on the 4Cities Master, which will come to an end in 2025 -
November 13, 2024
ARL Summer School 2024
Read about this year's ARL summer school which took place in Vienna. Together with the Institute for Geography, ViertelZwei was examined by urban researchers from around the world. -
October 31, 2024
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Urban Development
After a 4Cities Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Spring School with a focus on transdisciplinarity was held at University of Vienna in 2023, a cross-semester transdisciplinary programme was pursued for the 15th cohort in the summer semester 2024. -
October 27, 2024
Textile factory in Hirschbach: Industrial transformation in the Waldviertel?
The former textile factory in Hirschbach/Waldviertel serves as a learning case for industrial transformation in Austria for 15 master's students from the Department of Geography and Regional Research as part of their project seminar. -
October 27, 2024
Young Scientists on the stage of the 3rd Brachflächen Summit
Master's students of the Department of Geography and Regional Research present their research approach to the analysis of a textile wasteland in the Waldviertel. Their geographically and spatially sensitive approach is met with great approval during the 3rd Brownfield Summit in Salzburg on October 22, 2024.
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August 12, 2024
“My city, your city, our city”
How does your favourite place in the city look like? What do you particularly like about playgrounds? How would you like to improve playgrounds and what can you do if other children have different opinions and ideas to yours? And what does participation mean in this context? -
August 9, 2024
What the Food? Exploring Alternative Urban Food Systems
Practical Exercise in Urban Geography and Planning - Poster Fair (Summer term 2024)