Meetings
The members of the AESOP Thematic Group on Public Spaces and Urban Cultures meet annually to discuss and develop approaches proposed under the group’s working topic. These meetings mostly take the form of workshops/seminars/conferences accompanied by a fieldtrip in duration of two days, and also provide an environment for engaging in a peer-to-peer discussion on the participants’ research and design projects. The meetings are organized by various types of institutions, which submit their declaration of interest for hosting an event based on the call’s theme, in close collaboration with at least one group member.
The members of the group would like to extend their sincerest thanks to institutions and colleagues that have hosted the group’s events so far:
Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, Department for Spatial Planning, Faculty for Architecture and Planning, Vienna University of Technology (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)
For questions concerning the organization of the meetings please e-mail to: PSUCnetwork@gmail.com
Self-Organized Management Network
A. Group Coordination
2023-2021 (August) Stefania Ragozino (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy) and Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
2021 (March-July) Stefania Ragozino (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy) and Christine Mady (Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon)
2019-2021 Ceren Sezer (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) and Christine Mady (Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon)
2019-2017 Gabriella Esposito De Vita (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy) and Ceren Sezer (TU Delft)
2017-2015 Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna) and Gabriella Esposito De Vita (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy)
2015-2010 Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna) and Ceren Sezer (TU Delft)
B. Research Affairs
2021-2019 Nikolai Roskamm (University of Applied Sciences Erfurt); Nadia Charalambous (University of Cyprus); Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna); Stefania Ragozino (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy)
2019-2017 Sara Santos Cruz (University of Oporto); Nikolai Roskamm (University of Applied Sciences Erfurt); Nadia Charalambous (University of Cyprus), Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna)
2017-2015 Sara Santos Cruz (University of Oporto); Nikolai Roskamm (University of Applied Sciences Erfurt); Nadia Charalambous (University of Cyprus)
C. Public Relations
2019-2017 Burcu Yigit Turan (Swedish University); Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg); Stefania Ragozino (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy); Mohamed Saleh (University of Groningen)
2017-2015 Burcu Yigit Turan (Swedish University); Stefania Ragozino (CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy)
Members
Naomi Adiv. City University of New York, NY, USA
Patricia Aelbrecht. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Salima Afroz. Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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
Katarzyna Bartoszewicz. Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
Chiara Belingardi. La Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
Gilda Berruti. Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Edda Bild. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sverre Bjerkeset. Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Ila Boniburini. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ana Brandão. Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Fernando Brandão Alves. University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Luisa Bravo. CITY SPACE ARCHITECTURE, Bologna, Italy
Massimo Bricocoli. Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Marleen Buizer. Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Francesca Calarco. Heriot Watt University Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Camilo Calderon. Swedish University of Agricultural Studies, Uppsala, Sweden
Frederico Canuto. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Lucia Capanema Alvares. Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carlo Cellamare. Università La Sapianza, Rome, Italy
Nadia Charalambous. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Vincent Chukwuemeka. Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent Campuses, Ghent, Belgium
Duygu Cihanger. METU, Ankara, Turkey
Massimo Clemente. 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. CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Napoli, Italy
Claudia di Biase. University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, IT
Alex Deffner. University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Aglaee Degros. Artgineering, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Laura Calbet Elias. Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Muge Akkar Erkan. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Gabriella Esposito De Vita. Università Federico II di Napoli, CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Napoli, Italy
Angelika Gabauer. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Federica Gatta. Laboratorie Architecture Anthropologie Paris La Villette, Paris, France
Vera-Karina Gebhardt. The University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Ilir Gjinolli. Urban Plus, Prishtina, Republic of Kosova
Celia Ghyka. Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania
Kathrin Golda-Pongratz. Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW), Vienna, Austria
Zeynep Günay. Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Catherine Hammant. University of Westminster, London, UK
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
Freek Janssens. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sahjabin Kabir. National Association for Resource Improvement (NARI), NGO, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Olivia Kafka. TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Ohoud A. Kamal. Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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
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
Penny Koutrolikou. National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Elina Kränzle. Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Papon Kumar Dev. TU Berlin, Berlin Germany
Sue Kyte. Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Karina Landman. University Of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
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
Ali Madanipour. Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Christine Mady. Notre Dame University-Louaize, Louaize, Lebanon
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
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
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
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
Nadia Qureshi. The Urban Unit, Lahore, Pakistan
Nastaran Peimani. Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Stefania Ragozino. CNR-IRISS National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
Anna Richter. Hafen City Universität, Hamburg, Germany
Nikolai Roskamm. University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Mohamed Saleh. University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherland
Gonçalo Santinha. University of Aveiro, Portugal
Joao Rafael Santos. Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Sara Santos Cruz. University of Oporto, Oporto, Portugal
Aris Sapounakis. University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Christina Schraml. University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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
Laura Sobral. Instituto A Cidade Precisa de Você, São Paulo, Brazil
Bas Spierings. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Socrates Stratis. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Daniela Terrile. European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Lefteris Theodosis. independent researcher, Berlin, Germany
Anne Tietjen. University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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. Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Georgina Varna. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Tihomir Viderman. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg, Germany
Nanke Verloo. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sophie Watson. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Hannah Widmer. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH
Magdalena Wisniewska. Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Sharon Wohl. Iowa State University, USA
Burcu Yigit Turan. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Zahraa Zawawi. An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
