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.
Afterparty to Urban Justice Yard Party
10:00–
15:00New art museum in Kungsparken: Slottsgatan 33Will we meet at our urban justice yard party? We end the summer with an urban justice yard party on 27 August. For everyone interested…
Urban Justice Yard Party
17:00–
21:00Courtyard at Kristianstadsgatan 16Will we meet at our urban justice yard party? We end the summer with an urban justice yard party on 27 August. For everyone interested…
CORNER traveling exhibition: Day 3
11:00–
18:00Christiania, Copenhagen (next to the grey hall)CORNER is a travelling installation on housing, energy and community futures. It is part of the Prefigure project. CORNER will be open daily from 11:00, next to…
CORNER traveling exhibition: Day 2
11:00–
18:00Christiania, Copenhagen (next to the grey hall)CORNER is a travelling installation on housing, energy and community futures. It is part of the Prefigure project. CORNER will be open daily from 11:00, next to…
CORNER traveling exhibition: Day 1
11:00–
18:00Christiania, Copenhagen (next to the grey hall)CORNER is a travelling installation on housing, energy and community futures. It is part of the Prefigure project. CORNER will be open daily from 11:00, next to…
- 1October
(Conference) Learning with Place: Place-Based Learning, Education, and Citizenship
09:00–
16:30Niagara A0507Att lära med platsen: Platsbaserat lärande, undervisning och medborgarskap Vi bjuder in forskare, universitetslärare samt lärare i grundskola och gymnasium till ett gemensamt utforskande av…
SEMINAR AND CITY WALK: Financial landlords in Canada and Sweden
10:15–
16:00Seminar: Niagara C0826. City walk: meet at Arbetets ära statue (Möllevångstorget)Seminar 10.15-12.00 with Cloé St-Hilaire: Financialization and the digital divide in Canadian rental housing: three data vignettes (room: NIC0826) Abstract: From Vancouver to Montreal, tenants…
Sound, Rhythm, and the City: Exploring Architecture, Emotion, and Brain-Responses
09:30–
15:30Orkanen, Malmö UniversityCould music help us better understand the connection between design and the feelings it evokes? This one-day workshop brings together artistic practice, architectural thinking, neuroscience…
Lunch seminar: Andreas Eggertsen (City of Malmö) on climate strategy
12:00–
13:00Niagara C0826In this lunch presentation Andreas Eggertsen, climate strategist at the city planning office in Malmö, will discuss ongoing, upcoming and potential work that the city is engaged…
- 16June
IUR at Malmö Meets Democracy Week: Democracy in the city – a focus on urban justice
14:00–
15:40Niagara 5th floorOn 16 June, Malmö University is hosting a full day of dialogue, knowledge-sharing and collaboration on democracy. The event forms part of the Malmö Meets…
Housing and Welfare monthly lunch discussion
12:00–
13:30Niagara B0824For researchers engaging with housing and welfare-related issues at Malmö University, with the purpose of strengthening collaborations, exchanging ideas, and exploring joint opportunities. The format…
Welcome seminar: Rachel Bok
13:00–
14:30Niagara C0826Please join IUR in a seminar to welcome our visiting scholar for 2026, Rachel Bok (University of Toronto Scarborough). Rachel will kick off her monthlong…