Urban Surfaces Research Network — Inaugural international workshop

Urban Surfaces Research Network (USRN) inaugural international workshop
6 March 2024, 09:00—12:00
Zoom

This inaugural international workshop of the Urban Surfaces Research Network is a closed online event.

The Urban Surfaces Research Network (USRN) is a newly launched international network convened by Sabina Andron, Konstantinos Avramidis, and Tom Ward. Sabina Andron is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cities and Urbanism at the Melbourne Centre for Cities, Konstantinos Avramidis is a Lecturer, Architecture and Landscapes at the University of Cyprus, and Tom Ward is a PhD student in Human Geography, Uppsala University. Emma Arnold of the Institute for Art & Environment is one of the participants in the network.

The USRN brings together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, to examine the roles and uses of urban surfaces, and their contribution to the formation of urban cultures, politics, and atmospheres. It is a multidisciplinary group with contributions from sociology, geography, architecture, communication, media, and visual and material studies.

While this inaugural workshop was a closed event, it does mark the kick-off of the network which will be organising a number of open events. Upcoming activities include sessions at the Nordic Geographers Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark and at the Royal Geographical Society annual conference in London, United Kingdom.

Text above is partly adapted from the official Urban Surfaces Research Network hosted at the University of Melbourne. More information can be found the Melbourne Centre for Cities website.