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SDG University Day in Kehl

Community workshop in Cape Town, South Africa

The department of International Urbanism at the University of Stuttgart is currently planning a community studio to Cape Town, South Africa from the 27th of October to the 3rd of November 2024. read more

SDGs GoGlocal! field visit in Namibia

The first batch of the SDGs GoGlocal! Master Thesis Research Group just returned from their two-months field visit in Namibia. read more

Public lecture: Evaluating and Revising Urban Plans to Improve Park Accessibility

Join us on 12 June, 10h45 in room M11.11 of the K1 building for a guest lecture by Assoc Prof Dr Ilgi Atay Kaya on "Evaluating and Revising Urban Plans to Improve Park Accessibility". read more

Call for abstracts: IFoU conference 2024

The International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), of which SI is a member, is organising its conference themed "Urbanism of Hope" in December. The call for abstracts is currently open till 15 July. read more

Public lecture: Weaving the Threads of Sustainable Architecture and Humanity

UPDATE: New date: Thursday 13 June 2024 at 18h We are excited to invite you to the IUSD lecture "Weaving the Threads of Sustainable Architecture and Humanity" by Victoria Marwa Hellman. read more

Chair of International Urbanism contributes to the research project WISER (2023-2026)

The Chair of International Urbanism is delighted to contribute to the research project WISER - Well-being in a Sustainable Economy Revisited (2023-2026), funded by the EU under the Horizon 2022 framework "Transformations - Public policies and indicators for well-being and sustainable development". read more

Joint teaching and research activities in Windhoek with SDGs GoGlocal! team

The "SDGs GoGlocal!"-team has spent a fruitful week in Windhoek Namibia to discuss current and future approaches towards co-productive and transdisciplinary learning in the context of Namibia. read more

Public lecture: Self-built Housing: Exploring Solutions Amidst Informal Settlements

On 13 May at 13h30, Dr Alexander Jachnow will give a lecture on "Self-built Housing: Exploring Solutions Amidst Informal Settlements". You are warmly invited to join! read more

NEW DATE: Public lecture: Informality or Hybridity: A Reflection on the Community Based Organisations of Urban Poor

New timing: Wednesday 8 May at 17h, online only. Join us for a lecture by Professor Dr Md Ashiq Ur Rahman of Khulna University on "Informality or Hybridity: A Reflection on the Community Based Organisations of Urban Poor". read more

“InterUrb” Workshop, 21–22 February 2024

Bringing together emeriti and currently active scholars of international urbanism, the workshop has provided a creative atmosphere for critically discussing the preliminary results of “InterUrb” (International Urbanism) read more

Shiyu Yang’s PhD research out now

Shiyu Yang completed her PhD thesis with highest distinction at the Department of International Urbanism, supervised by Prof Dr Astrid Ley, in 2021. Her research has now been published by transcript Verlag: read more

Call for papers: ‘Translocality and transformation of urban spaces through internal migration’, African Urbanisms conference, Oct 2024

Two colleagues of the Department of International Urbanism, Shaharin Annisa and Els Keunen, are organising a session as part of the African Urbanisms conference, which will take place at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg (South Africa) read more

Talks by Dan Teodorovici in Darmstadt and Cambridge

In November last, Dan Teodorovici has given talks at the TU Darmstadt and at the University of Cambridge. read more

Recommendation paper by the higher eduction network for global partnerships Baden-Württemberg

As a member of the "Hochschulnetzwerk für globale Partnerschaften Baden-Württemberg", the higher education network for global partnerships Baden-Württemberg, the Department for International Urbanism has contributed to a recommendation paper which calls on the government of Baden-Württemberg fo… read more

Public lecture: Urban Living Labs

On Friday 8 December 2023 at 9 a.m., a guest lecture on urban living labs will be given by Santhosh (Sunny) Kodukula from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. Join us at the university or online. read more

Public Event: Namibia’s urban transformation: people-driven urban development

The Department of International Urbanism kindly invites all interested people to this public event taking place on 7 December in Stuttgart, Welthaus Charlottenplatz 17. read more

2022 Conference “International Urbanism – Production and Transfer of Knowledge” : Video Documentation online now

Between 5 and 9 December 2022, over 20 Chinese and German researchers engaged in an online dialogue on international urbanism and development planning with some 50–90 participants. read more

Book Launch: “The Social Dimension of Social Housing”

Astrid Ley, Josefine Fokdal and Jorge Hernán Jaramillo Cortes have contributed with a chapter on “Mismatches in the Production of Social Housing in the Global South” to the scientific anthology The Social Dimension of Social Housing. read more

SDGs GoGlocal!

Trilateral team from Sub-Sahara Africa, North Africa and Europe officially kicks-of research and training project on how to incorporate SDGs in urban development. read more

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