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 Guest Lecture: Predicting their futures – Think Family as a case study
10:15–
12:00Orkanen C231Increasing pressures on local authorities to utilise reduced workforce and economic resources in child and family welfare contexts and drivers emanating from serious case reviews…
Housing and Welfare breakfast seminar: “Corporate landlords and disruption through consolidation in post-crash Dublin’s private rental sector”
09:30–
11:00Niagara C0826September 5, 9.30-11.00 In person: NIC0826 The IUR Housing and Welfare theme invites you to a breakfast seminar with Maedhbh Nic Lochlainn, Ph.D., visiting from…
Radical Care-work, Critical Pedagogy and the Livable City: Revisiting the History of Urban Squatting in West Berlin, 1968-1977
12:00–
13:00Hybrid: Niagara C0826 and ZoomSpeaker: Alex Vasudevan (University of Oxford) In-person at Niagara C0826 and on Zoom. Abstract: This paper re-traces the early history of housing struggles in West…
Between Prefiguration and Normalisation: Housing and Energy Renovations in the ‘Free Town’ of Christiania
12:00–
13:00Hybrid: Niagara C0826 and ZoomBrown Bag Seminar Speakers: Defne Kadioglu, Edgar Sarmulis, Guy Baeten In-person at Niagara C0826 and on Zoom. This seminar is part of the IUR Brown…
- 10September
“The Land Ownership Never Changes”: Elite Power and Gated Living in Waterfall City
12:00–
13:00Hybrid: Niagara C0826 and ZoomBrown Bag Seminar Speaker: Ujithra Ponniah (Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand) In-person at Niagara C0826 and on Zoom. Abstract: This seminar…
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…
Weekly Urban Humanities Research Group Meeting
10:15–
12:00Niagara B0824Join us for weekly Monday sessions (10:15–12:00) in room NI:B0824. These gatherings are dedicated to building urban humanities at IUR through collaborative writing, research development, shared reflection,…
Weekly Urban Humanities Research Group Meeting
10:15–
12:00Niagara B0824Join us for weekly Monday sessions (10:15–12:00) in room NI:B0824. These gatherings are dedicated to building urban humanities at IUR through collaborative writing, research development, shared reflection,…
Weekly Urban Humanities Research Group Meeting
10:15–
12:00Niagara B0824Join us for weekly Monday sessions (10:15–12:00) starting September 1 in room NI:B0824. These gatherings are dedicated to building urban humanities at IUR through collaborative…
Book Launch: People-led urban development in Vietnam. Interstitial practices and the production of differential spaces in Hanoi
15:15–
17:00Niagara A0507All are warmly welcome to the release event for Hoai Anh Tran‘s book People-led urban development in Vietnam: interstitial practices and the production of differential spaces…
TRANSITION Talk with Kate Brown: Tiny Gardens and the Self-Provisioning City
09:00–
10:00University of Copenhagen, South Campus, room 4A.0.69From Mikkel Thelle and the University of Copenhagen: How have city dwellers historically sustained themselves in times of scarcity and transformation? What role did small-scale…
TRANSITION Dialogue with Alberte Bové Rud: Urban-Rural Divides in Contemporary European Politics
14:00–
15:00University of Copenhagen, South Campus, room 4A.2.78From Mikkel Thelle and the University of Copenhagen: Join us for the launch of TRANSITION Dialogues, a new conversation series by TRANSITION: Center for Changing Urban…