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
- 19September
Bostadsvrålet dag 1
09:30–
18:00Rosengårds FolketshusBostadsvrålet kommer i år koppla hyreskamper till bredare frågor om urban och rumslig rättvisa. Vi bjuder in flera aktörer för att diskutera hur bostaden är…
- 20September
Bostadsvrålet dag 2
09:30–
15:00Rosengårds FolkethusBostadsvrålet kommer i år koppla hyreskamper till bredare frågor om urban och rumslig rättvisa. Vi bjuder in flera aktörer för att diskutera hur bostaden är…
Startup seminar: Ikram Abdulkadir (IUR Artist in Residence 2026)
13:15–
15:00Niagara K3 studio (5th floor)Throughout 2026, Malmö-based artist Ikram Abdulkadir will join IUR and Urban Humanities as artist in residence. Participating in both our public activities and everyday routines,…
Brown Bag Seminar: Magnus Gustafson
12:00–
13:00Hybrid: Niagara C0826 and ZoomThis event will be hybrid in Niagara C0826 and on Zoom (link here). Title: In the Tracks of Cement – Aspects of Cement’s Impact on…
- 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…
Brown Bag Seminar: Chad Boda
12:00–
13:00NIC0826 and ZoomThis seminar will be in person at Niagara C0826 and hybrid on Zoom (link here). Speaker: Chad Boda Title: An emerging restoration movement in southern…
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…
Day 1: A Space Called Free
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Venue TBA21–22 October, Malmö Venue TBA What makes a space feel free? Is freedom something a space can offer, or something people create together? Across two…
Day 2: A Space Called Free
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Venue TBA21–22 October, Malmö Venue TBA What makes a space feel free? Is freedom something a space can offer, or something people create together? Across two…
- 4November
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…
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…
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,…
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.
Open Urban Seminar: Alva Zalar
14:15–
16:00Niagara NI:B0E15, Lecture hall B1Dealing with incoherence in architecture and urban planning – Multiplicity as a guide towards socially sustainable cities Alva Zalar (she/her) is trained as an urban…
Open Urban Seminar: AI and Governance in the Post-Smart City
16:15–
18:00Niagara NI:B0E15Open Urban Seminars presents a lecture by Dr. Federico Cugurullo, from Trinity College Dublin. About the lecture Urban artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a…
IUR + Housing and Welfare Research Network Joint Seminar
13:15–
15:00Niagara NICO929 / ZoomTroels Schultz Larsen and Kristian Nagel Delica (Roskilde University) present their book Fragmenting Cities with discussants Martin Grander and Defne Kadioglu. The event will be…
NEGSU Seminar Series- Kavita Ramakrishnan
13:15–
15:00NI:B0E15, Lecture hall B1Network of Global South Urbanism(s)- Seminar Series Kavita Ramakrishnan– “Weathering the future: The body, the archive, and possibilities for intersectional climate justice“ This seminar is part…
NEGSU Seminar Series- Tariq Jazeel
13:15–
15:00NI:A0606Network of Global South Urbanism(s)- Seminar Series Tariq Jazeel– “‘The City’ as text: Approaching the urban from elsewhere“ This seminar is part of the NEGSU Lecture…
NEGSU Seminar Series- J Miguel Kanai
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15:00NI:B0E07, Lecture hall B2Network of Global South Urbanism(s)- Seminar Series J. Miguel Kanai– “Southern urbanisms for a world in crisis: Repurposing infrastructure for life and care“ This seminar is…
NEGSU Seminar Series- Madina Tlostanova
13:15–
15:00NI:B0E07, Lecture hall B2Network of Global South Urbanism(s)- Seminar Series Madina Tlostanova– “Unlearning and relearning design. Imagining decolonial alter-urban futures“ This seminar is part of the NEGSU Lecture Series-…
NEGSU Seminar Series- Wangui Kimari
13:15–
15:00NI:B0E07, Lecture hall B2Network of Global South Urbanism(s)- Seminar Series Wangui Kimari– “Water, coloniality, disobedience: The socioecological navigations of Nairobi’s outlaw geography“ This seminar is part of the NEGSU…
Waste Management in Marginalized Areas: Individual Responsibility, Symbolic Defamation and Structural Inequality
12:00–
13:00Niagara NICO826Brown Bag Seminar Kim Roelofs– “Waste Management in Marginalized Areas: Individual Responsibility, Symbolic Defamation and Structural Inequality“ Zoom link This seminar is part of the IUR…
Breakfast seminar: Green tape art? Reflecting on (im)possibilities of agonistic public art practice in Folketspark, Malmö
09:00–
10:30Niagara NICO826Artist in Residence, Dr. Friederike Landau-Donnelly, will present her project Green tape art? Reflecting on (im)possibilities of agonistic public art practice in Folketspark, Malmö.
Working within the political difference of public art: straddling porous places, permissive policies and polyphonic walls
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13:00Niagara A826Brown Bag Seminar Dr. Friederike Landau-Donnelly – “Working within the political difference of public art: straddling porous places, permissive policies and polyphonic walls.” Zoom link This seminar is part…
IUR Kick off Seminar: Challenges and Opportunities for Co-Production
12:00–
13:00Niagara NICO826We invite all to a kick-off discussion on the future of collaborative research and co-creation within IUR. After short interventions by some IUR researchers, we…