Meetings

The members of the AESOP Thematic Group on Public Spaces and Urban Cultures discuss and develop approaches under the group’s working topic and engage in peer-to-peer exchange on research and design projects. In addition to annual AESOP Congresses, the group meets regularly in the contexts spanning academia, praxis and activism, which take place in the form of workshops, seminars and conferences, accompanied by field trips. The meetings are organized by a group member’s institution, after submitting a declaration of interest to host an event, to the group’s working theme. 

The members of the group sincerely thank to institutions and colleagues that have hosted the group’s events so far:

Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, TU Wien (Vienna, Austria); Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Development of Naples, National Research Council of Italy (Naples, Italy); Human Cities Symposium Organizers, Faculté d’Architecture La Cambre Horta and ProMateria (Brussels, Belgium); Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey); Technical University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal); Ozyegin University (Istanbul, Turkey); UN Habitat World Urban Forum (Medellin, Colombia); Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning (Bucharest, Romania); La Villette School of Architecture (Paris, France); Public Space Biennale at Faculty of Architecture Roma Tre (Rome, Italy); University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK); Czech Technical University Faculty of Architecture (Prague, Czech Republic); CITTA Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal); Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design, Notre Dame University Louaize (Louaize, Lebanon); Tracce Urbane and Laboratory of Urban Studies at Sapienza (Rome, Italy); Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus (Cyprus); Wageningen University (Wageningen, the Netherlands); Gothenburg University (Gothenburg, Sweden); Cardiff University (Cardiff, UK); University of Venice (Venice, Italy); Delft University of Technology (Delft, The Netherlands); University of Technology (Gdańsk Poland); Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece); Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland), University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa), University of California (UCLA) (USA), the Home for Cooperation, and Goethe-Institut, (Nicoasia, Cyprus).

For questions concerning the organisation of the meetings please e-mail: PSUCnetwork@gmail.com

 

Self-Organized Management Network

Group Coordination

2024-2026 Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany, Main Coordinator), Matej Nikšič (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Solvenia), and Evangelia Athanassiou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece).

 

Core Working Group

Patricia Aelbrecht (University of Cardiff, UK)

Chiara Belingardi (independent research, Italy)

Nadia Charalambous (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Gabriella Esposito De Vita (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Italy)

Ebba Högström (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Karina Landman (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Sabine Knierbein (Technische Universität Wien, Austria)

Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland)

Matej Nikšič (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia)

Stefania Ragozino (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy)

Nikolai Roskamm (University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Germany)

Mohamed Saleh (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Sara Santos Cruz (Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal)

Ceren Sezer (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

Socrates Stratis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany)

Burcu Yigit Turan (Swedish University, Sweden)

 

Advisory Board

Ali Madanipour (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK); Sophie Watson (Open University, UK); Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna, Austria); Gabriella Esposito De Vita (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy); Ceren Sezer (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Stefania Ragozino (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy), Christine Mady (Aalto University).

 

Previous Group Coordination

2023-2024 Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland, Main Coordinator), Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland), Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany), Matej Nikšič  (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Solvenia)

2021-2023 Stefania Ragozino (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Main Coordinator), Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland),  Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany)

2019-2021 Ceren Sezer (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) and Christine Mady (Aalto University, Finland)

2017-2019 Gabriella Esposito De Vita (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy) and Ceren Sezer (TU Delft, Germany)

2015-2017 Sabine Knierbein (TU Wien, Austria) and Gabriella Esposito De Vita (University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy)

2010-2015 Sabine Knierbein (TU Wien, Austria) and Ceren Sezer (TU Delft, Germany)

 

Members

Patricia Aelbrecht. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Salima Afroz. Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Syed Hamid Akbar.  Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium

Ali A. Alraouf. Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

Sergio Alvarado Vazquez. University of Twente, Twente, the Netherlands

Burcu Ates. Freelance architect and urban practitioner, Ankara, Turkey

Evangelia Athanassiou. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Östen Axelsson. Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Anna Maria Bagaric. Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

Chiara Belingardi. Independent Research, Roma, Italy

Gilda Berruti. University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Sverre Bjerkeset. Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway

Ila Boniburini. Eddyburg Association, Italy

Ana Brandão. Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Fernando Brandão Alves. University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Luisa Bravo. CITY SPACE ARCHITECTURE, Bologna, Italy

Massimo Bricocoli. Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Marleen Buizer. Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Francesca Calarco. Heriot Watt University Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Camilo Calderon. Swedish University of Agricultural Studies, Uppsala, Sweden

Isin Can Traunmüller. Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

Frederico Canuto. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lucia Capanema Alvares. Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlo Cellamare. Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

Nadia Charalambous. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Natana Char. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Vincent Chukwuemeka. Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent Campuses, Ghent, Belgium

Duygu Cihanger. METU, Ankara, Turkey

Massimo Clemente. University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy

Rodrigo Coelho. Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Andrei Crestani. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Alice Covatta. Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Gaia Daldanise. University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Napoli, Italy

Claudia di Biase. University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy

Alex Deffner. University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Aglaee Degros. Artgineering, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Eva Duivenvoorden. Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

Muge Akkar Erkan. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Gabriella Esposito De Vita. University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy

Jakub Figel, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Angelika Gabauer. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Federica Gatta. Laboratorie Architecture Anthropologie Paris La Villette, Paris, France

Vera-Karina Gebhardt. Nova Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Ilir Gjinolli. University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosova

Celia Ghyka. Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania

Christopher Giamarino. (Un)Common Public Space Group at the UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Kathrin Golda-Pongratz. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Eurídice Hernándes. University of Helsinki, Finland

Katharina Höftberger. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Ebba Högström. Blekinge Institute of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Sebnem Onal Hoskara. Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

Jeff Hou. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Eliza Hoxha. University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

Aseem Inam. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Sahjabin Kabir. National Association for Resource Improvement (NARI), NGO, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Olivia Kafka. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Ohoud A. Kamal. American University of Madaba, Jordan

Hesam Kamalipour. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Maria Karagianni. Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Matina Kapsali. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Tarek Khan. University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nadine Khayat. American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Sahar Khoshnood. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Sabine Knierbein. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Bernd Kniess. Hafen City Universität, Hamburg. Germany

Xenia Kopf. Universitat Salzburg und Mozarteum, Austria

Joanna Koszewska. Paris Sorbonne Universite, France

Penny Koutrolikou. National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Elina Kränzle. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Papon Kumar Dev. TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sue Kyte. Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Karina Landman. University Of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa

Dahae Lee. Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

Judith M. Lehner. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Ines Lopes Moreira. Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Setha Low. City University of New York CUNY, New York City, USA

Adam Lubitz. (Un)Common Public Space Group at the UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Ali Madanipour. Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Christine Mady. Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Elena Marchigiani. University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Weronika Mazurkiewicz. Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

Asma Mehan. University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Pooja Mehta. Ahmedabad, India

Michal Merzel.  Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Angela Million. Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sudha Mohan. University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Sofia Morgado. Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Frederico Moura e Sá. University of Aveiro, Portugal

Monika Murzin-Kupisz. Jagiellonian University, Poland

Kamal Naseri. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Noha Nasser. MELA Social Enterprise Community Interest Company, Wembley, UK

Virginia Negro. National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Claire Nelischer. (Un)Common Public Space Group at the UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Matej Niksic. Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Elena Ostanel. IUAV, Venice, Italy

Marcus Owens. University of California - Berkeley College of Environmental Design, USA

Marianita Palumbo. Laboratorie Architecture Anthropologie Paris La Villette, Paris, France

Giusy Pappalardo. University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Gabriel Pascariu. Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania

Dominique Peck. Hafen City Universität, Hamburg, Germany

Ana Pego. Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Nastaran Peimani. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Richard Pfeifer. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Francesca Piazzoni. University of Liverpool, UK

Gabriela Quintana Vigiola. University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Nadia Qureshi. The Urban Unit, Lahore, Pakistan

Stefania Ragozino. University of Naples, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy

Andrés F. Ramirez. (Un)Common Public Space Group at the UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Maria Reitano. University of Naples, Italy

Marion Roberts. University of Westminster, London, UK

Nikolai Roskamm. University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

María Ruiz de Gopegui Aramburu. University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain

Mohamed Saleh. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherland

Gonçalo Santinha. University of Aveiro, Portugal

Joao Rafael Santos. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Antonio Jose Salvador. Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

Sara Santos Cruz. University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal

Aris Sapounakis. University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Gözde Sarlak-Krämer. HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Germany

Elke Elisabeth Schlak Fuhrmann. Pontificia Universidad Cathólica de Chile, Providencia, Chile

Christina Schraml. University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Joshi Shangrila. The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, USA

Mohmmed Muslim Sheikh. Government Lohia College, Rajasthan, India

Eltjana Shkreli. NGO Sustainable Urban Transport ‘GO2’, Tirana, Albania

Sanaz Shobeir. University of Westminster, London, UK

Ceren Sezer. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Anika Slawski. TH Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Laura Sobral. Instituto A Cidade Precisa de Você, São Paulo, Brazil

Bas Spierings. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Annelies Staessen. Ghent University, Belgium

Socrates Stratis. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Daniela Terrile. European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Lefteris Theodosis. Berlin, Germany

Anne Tietjen. University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Elisabete Tomaz. DINAMIA’CET_iscte  Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies, Lisbon, Portugal

Biba Tominc. Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Chiara Tornaghi. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Claudia Trillo. University of Salford, Salford, UK

Zeynep Turan. John Jay College/Interdisciplinary Studies Department, New York, USA

Georgina Varna. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Ianira Vassallo. Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Nanke Verloo. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tihomir Viderman. BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg, Germany

Athina Vitopoulou. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Sophie Watson. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

Gus Wendel. (Un)Common Public Space Group at the UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Hannah Widmer. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH

Magdalena Wisniewska. Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Johan Wirdelö. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnar, Sweden

Sharon Wohl. Iowa State University, USA

Berna Yaylali. Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

Güzin Yeliz Kahya. Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Burcu Yigit Turan. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Zahraa Zawawi. An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine