Demolition of built environment is one of most unsustainable practices urban planners face daily. What do we lose when buildings are demolished and what possibilities are wasted? We will be discussing these questions in Demolition Seminar, 9 October 2025. research.tuni.fi/turns/news/d...

Three-day INURA* Conference 2025 in Tampere is coming to an end with an open panel discussion on the Future of Democracy. Other program has involved several tours in the city, discussions, and spending time together. *INURA=International Network for Urban Research and Action.

Thank you to all the participants, tutors and speakers of the International PhD School 2025: Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation! 💜

The fourth day of the TURNS International PhD School at Tampere University involved PhD student presentations, seminars and a workshop on the Archive of the Future as well as more keynote speeches and interesting discussions 💜

The third day of International PhD school, organized by TURNS, Tampere University. How would you introduce Tampere to new people? We trusted in the charm of Pispala, Kaleva and Hiedanranta. The tram took us through Tampere and large topical development projects in the grey summer day.

Today is the second day of International PhD School organized by TURNS in collaboration with researchers from Radboud University and Demos Helsinki. research.tuni.fi/turns/intern... We started with 14 PhD students presenting their pre-assignment: Organize a Kitchen table Citizen Panel

Join us next October to Architectural Research Symposium ATUT 2025 27.-28.10.2025. The Symposium explores Radical Care for Resilience in the Built-Environment events.tuni.fi/radicalcare2... The symposium is part of the broader Radical Care for the City week events.tuni.fi/radicalcare2...

(FI) Yhteiskäytön ja jakamistalouden kampanjointia Tampereella 💚

REGISTRATION open! Radical Care for the City week in Tampere, including e.g. Architectural Research Symposium ATUT (27-28 October) and Re-City Conference (30-31 October). Join us to discuss how we can take better care of our cities, each other and the planet 💜🌇🌍 events.tuni.fi/radicalcare2...

New blog post: Building Bridges for the future: Tampere Urban Research Community's Nordic Journey We embarked on an inspiring journey to Sweden and Denmark in April. Our mission was to forge new collaborations and learn from others focused on urban sustainability. projects.tuni.fi/stue/event/r...

MUST-projekti tuo lisää luonnon monimuotoisuutta Hervannan kampukselle 🌱🐝🌸 www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

STUE decided to support five early-career researchers' work abroad. Congratulations Valentin Chenier, Aleksandra Zarek, Elina Alatalo, Mikko Kyrönviita, and Krista Willman! projects.tuni.fi/stue/news/fi...

The award for the best Finnish language urban article of the year 2025 was awarded to Tampere University's Riina Lundman, for her article on a neurodiverse city. Congratulations to Riina! www.yss.fi/2025/05/vuod...

Tampere goes Turku! Join this interesting (and free) conference on 26-27 May in Turku, Finland: Critical Perspectives on Urban Political Economy. Registration by 18 May. nordic-urban.org/critical-per...

Keskustelua ajankohtaisista aluekehityksen aiheista Porissa lauantaina 17.5. 🐻💒📈 ucpori.fi/tuunykuuleej...

Kunnat (ja kaupungit!) ovat avainasemassa kestävyysmurroksessa. Lue lisää aiheesta Kuntalehdestä, mukana kirjoittajia myös Tampereen yliopistosta.

Tampere urban research community members from STUE, TURNS & SUD visiting the beautiful old campus of Lund University. Thank you for the trip! 💜

Tampere urban research community's members from STUE, TURNS & SUD visiting Lunds Tekniska Högskola (Circular Building Sector profiling area) and Lund University (Climate-neutral Cities 2030 Open Academy) 💜

Tampere urban research community members from STUE, TURNS & SUD visiting European Enviroment Agency @eea.europa.eu in Copenhagen 💜

Tampere urban research community members from STUE, TURNS & SUD visiting Green Solution Centre at the Copenhagen University @ucph.bsky.social 💜

Tampere urban research community members from STUE, TURNS & SUD visiting IUR @iurmalmo.bsky.social at the Malmö University 💜

Tampere urban researchers visiting Copenhagen and NGM last summer ☀️

Welcome to the MUST Festival (Enabling Multispecies Transitions) in Tampere on 21-22 May 2025! 🐜🌳🐌🍂🦔 must-project.fi/welcome-to-m...

MUST-festivaali Tampereella 21.-22.5.2025! Tärkeää asiaa ja mielenkiintoisia kohtaamisia monilajisten kaupunkilaisten kanssa, tervetuloa mukaan! 🐝🌲🐿🌻🦋 must-project.fi/tervetuloa-m...

Vinkkejä kestävämpään taloyhtiöasumiseen Tampereella 💚

Tervetuloa keskiviikkona keskustelemaan jokaisenoikeuksista osana @koneensaatio.fi metsädialogipäivää!

Welcome to explore the urban visions for the Viinikanlahti area, Tampere, developed by the students of the Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) degree programme at Tampere University. 25 April at 13-15 at Siluetti showroom, Tampere Bus Station. research.tuni.fi/turns/news/s...

Syke’s postdoctoral programme continues with 7 open positions! The positions will focus on research questions addressing nature and ecosystems as well as socio-economic systems in areas that face high knowledge demand in administration and business. Read more and apply: www.syke.fi/en/about-us/...

Sykellä useita postdoc-pestejä avoinna, teemoina mm. luontopohjaiset ratkaisut, kestävä asuminen, sosioekologinen resilienssi, kestävyysmurroksen rahoitus.

🔁 REA_Research Working on research and innovation in the areas of #culture, creativity & inclusive society? Discover our EU funding opportunities and tips for crafting proposals. 📌15 May: #HorizonEU Cluster 2 Info Day (online) 📌16 May: Brokerage event (online) ➡️ europa.eu/!d3GYy8

Urban researchers from Tampere Uni are actively involved in the Urban Studies Conference in Helsinki, 15-16 May. Send your abstract to one of our sessions covering the themes such as care-full cities, urban co-existence, energy transition & multispecies narratives: research.tuni.fi/turns/news/c... .

Are you a PhD or early-career researcher working on #urban #inequalities and related themes? Join us for the Emerging Urban Inequalities #Conference in Sheffield, UK on 26-27 June 2025. Submit your abstract by 25 April. More info at: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

Call for Papers for the Finnish Urban Studies Conference (Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivät) is now open! The theme of the conference is the City of Narratives. 🗓️ 15-16 May 2025 📌 Tieteiden talo, Helsinki Read more and send an abstract by 4 April: www.kaupunkitutkimuksenpaivat.net/theme/

#CallforPapers: Urban & Ageing Population with guest editors Joost van Hoof and Hannah Marston We invite submissions that are theoretically focused and empirically grounded on the topic of #UrbanDevelopment and #ageing populations. buff.ly/4Ay8JK2

TURNS grants research enrichment funding to increase the impact of urban research results in communities and society. Our 2025 call is now open until 10 April. Main applicant must be from the Tampere University. research.tuni.fi/turns/news/t...

CALL for PAPERS! We are happy to announce Call for Papers for two conferences organized during the Radical Care for the City week at Tampere University, Finland, in October 2025: Architectural Research Symposium ATUT (27-28 Oct) & Re-City Conference (30-31 Oct 2025) events.tuni.fi/radicalcare2...

Read the latest Tampere Urban Research Perspectives blog about urban care and democracy: blogs.tuni.fi/urbanresearc... Check also the Radical Care film screening tamperefilmfestival.fi/en/programme... and panel discussion tamperefilmfestival.fi/en/programme... at Tampere Film Festival on 6 March.

Does your research discuss imagination? Do you use imagination as a research method? Check out and propose your own presentation to the Symposium on Imagination, organized on 8 April 2025 at Tampere University! CFP is open until 28 March. Read more here: projects.tuni.fi/underpressur...

Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme IBSR Conference 2025 is organized in Tampere on 20-22 May. The conference includes several study visits to Tampere-based projects related to urban sustainability. Read more and registrate: interreg-baltic.eu/event/ibsr-p...

Welcome to STUE seminar ‘The stories we tell: Biodiversity, rights and the forest’ Time: 3.4.2025 at 14.00-16.30 Place: Linna K103 Auditorium, Tampere University Registration: Please sign up so we can organise enough coffee: forms.office.com/e/QZcT6sRDYt More info: projects.tuni.fi/stue/event/w...

Vaikuttavaa tutkimusta – kirjoita katulehti Roheeseen! Tässä on loistava mahdollisuus tutkimuksesi popularisointiin ja yhteiskunnalliseen vaikuttamiseen. Pirkanmaalainen katulehti Rohee etsii yhteiskuntaan ja kulttuuriin liittyvien juttujen kirjoittajia. research.tuni.fi/turns/news/t...

🚨 Less than one week to go to submit your abstracts for #UHG2025 🚨 The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern New Researchers' sessions on any #UrbanHistory topic 4-5 Sep 2025 Leicester Deadline: 24 Feb 2025

Another interesting urban #podcast to follow 🎧 #UrbanRadar

REMINDER: #CFP for this interesting conference on Crirical Perspectives on Urban Political Economy is open until 15 March. Turku Finland, 26-27 May 2025.

Congratulations! It was nice to see some urban researchers from Tampere University among grantees 🩷

REMINDER: The International PhD School 'Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation' is back! It is organized on 15-19 June 2025 in Tampere, Finland. See the full Call for Applications here and apply by 28 February: research.tuni.fi/turns/news/i... #urbanstudies #futurestudies #phd

Re-City Conference, organized on 30-31 October 2025 in Tampere, is happy to announce its keynote speakers: Sabine Knierbein, Päivi Kymäläinen @paivikymalainen.bsky.social, and Ross Beveridge! #CFP opens on 3 March. Read more here. events.tuni.fi/radicalcare2...

An interesting podcast to follow! PS. Ross Beveridge will be one of the keynote speakers at the Re-City Conference in Tampere in October, but more about that later.

Tampere Film Festivalin yhteydessä järjestetään myös Hoiva ja demokratia -paneelikeskustelu Finnkino Cine Atlaksessa 6.3. klo 18-20. Paneelin järjestää Tampereen yliopiston Demokratiatutkimusverkosto yhdessä Tampereen elokuvajuhlien kanssa. Tervetuloa! tamperefilmfestival.fi/ohjelmisto/h...