November 18, 2020; 2-5PM (Lisbon time)
Online event: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/81738186575
The Urban Transitions Hub of ICS-ULisboa and the AESOP Young Academics Network are happy to invite you to an online seminar in preparation of the Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies (postponed to 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic).
Continue reading “Thinking and Researching Urban Futures amid a Pandemic – online seminar – November 18, 2020”OF STEEL AND (UN)STILLNESS
Of steel and (un)stillness is a collaborative project that explores routiers’ social, cultural and material worlds through ethnographic and artistic practices, namely visual and sound art. Continue reading “A new project by Pedro Figueiredo Neto”
UTH member Alda Botelho Azevedo is featured on the latest episode of 90 Segundos de Ciência, a program on Portugal national radio Antena 1 that provides short introductions to researchers and their work. Listen to the episode here. Continue reading “Alda Botelho Azevedo featured on 90 Segundos de Ciência”
Another collective post by the UTH, published on the blog of AESOP YA: what it means to be (critical) scholars in times of pandemic?
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Guest authors: Urban Transitions Hub (UTH) (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)
Editor’s note: This post is an engaging contribution by the members of UTH, including the founder and former editor-in-chief of the YA blog.
With this collective post, the Urban Transitions Hub wants to contribute to the debate about what it means to be a social scientist today, and what it might mean in the medium term. Perhaps aptly, we began this reflection on April Fools day (April 1st) during our first online meeting amid Covid-19 lockdown measures. We came together somewhat unsure of how and what to share between us, realising that ‘business as usual’ was not an option, and soon finding that we were searching for a space where we could discuss our collective desasossego (Fernando Pessoa’s disquiet) and unease triggered by the way the pandemic was affecting our…
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The UTH colelctively published a post, in Portuguese, which is a collective reflection on the personal and collective impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our personal and academic life.
Os membros do Urban Transitions Hub pretendem contribuir para o debate sobre o que significa, e o que pode representar a médio prazo, ser um/a académico/a nas ciências sociais face à pandemia que enfrentamos nos dias de hoje. Este texto apresenta-se como um exercício contínuo de autorreflexão em tempos de Covid-19, o qual não pretende esgotar as nossas inquietações, mas sim começar a dar-lhes voz.
(NOVA) CRISE
Aparentemente, parece que estamos perante uma tempestade perfeita. Uma tempestade que gera inquietação, mas também sentimentos de confusão e luta. Para muitos/as de nós, esta crise representa uma aceleração de padrões sociais já existentes, assim como de tendências que são críticas há já muito tempo. Problemas e contradições das nossas sociedades têm vindo a acumular-se nas últimas décadas, e a pandemia parece oferecer-lhes um novo e dramático desenlace ao mesmo tempo que novos “monstros em ascensão”, como alguns…
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Our feeling
Unease, confusion, and a precarious equilibrium between hope and despair. We acknowledge the need to start bringing more care into academia – something we tend to put aside as if care belongs to our personal lives only. Continue reading “UTH statement at the times of COVID19”
UTH member Simone Tulumello organises, with Guya Accornero (CIES-IUL) and in collaboration with ISA Research Committee 47 (Social Classes and Social Movements) a webinar on the impact of lockdown measures over movements for housing and the right to the city. Continue reading “Webinar: Right to Housing in COVID-19 Lockdown Times. 16 April 2020, 4pm CEST”
Comparative Urban Research from Theory to Practice: Co-production for Sustainability, edited by David Simon, Henrietta Palmer and Jan Riise (Policy Press, Bristol, 25 March 2020). Order online at https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/comparative-urban-research-from-theory-to-practice. Continue reading “From our colleagues at Mistra Urban Futures, a new open access book on co-production of knowledge”
Due to disruptions caused by the global pandemics of Covid-19, we are constantly assessing the opportunity to mantain the Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies.
At this stage (26 March 2020), we have decided to wait for developments: the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 15 April 2020 and a final decision will be taken in the forthcoming weeks – also considering the opportunity of rescheduling or convening the workshop through online means. Continue reading “Update and new deadline. The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies”
Neste novo encontro do ciclo Café com Luta, organizado pela Fundação Friedrich Ebert em colaboração com a Associação Transparência e Integridade e o Urban Transitions Hub (ICS-ULisboa), vamos juntar experiências diversas de resistência cultural na área metropolitana de Lisboa. Continue reading “Promover iniciativas culturais como forma de resistência”
