The Urban Political Podcast: Sanitation and the right to citylife
- August 27, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Media
No CommentsUniversity assistant predoctoral
- August 19, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Job Alerts
All information about the job can be found here!
University assistant – ZOE project
- August 12, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: Job Alerts, Uncategorized
Click to learn more about ZOE and the job offer!
“My city, your city, our city”
- August 12, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Transdisciplinarity (b), Cooperation and Co-Creation, Workshops
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?
What the Food? Exploring Alternative Urban Food Systems
- August 9, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Teaching
Practical Exercise in Urban Geography and Planning – Poster Fair (Summer term 2024)
GReenSCape Project Launch
- July 24, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: (en) UN Sustainable development Goals (b)
Growing Resilience with Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities
Transdisciplinarity in Teaching – Final 4Cities workshop – Indicators in Action: Supporting Sustainable Urban Development
- July 23, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Teaching
A transdisciplinary workshop on June 27th 2024, hosted by the 43 4Cities Students, marked the end of an intensive summer term.
The ReCity Project
- July 21, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: Cooperation and Co-Creation, Uncategorized
An Armenian-Austrian Collaboration for Innovative and Sustainable Revitalization of Post-Soviet Industrial Cities
Living in Vienna: Socio-spatial urban diversity experienced by 4CITIES students
- July 21, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Socio-spatial Transformations (b), Teaching
Students of the 4CITIES Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme in Urban Studies delivered Pecha-Kucha-style presentations to urban planning master students at TU Berlin. The challenge? Each presentation consisted…
One month off from Urban Studies: Sailing in the Pacific Ocean from Japan to Palau
- July 7, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Uncategorized
In March 2024, I sailed the Pacific Ocean from Yokohama, Japan to Palau. The journey was 1996 Nautical miles (=3696 km). I was selected to participate in the International Ocean Human Resource Development Project by the Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI)…
Housing in Vienna: renovation, refurbishment, circular economy?
- June 27, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Teaching
How is the Viennese housing market currently developing with regard to sustainable housing measures?
An interactive report by the students on the excursion ”Housing in Vienna’.Intercultural exchange for urban sustainability in Latin America and Europe
- June 12, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) UN Sustainable development Goals (b), Conferences
The German-Latin American Bachelor International Business and Management at FH Münster School of Business organised its annual Latin American conference from 16 May to 17 May 2024…
Panel discussion: The SDGs in urban areas
- June 6, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) UN Sustainable development Goals (b), Events, Uncategorized
Panel discussion: The SDGs in urban areas – local perspectives for accelerated implementation and the post-2030 sustainability agenda
Advisory Board – City of Vienna
- June 5, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Media
Kerstin Krellenberg was reappointed to the City of Vienna’s Advisory Board for Urban Planning, Urban Design and World Heritage as an expert in urban ecology and climate change adaptation for the 2024-2027 term of office.
Umwelt im Gespräch – follow-up report
- May 28, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: Events, Media
Video following the 11th “Umwelt im Gespräch” – Climate change and urban heat stress: How can cities face the future?, an event organized by the Research Network Environment and Climate
Sustainable Mobility
- May 22, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Uncategorized
Social Sustainability
- May 22, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Uncategorized
Environmental Sustainability
- May 22, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Uncategorized
Inclusive Participatory Processes
- May 22, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Uncategorized
Sustainable Urban Development – The Role of Indicators
- May 21, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Sustainability Transformations (b), Cooperation and Co-Creation, Teaching
Lessons from a Transdisciplinary Workshop for MSc Students.
Cities adapting to climate change
- May 20, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Media
Environmental crisis calls for a rethink. Kerstin Krellenberg in an interview for Rudolphina. (in german)
Call for Papers – Future Urban Sustainability
- May 3, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Cooperation and Co-Creation
The Urban Studies Working Group at the University of Vienna and the Department of Economics and Law at HTW Berlin cordially invite you to submit your abstracts to a forthcoming workshop on “Future Urban Sustainability…
4CITIES Community day: Giving back something green
- April 27, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Teaching
On March 6, 2024, the students from the 15th cohort of the 4CITIES Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Urban Studies, participated in a Community Day as part of the Welcome Week at the University of Vienna…
Invitation to Umwelt im Gespräch: Climate change and urban heat stress: How can cities face the future?
- April 18, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: Events, Talks
Save the date! On May 28, Kerstin Krellenberg will discuss future perspectives for cities in the face of increasing urban heat stress at the Natural History Museum Vienna together other experts. You can find more information about taking part in the eleventh edition of Umwelt im Gespräch here.
Start of the project ZOE – Zoonoses Emergence across Degraded and Restored Forest Ecosystems.
- April 18, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: (en) Transdisciplinarity (b)
What are the relations between biodiversity loss and the risk of zoonoses, that is, the transmission of diseases between animals and humans? How can we create synergies …
“Herzlich Willkommen!” – 4CITIES Welcome Day
- April 4, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Teaching
For the 15th time, a 4CITIES cohort has arrived in Vienna, bringing with it the joy of meeting new people from around the world, once again. But this year is special as it is the largest ever cohort…
Lecture series – Natural hazards, vulnerability and disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- March 26, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Teaching
For the third time, the lecture series “Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” is taking place this semester as part of the extension curriculum at the Institute of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna…
Official kick-off event of the ECH
- March 7, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Events
The official kick-off meeting of the Environment and Climate Research Hub (ECH) will take place at the University of Vienna on March 8, 2024. Kerstin Krellenberg is a member of the ECH.
The city of the future – Ö1 Science Arena
- February 28, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Sustainability Transformations (b), Events, Media
At the invitation of Barbara Dalheimer, urban researcher Kerstin Krellenberg and architect Bernd Vlay discussed the city of the future.
Poster Fair: Alternative Eats
- February 9, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Ecosystem Services (b), (en) Urban Socio-spatial Transformations (b), Teaching
Practical Exercises in Urban Geography and Planning
At the closing poster exhibition event for the Practical Exercises in Urban Geography and Planning course during the winter semester 2023/2024, led by Yvonne Franz and James Vandenberg, and supported by Michael Kloiber, the class was welcomed by Florian Brand and Leon Theilen (both GB*) at the Urban Renewal Offices for Vienna’s 16, 17, 18, and 19 districts…4CITIES Excursion to Ljubljana – Regenerating and Reinventing Cities
- January 10, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Socio-spatial Transformations (b), Teaching
What can Cities Learn from Ljubljana’s Approach to Urban Rejuvenation?
Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, is embedded in a rich Habsburg and socialist history and underwent comprehensive and rapid urban renewal in the last 15 to 20 years…What material will our future be made out of?
- January 3, 2024
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Events
At the end of the semester, a panel discussion will take place on January 15th in the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. Together with other scientists, Kerstin Krellenberg will be discussing the semester question: What materal will our future be made of?
Joint Inaugural Lecture
- December 27, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Talks
Kerstin Krellenberg’s inaugural lecture for the professorship at the Institute of Geography and Regional Research will take place on January 11, 2023 in the main hall of the University of Vienna. Find out more here…
4CITIES excursion to Graz
- June 2, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Socio-spatial Transformations (b), Teaching, Uncategorized
Unveiling the socio-spatial diversity of Austria’s second largest city
Stadtgeographie – Aktuelle Themen und Ansätze
- May 19, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: New Publications, Publications
Städte sind Gamechanger globaler wie lokaler Veränderungsprozesse geworden. Ob Klimakrise, Mobilitäts- und Energiewende, Digitalisierung oder demographischer Wandel – Städte sind nicht nur Orte, an denen diese Themen stattfinden, sie versprechen oftmals auch die notwendigen Hebelwirkungen, um Wandel, Wende und Transformation zu verorten und umzusetzen…
4CITIES excursion to Bratislava, Slovakia
- May 10, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Transdisciplinarity (b), Teaching
Photo diary of exploring urban planning and challenges of post-socialism with visual research methods
Vienna grows: 2-million mark could be cracked this year
- April 27, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Media
Kerstin Krellenberg in an interview on the challenges involved.
Planning for Action: Making sustainable transformations of cities and territories happen
- April 25, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: (en) Urban Sustainability Transformations (b), Conferences
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.
Battle for ad-free cities
- April 18, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Category: Media
For years, initiatives in various cities have been campaigning for a ban on advertising in public spaces. This is intended as a step against commercialization and for more climate protection. ORF Topos talked with Prof. Kerstin Krellenberg about ad-free cities. You can find the interview here.
Introducing Vienna: 4CITIES Welcome Days at the IfGR
- March 16, 2023
- Posted by: Benno Urschler
- Categories: Events, Teaching
The 4CITIES cohort 14 landed in Vienna! 35 master students within the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Urban Studies were introduced by the 4CITIES staff members to the most important aspects of Viennese student life.
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