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,…
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 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,…
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.
The Mayan Train: Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in Southern Mexico
12:00–
13:00Brown Bag Seminar Claudia Fonseca Alfaro. The Mayan Train: Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in Southern Mexico. This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag…
- 3November
Women in power: engagement and leadership in solar energy community projects in Japan
12:00–
00:00Brown Bag Seminar Daniela Lazoroska. Women in power: engagement and leadership in solar energy community projects in Japan This seminar is part of the IUR…
Rent, debt, and the perfect act of housing dispossession in Athens.
12:00–
13:00Brown Bag Seminar Georgia Alexandri. Rent, Debt, and the perfect act of Housing Dispossession in Athens. This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag…
Urban willow trees: on infrastructure, urbanisation, and socio-ecological justice in greater Malmö
12:00–
13:00Brown Bag Seminar Mathilda Rosengren. Urban willow trees: on infrastructure, urbanisation, and socio-ecological justice in greater Malmö. This seminar is part of the IUR Brown…
Social sciences, smart cities and city officials: preparing an online course
12:00–
13:00Brown Bag Seminar Chiara Valli, Adriana de la Peña, Guy Baeten. Social sciences, smart cities, and city officials: preparing an online course This seminar is…
Urban planning, epidemics and public health: reinstating the connections
12:00–
13:00Brown Bag Seminar Guy Baeten. Urban planning, epidemics and public health: reinstating the connections. This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag Seminar Series,…
The exclusion of newcomers. Dynamics of categorical vs. place-based bordering on the local level
12:00–
13:00ZOOMBrown Bag Seminar Erica Righard– “The exclusion of newcomers. Dynamics of categorical vs. place-based bordering on the local level” This seminar is part of the…
Online book launch (in Swedish): BOSTADSMANIFEST: 22 KRAV FÖR FRAMTIDENS HEM!
15:00–
17:00ON-LINEOn February 24th, 3pm-5pm, we will have a digital presentation of the Housing Manifesto “BOSTADSMANIFEST: 22 KRAV FÖR FRAMTIDENS HEM” by CRUSH&Friends. It will be…
Oh, Danish Ghetto! A Literary History of Modernist Mass Housing in Denmark
12:00–
13:00ZoomBrown Bag Seminar Jon Helt Haarder. Oh, Danish Ghetto! A Literary History of Modernist Mass Housing in Denmark This seminar is part of the IUR…
Policy entrepreneurs and narratives in EU AI policy formation
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13:00ZoomBrown Bag Seminar Frans August Runo Af Malmborg– Policy entrepreneurs and narratives in EU AI policy formation This seminar is part of the IUR Brown Bag Seminar Series,…
No one to host. Challenges and opportunities for Airbnb hosts and tourism in Greece during Covid-19 times
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13:00ZoomBrown Bag Seminar Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou. No one to host. Challenges and opportunities for Airbnb hosts and tourism in Greece during Covid-19 times This seminar is…
“They had already sold”: Uncovering Relations among the Local State, the Market and the Public in the Case of Municipal Housing Privatization, in Rosengård, Sweden”
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13:00ZoomBrown Bag Seminar Jennie Gustafsson. “They had already sold”: Uncovering Relations among the Local State, the Market and the Public in the Case of Municipal…