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Through the Institute for Urban Research (IUR) seed grant, researchers at IUR, Malmö University, Aalborg University, Cardiff University and Green Habitat (NGO from Nigeria) are collaborating with VA SYD (the water and waste company of Malmö) on how to reduce water consumption by residents of Malmö City through social innovation.
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Welcome to a public lecture with Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, where he will question, how should public space be managed? Who has the power to express themselves there, and what opportunities do citizens have to influence our environment?
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Welcome to our Brown-Bag Seminar Series for the Autumn Term of 2023! We are excited to announce a lineup of engaging sessions that will take place on selected Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00. We will continue offering these seminars in a hybrid format, ensuring that you have the flexibility to choose how you’d like to […]
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Backed by €1.6 million from the Driving Urban Transition (DUT) fund and in a joint effort between Sweden, Norway, Poland, Spain, France, and Turkey, IUR researchers – Christina Lindkvist (project coordinator), Helena Bohman, Robert Hrelja, and Magnus Andersson – are on board for a 3-year project that aims to address social and environmental justice in […]
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Welcome! Coffee/tea available from 09.45 08.30– Introduction of symposium and participants by Associate Professor Per Hillbur, Principal Investigator. 08.45– Presentation on Social Innovation by Abid Mehmood, PhD, Cardiff University. 09.00– Presentation on Theory of Change by Nicola Morelli, PhD, Aalborg University. 09.15– Presentation on Use of Theory of Change in the Waste Sector in Abuja, […]
Visiting scholar Dr Kavita Ramakrishnan will present her research trajectory in this seminar titled Lexicons of Struggle for Housing, Livelihoods and Citizenship on the Urban Margins. This talk brings a multi-sited perspective to the urban ‘margins’, seeking to recentre everyday sites of experimentation through the vernaculars of those that inhabit these spaces. Drawing on case […]
Brown Bag Seminar Claudia Fonseca Alfaro – Past, Present and Future of Urban Studies. Zoom link This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag Seminar Series; check out the rest of the program. If you have any questions please contact Defne Kadioglu.
By guest researcher Kavita Ramakrishnan: This talk is concerned with adverse atmospheres and climates – in particular extreme heat -that impact the most marginalized in the city. Focusing on Southern urbanisms, I connect histories of colonial weather and meteorology that sought to differentiate certain kinds of bodies, to present day government plans for heat preparedness […]
Brown Bag Seminar Rishi Jah – Unsettled City: Neoliberal redevelopment, state crisis, slum resettlement & biopolitical struggle in Mumbai Zoom link This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag Seminar Series; check out the rest of the program. If you have any questions please contact Defne Kadioglu.
The Institute for Urban Research is a university-wide research centre that brings together all urban research at Malmö University.
Seeking to shape a collective identity for urban research at Malmö University, the IUR aims to create a research environment that clearly meets urban challenges across the globe.
The IUR is open to all research within the broad field of urban studies but has a specific focus on seven themes: housing and urban renewal, urban economics, mobilities, urban ecology, migration, social sustainability and smart cities.
