Events
Stay up to date with upcoming events at the Institute, including public lectures, academic seminars, workshops, and guest talks. Our events are open to a broad audience and aim to spark dialogue on pressing urban issues.
Upcoming Events
Housing and Welfare seminar: Housing Affordability and Assetisation in the Finnish Housing Market
10:15–
12:00Hybrid in NIC0826 and on Zoom (register for link)This seminar is conducted by the Housing and Welfare Research Network and will be held in English. More information and registration are available here.
Housing and Welfare lunch talk
12:00–
13:00NIC0826The Housing and Welfare lunch talks are informal sessions where we chat about what’s happening within the housing and welfare theme – ideas for upcoming…
Brown Bag Seminar: Rafael Martínez
12:00–
13:00NIC0826 and ZoomThis seminar will be in person at Niagara C0826 and hybrid on Zoom (link here). Speaker: Rafael Martínez (Research Fellow, Asian Vision Institute) Title: Living…
- 19November
Urban Photography Seminar
13:15–
15:00Venue TBAThroughout 2026, Malmö-based artist Ikram Abdulkadir will join Urban Humanities as artist in residence. Participating in both our public activities and everyday routines, she will…
Film Screening: The Delivery Guy
16:00–
18:00Niagara K3 studioJoin us for a cozy late afternoon hosted by our Global Urbanism theme. We will screen the short film “The Delivery Guy” (2025). The film…
Brown Bag Seminar: Emelie Lantz
12:00–
13:00Niagara C0826 and ZoomThis seminar will be in person at Niagara C0826 and hybrid on Zoom (link here). Speaker: Emelie Lantz (PhD in Human Rights Studies, Lund University)…
Housing and Welfare lunch talk
12:00–
13:00NIC0826The Housing and Welfare lunch talks are informal sessions where we chat about what’s happening within the housing and welfare theme – ideas for upcoming events, seminars,…
Day 1: Justice Still Not Settled
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Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus in Hägersten, SwedenJustice Still Not Settled 9–10 December, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus in Hägersten, Sweden When is justice settled? Can it ever be? Across two days of talks, conversations,…
Housing and Welfare seminar: Social mix och segregation
10:15–
12:00Zoom – link will be sent to those who registerThis seminar is conducted by the Housing and Welfare Research Network and will be held in Swedish. More information and registration are available here.
Day 2: Justice Still Not Settled
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Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus in Hägersten, SwedenJustice Still Not Settled 9–10 December, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus in Hägersten, Sweden When is justice settled? Can it ever be? Across two days of talks, conversations,…
Past Events
Curious about what we’ve been up to? Take a look at some of our recent talks, workshops, and seminars.
Conference in Malmö: Urban Transformations and Urban Histories
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Niagara, Malmö UniversityThe Institute for Studies in Malmö’s History (IMH) and the Institute for Urban Research (IUR) are pleased to invite you to the Urban Transformations and…
- 26September
Lexicons of Struggle for Housing, Livelihoods and Citizenship on the Urban Margins
09:00–
11:00NIC0929Visiting scholar Dr Kavita Ramakrishnan will present her research trajectory in this seminar titled Lexicons of Struggle for Housing, Livelihoods and Citizenship on the Urban…
- 25September
Symposium on Reducing Water Consumption through Social Innovation using Theory of Change
08:15–
13:00Niagara (TBC)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…
Graffiti as a tool for visual freedom of expression in public space
16:15–
17:15Niagara B0308This lecture is by Tobias Barenthin Lindblad, and is organized by the Institute for Urban Research, in collaboration with the Institute for Studies in Malmö…
Multivocal Knowledges for Just Urban Climate Futures
13:15–
15:00NI:B0305By guest researcher Kavita Ramakrishnan: This talk is concerned with adverse atmospheres and climates – in particular extreme heat -that impact the most marginalized in…
Private Urbanism in the Global South
12:00–
13:00ONLINEBrown Bag Seminar Bjørn Enge Bertelsen& Austin Dziwornu Ablo – Private Urbanism in the Global South. Zoom link This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag Seminar…
Changing Markets, Moving Actors: The Case of the Swedish Union of Tenants
12:00–
13:00Hybrid (NICO826 – Zoom)Brown Bag Seminar Carina Listerborn & Defne Kadioglu – Changing Markets, Moving Actors: The Case of the Swedish Union of Tenants. Zoom link This seminar is part…
Interstitial practices and the production of differential space in Hanoi
12:00–
13:00Hybrid (NICO826 – Zoom)Brown Bag Seminar Hoai-Anh Tran – Interstitial practices and the production of differential space in Hanoi. Zoom link This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag…
Unsettled City: Neoliberal redevelopment, state crisis, slum resettlement & biopolitical struggle in Mumbai
12:00–
13:00Hybrid (NICO929 – Zoom)Brown Bag Seminar Rishi Jha – Unsettled City: Neoliberal redevelopment, state crisis, slum resettlement & biopolitical struggle in Mumbai Zoom link This seminar is part of the…
“Producing Mayaland: Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism”
12:00–
13:00Hybrid (NICO826 – Zoom)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;…
An infrastructure of freedom: Atlanta, race, and the struggle over public transportation in the capitalist city
12:00–
13:00Hybrid (NICO826 – Zoom)Brown Bag Seminar Marcus Mohall – Past, Present and Future of Urban Studies. Zoom link. This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag Seminar Series; check…
Urban Social Atlas Öresund launch celebration
16:00–
17:00NI:C0543On Friday 9th June, we will celebrate the launch of the Urban Social Atlas Öresund! The Urban Social Atlas Öresund is a web-based publication focusing…