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.
Lunch Seminar: Tanisha Sequeira
12:00–
13:00Niagara C0826Visiting master’s student Tanisha Sequeira will present her research from Malmö and seek feedback before traveling back to Radboud University and submitting her thesis.
Breakfast Seminar: Sarah Klosterkamp
09:00–
10:30Niagara C0929Meet visiting researcher Sarah Klosterkamp! Sarah is an urban and feminist legal geographer who is currently affiliated as postdoctoral researcher at the Goethe University Frankfurt,…
Public Launch of IUR
16:00–
18:00Form/Design Center, Lilla torg 9, 211 34You are warmly invited to IUR’s public launch as one of Malmö University’s research centers with the theme “Urban Research for a Just City.” The…
Film screening and lecture: Black mothers’ memory activism
13:15–
15:00Hörsal B1 (NI:B0E15), Nordenskiöldsgatan 1Join us for a screening of the film Desova and a lecture and discussion with professor Tereza Ventura from Universidade do Estado in Rio de Janeiro.…
Teaching the African City workshop: Kenny Cupers and Nancy Oldendaal
15:00–
16:30ZoomIUR member Steve Marr‘s African Urban Dynamics Research Collective is organizing a series of pedagogy-focused workshops on Teaching the African City, in which thoughtful and engaged scholars…
Global Urbanisms Reading Series: First Meeting
13:00–
15:00Niagara NICO929In this series, the plan is to discuss book chapters and articles that explores the theme of Global Urbanism and discuss them in relation to…
Teaching the African City Workshop: Garth Myers and Shakira Hudani
15:00–
16:00ZoomTeaching (African) Cities Relationally IUR member Steve Marr‘s African Urban Dynamics Research Collective is organizing a series of pedagogy-focused workshops on Teaching the African City, in which thoughtful…
Urban Humanities Symposium: How Do We Learn About the Urban?
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17:00Niagara, A0407, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1The Institute for Urban Research at Malmö University invites practitioners from diverse communities of practice to a full-day exploration of urban humanities—both as a field…
- 8April
‘South-South-North’ Knowledge Diplomacy as a Frame to guide Urban Research and Networks?
12:00–
13:00Niagara NIC0826Brown Bag Seminar Paul Rabé – “‘South-South-North’ Knowledge Diplomacy as a Frame to guide Urban Research and Networks?” In-person only: NI:C0826 Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss…
City walk: labour movements and social movements in Malmö and Möllevången
16:30–
18:00Meet at Möllevångstorget by the statue "The Glory of Labour"Malmö is in many ways the heart and birthplace of the Swedish Labour movement, but it is also a place where many other social movements…
Open Urban Seminar: Exploring contemporary class formation through everyday tenant struggles
13:15–
15:00Orkanen C231In this talk, Kirsteen Paton will connect the project set out in her new book ‘Class and Everyday Life’ with her ongoing research around housing…
Teaching the African City Workshop: Wangui Kimari and Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
15:00–
ZoomNative, Worker, Owner: Theorizing African Embodiments in the City IUR member Steve Marr‘s African Urban Dynamics Research Collective is organizing a series of pedagogy-focused workshops on Teaching…