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 Lecture with Oriana Eliçabe and Leonidas Martin (Enmedio)
13:15–
14:45Orkanen OR:C231During week 47, members of the collective Enmedio are guests at Malmö University, supported by IUR, and in collaboration/within the design course Architecture for Diversity,…
Structuring and Strategizing Research on Green and Just Cities
13:00–
15:00Niagara C0826The purpose of this workshop is to work together with colleagues to structure priorities and strategize a collaborative approach to research within the Green and Just…
Misun Park Guest Seminar: Social Housing in the South Korean context
15:00–
17:00Niagara B0814Misun Park is part of the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. Her research interests include housing policy, housing welfare, social housing etc. She has a…
Resisting Racial Capitalism: An Antipolitical Theory of Refusal
13:15–
15:00Niagara A0306In this seminar, Ida Danewid presents her book Resisting Racial Capitalism: An Antipolitical Theory of Refusal (2023) where she argues that state power is central to racial capitalism’s violent…
Walking to the bus: Comparative journeys of young male peer researchers in South Africa and the United Kingdom
12:00–
13:00Hybrid: Niagara C0826 and ZoomSpeaker: Bradley Rink (University of the Western Cape) In person at Niagara C0826 and on Zoom. Abstract: This seminar presentation brings together results of two…
Housing and Welfare Research Network/IUR Joint Seminar: Amber Howard
10:15–
11:30Hybrid: Niagara C1029 and on ZoomUrban grey markets: Rental sector transformation under platform capitalism Presentation by Amber Howard, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol (IUR Visiting Researcher 2025) This event will be hybrid in…
Book Talk: Flux Cities by Gregor Mews
11:30–
13:00Niagara C0826 and ZoomThis event will be hybrid in Niagara C0826 and Zoom. All are warmly welcome to a special edition in our Brown Bag Seminar series: a…
From practice to theory in the community intervention project “Lekande Kvarter” (Playing Neighborhood)
13:15–
15:00Niagara C1129Come join us for a seminar organized within the Green and Just Cities theme at IUR where Krister Svensson from the International Play Association and…
Biweekly Urban Humanities Research Group Meeting
10:15–
12:00Niagara B0824Note: these meetings have been changed from being held weekly to being held biweekly. Join us for biweekly Monday sessions (10:15–12:00) in room NI:B0824. These…
Biweekly Urban Humanities Research Group Meeting
10:15–
12:00Niagara B0824Note: these meetings have been changed from being held weekly to being held biweekly. Join us for biweekly Monday sessions (10:15–12:00) in room NI:B0824. These…
Biweekly Urban Humanities Research Group Meeting
10:15–
12:00Niagara B0824Note: these meetings have been changed from being held weekly to being held biweekly. Join us for biweekly Monday sessions (10:15–12:00) in room NI:B0824. These…
Transformative potential of sustainable housing developments? Politicisation and depoliticisation dynamics in everyday life and decision-making in new Swedish neighbourhoods.
12:00–
13:00Hybrid: Niagara C0826 and ZoomSpeaker: Hilda Wenander (Linköping University) In person at Niagara C0826 and on Zoom. Abstract: This presentation draws on the PhD thesis “Politics of Transformative Housing…