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SDGs GoGlocal!

A Critical Review of Caribbean Mass Tourism / IUSD Lecture by Sofia Saavedra Bruno

SDG University Day Baden-Württemberg

Stuttgart’s “Reallabore” / Astrid Ley at Urban Futures Conference Stuttgart

Understanding the Formal-Informal Interface in Southern Cities / IUSD Lecture by Gilbert Siame

We are delighted to have Gilbert Siame from the University of Zambia joining us in our IUSD lecture series. Gilbert will talk about "Understanding the Formal-Informal Interface in Southern Cities: The Case of Soweto Food Market in Lusaka, Zambia". read more

„Auf Sand gebaut?“/ „Built on Sand?“: Publication out now!

The documentation of the interdisciplinary workshop on the challenges of sand as construction material organized by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL during the covid pandemic has been published now. read more

“The Social Dimension of Social Housing”: New Publication out now!

Astrid Ley, Josefine Fokdal and Jorge Hernán Jaramillo Cortes have contributed a chapter on “Mismatches in the Production of Social Housing in the Global South” to a brand-new book published by Spector Books at Leipzig. read more

Insurgent Practices of Necessity / IUSD Lecture by Thireshen Govender of Urban Works

In a context of increasing volatility in our cities, as practitioners we are desperate to find new ways of operating that more critically and impactfully responds to the emerging complexity. read more

Summer School in Lusaka, Zambia

You are kindly invited to join us for a Summer School in Lusaka, Zambia from 31 July to 8 August 2023! read more

IUSD Film Screening : KANADE

It is a pleasure to announce the screening of 'Kanade', a documentary about the architects Shankar Kanade and Navnath Kanade. read more

“A Catalyst for Innovation”: New Research Article out now!

The renowned journal Planning Theory & Practice (The Taylor & Francis Group / Routledge) has published online a new research article by Franziska Schreiber, Josephine Fokdal and Astrid Ley : read more

Launch of Public Space Academy

It is a pleasure to announce the launch of the Public Space Academy PSA website read more

2022 Forum on Sustainable Building and Housing: documentation out now

As a member of the Agenda 2030 Bündnis mEin Stuttgart – mEine Welt (Agenda 2030 Alliance for promoting Sustainable Development Goals in the Stuttgart Region), the Chair of International Urbanism read more

Astrid Ley on Bruno Latour: IZKT interview podcast available now

Astrid Ley has contributed to the podcast series “Autour de Latour – Zukunftsaussichten” (About Latour – Prospects for the future) of the International Center for Cultural and Technological Studies (IZKT) at the University of Stuttgart. read more

Josefine Fokdal and Manuel Heckel take part in EU project DASH

Deliver sAfe and Social Housing – DASH is an EU funded project under the scheme of HORIZON-MSCA granted for 48 months. read more

IUSD Lecture // Shared Urban Landscapes for Biodiversity and People // Dr Tanja Straka // TU Berlin

Cities are human-dominated landscapes but are shared with a wide range of biodiversity. read more

IUSD Lecture // Evaluating the performance of participatory planning A case study of urban regeneration in Taipei by Cinco Yu // TU Delft

Urban regeneration is a complex project incorporating governance and public interest realisation. read more

IUSD Lecture // Inclusive Urban Development and Community Participation by Abu Muzaffar Mahmud // BRAC Bangladesh

Urbanization is accelerating worldwide, but it’s harsher in underdeveloped countries like Bangladesh. read more

Astrid Ley gives keynote speech at Jordan Symposium on Sustainability

With a talk on “Co-Production of Knowledge & reality-based teaching. Experiences from Cairo & Stuttgart”, Astrid Ley contributes the keynote to the symposium “Role of Universities in the Arab Region: Towards Sustainable Built Environment” at Amman, Jordan. read more

“International Urbanism – Production and Transfer of Knowledge” / urban dialogues between China and Germany

We are happy to announce the “International Urbanism - Production and Transfer of Knowledge” urban dialogue series, organized jointly by the Department of International Urbanism, University of Stuttgart and the School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University. read more

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