The Urban Political Podcast: Sanitation and the right to citylife
The Urban Political Podcast: Sanitation and the right to citylife How often, if at all, do you think about the politics behind fulfilling your daily need of going to the toilet at home, at your workplace, and in public spaces? Thinking about the sanitation service chain in urban areas – from the construction of adequate
“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?
What the Food? Exploring Alternative Urban Food Systems
Practical Exercise in Urban Geography and Planning – Poster Fair (Summer term 2024)
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.
The ReCity Project
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
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…
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…
Joint Inaugural Lecture
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…
Hitze, Überschwemmungen und Co. – Klimawandel findet Stadt und statt
The lecture by Kerstin Krellenberg at the University of Vienna on Youtube. (German)
ERN-Environmental Engagements:talks.
Kerstin Krellenberg talking about “Urban Sustainability Transformations” on Youtube.
Panel discussion: The SDGs in urban areas
Panel discussion: The SDGs in urban areas – local perspectives for accelerated implementation and the post-2030 sustainability agenda
Umwelt im Gespräch – follow-up report
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
Invitation to Umwelt im Gespräch: Climate change and urban heat stress: How can cities face the future?
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.
The city of the future – Ö1 Science Arena
At the invitation of Barbara Dalheimer, urban researcher Kerstin Krellenberg and architect Bernd Vlay discussed the city of the future.
The Materials of the Future: Lecture and panel discussion at the University of Vienna
The lecture by Mark Miodownik and the subsequent panel discussion (with Kerstin Krellenberg, among others) on the semester question: What will our future be made of?
Available on YouTube!
Why recycling is not a way out of the material battle
A report by Der Standard on the panel discussion with Kerstin Krellenberg on the occasion of the semester question: What will our future be made of? (German)
social.house: Neighbourhood community and social participation
In the first episode of social.house, Yvonne Franz contributes a scientific perspective on the role of social participation: (YouTube)
4Cities Spring School 2023
Get some insights into this years 4Cities spring school in Vienna on Youtube!
Megaproject Metro-expansion: What’s happening in Vienna’s underground and what are residents issues with it
Kerstin Krellenberg in a video interview with the Kleine Zeitung (Article in german)
What the Food? Exploring Alternative Urban Food Systems
Practical Exercise in Urban Geography and Planning – Poster Fair (Summer term 2024)
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.
Living in Vienna: Socio-spatial urban diversity experienced by 4CITIES students
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…
