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Book Launch – Nature-Based Solutions in Cities of the Global South 18 November 2025, 15:00-17:00
The book explores how the practice of nature-based solutions (NbS) can address climate challenges and enhance urban resilience in rapidly growing cities of the Global South. Through a series of international case studies, it discusses region-specific challenges, opportunities, and pathways for integrating NbS into urban planning and design.
Open lecture ’Knowledge and Ignorance in Planning for a Post-Growth Future’ Yvonne Rydin 15 May 2025, 13:00-15:00
’Knowledge and Ignorance in Planning for a Post-Growth Future’ Yvonne Rydin, University College London 15 May 2025, 13:00-15:00 Världen, Geocentrum I, Sölvegatan 10, Lund University POST-GROWTH THINKING has had a recent impetus from both evidence of the immensity of the ecological crisis that we face and the prospects of declining or stagnant [...]
Book Launch - Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on AI - 18 September 2024
This book launch will provide an opportunity for the editors to introduce the book and engage in a roundtable discussion with the panellists and audience members about current and future issues related to urban AI.
Urban Arena Interview Session with Alexander Paulsson
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Urban Events at Sustainability Week in Lund (8-12 April 2024)
Sustainability Week in Lund is happening 8-13 April! A series of lectures, guided tours, debates, and exhibitions will be hosted by academics, practitioners, and residents throughout the city. All events are free but some require registration.
Formas Career Grant for Early-Career Researchers 2024
Formas has announced an upcoming funding call for early-career researchers on topics of Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning. The funding is for three or four years and must include national or international researcher mobility. The average budget per year cannot exceed 1.5m SEK. The call is divided into two tracks: Track A: [...]
Urban Arena Interview with Johanna Sörensen - December 2023
Urban Arena Interview with Johan Pries - November 2023
Misagh Mottaghi - Public Defence 10 November - Carescape of Blue-Green Solutions in Everyday Life: Exploring the Socio-materiality of a Landscape Technology
Welcome to Urban Arena Lecture Series: Three Constellations | Place, People and Process | Guillermo Aranda-Mena, RMIT University | 31 October
31 October 2023 10.15-12.00 A:4057 (4th floor) A-building, Sölvegatan 24, Lund Dr. Guillermo Aranda-Mena is Associate Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia and since 2012, Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano, UNESCO Chair of Architecture in Mantua. Guillermo’s [...]