Scupad* student Workshop Ethiopia, 16-20 May 2016 in Addis-Ababa
The intensifying ECOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES around the globe areproducing unprecedented reorganization of societies in space. Among the multifold causes, poverty and climate change are referred among the prime roots of the crisis which is producing massive migration (be it rural-urban or cross border). In an attempt to address the challenge of our time,...
The End of the Line.
In December 2015 the Dutch Young Academy, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Global Young Academy hosted a two-day workshop of 20 academic experts and practitioners drawn from different disciplines and from over 10 countries across three continents. The participants endeavoured to provide a fresh and innovative perspective on the refugee crisis, focusing...
NALACS Thesis Award: Sven da Silva (WUR), wins with thesis on the politics of informality
On FEB 26, the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (@NALACS) awarded a prize for the best Master thesis written at a Dutch Institution on a Latin American or Caribbean theme. The finalists presented their theses in Petcha Kutcha format. The quality of their work was outstanding. Sven da Silva with his thesis...
SPS Seminar, THU 3 March, 12:30 – Nasibe Charbgoo: Urban Rhythms and Continuity of Place Meanings
Nasibe Charbgoo (Iran University of Science and Technology) Topic: Urban Rhythms and Continuity of Place Meanings Thursday 3 March, 12:30-13:30, Room BG West 270, BK, TU Delft This work has been inspired by a major question links to the work of Kevin Lynch, who was concerned with the experience of time in cities: What about...
CALL FOR PAPERS: CITIES AND CITIZENSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: NALACS and TU Delft: THURSDAY 16 AND FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016
CITIES AND CITIZENSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN . NALACS – TU DELFT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DATE: THURSDAY 16 AND FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016 VENUE: DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, THE NETHERLANDS. The Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS), in cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft...
Confronting Informality Symposium : CALL FOR POSTERS
CALL FOR POSTERS The Confronting Informality Symposium is a student led event sponsored by the Chair of Spatial Planning & Strategy at the TU Delft University of Technology. The 2016 Symposium will approach informal urbanisation with social disarticulation and segregation as main perspectives. We invite you to submit your work for a poster exhibition to...
CALL FOR PAPERS! Jane Jacobs 100: Her legacy and relevance in the 21st Century
Jane Jacobs 100: Her legacy and relevance in the 21st Century, 24-25 May 2016 at TU Delft and Erasmus “A celebration of the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs and a look forward” In May 2016, we wish to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the most important urban thinkers of our time, someone who has...
Rotterdam Urban Lectures: public lecture series on cities and urban issues
Rotterdam Urban Lectures Erasmus University College Erasmus University College is launching a new public lecture series on cities and urban issues. All are invited to attend. We have a program of distinguished scholars from the Netherlands and beyond who will be giving informative and accessible lectures aimed at stimulating debate and challenging some of the...
UCL Planning students on a visit to Bouwkunde
A group of students and staff from the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL) led by Ben Clifford (course director) visited the section of Spatial Planning of the TU Delft on FEB 16, 2016. The group composed by 30 students and 3 staff members was introduced to the Department of Urbanism and had lectures on the Spatial Structure of the Randstad (by...
SPS Seminar, 18 February, 12:30 PM: Ilgi Toprak – Urban Heterotopias
SPS Seminar Speaker: İlgi Toprak (Istanbul Technical University / Guest Researcher at TU Delft) Date and time: Thursday 18 February, 12:30 – 13:30 Venue: BG West 270 Topic: URBAN HETEROTOPIAS According to Michel Foucault’s “The Order of Things” and “Of Other Spaces”, heterotopias define different or other spaces. They are spatio-temporal structures, which result in...
Understanding and Tackling the Migration Challenge: The Role of Research.
The Directorate General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission organised a two-day conference to explore and demonstrate how European research can support policy makers in designing effective and sustainable migration policies. To this end, past and current research on migration were presented and debated from a policy perspective. During the conference the evidence...
SUMMER SCHOOL PLANNING & DESIGN WITH WATER: TU Delft 12-22 July 2016
Enrolment is open for the third edition of the TU Delft SUMMER SCHOOL Planning and Design with Water, in which we will explore the challenges of planning and designing cities that are resilient and friendly to water issues. The Summer School is a 10-day experience organised by the Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy, Department...
