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In the next event of our book presentation series, @miguel-martinez.bsky.social will present the 'Research Handbook on Urban Sociology' and we will discuss critical urban sociology.

👉Register here: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...

📅3rd December 2025
🕛11:00 AM (CET) via Zoom

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November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Would you like to present your work at the RC21 Conference in Vienna in 2026? This is your opportunity!

Pitch a book, documentary or movie under the conference theme in a 30 Min. time slot!

📅Deadline: 29 Dec 2025

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Photo of books in a bookshelf with red overlay. The text reads: Pitch your work (Book, movie, documentary,...). Open now. Submit by 29 Dec 2025
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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🥁Call for Posters

📫We are looking forward to your contributions and engaging dialogues among the international research community in Vienna!

📅Submit until 29 Dec 2025
👉Guidelines and further details: rc21-vienna2026.org/call-for-pos...

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View of graffiti on the Danube Canal embankment in Vienna with red overlay saying: Call for Posters. Open now. Submit by 29 December 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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📢 Open Calls for RC21 Vienna 2026!

The sessions for the RC21 Conference 2026 are set – now it’s your turn to contribute!

📅 Deadline: 29 Dec 2025
👉Find out more here: rc21-vienna2026.org/call/

#rc21vienna2026

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November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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⏰ Don’t miss your chance to contribute to the RC21 Conference 2026!

📅 Deadline: 6 October 2025
👉See the guidelines and details: rc21-vienna2026.org/call-for-ses...

#rc21 #rc21vienna2026
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Graphic for RC21 Vienna 2026 'Call for Sessions.' Text reads: 'Deadline approaching! Submit by 6 October 2025.' The background shows the Karl-Marx-Hof housing complex in Vienna with a red overlay, a ringing bell icon, and the RC21 Vienna 2026 logo at the bottom.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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📖The Hot Off The Press book presentation series is back!

Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli & Claire Colomb explore how 12 European cities regulate Airbnb & short-term rentals.

📅 21 October 2025 | 13:15 CEST | Online via Zoom

👉Register now: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...

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Event poster for the book talk 'Housing Under Platform Capitalism: The contentious regulation of short-term rentals in European cities,' taking place on 21 October 2025 at 13:15 CEST. Poster shows speaker photos, the book cover, and thematic labels 'Economy and Redistribution' and 'Urban Government and Governance'.
September 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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📢We’re hosting RC21 2026 in Vienna!
The Call for Sessions is now open!

Theme: Inequalities and the City. Old Issues, New Challenges
Deadline: 6 Oct 2025
Details: rc21-vienna2026.org/call-for-ses...

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#rc21 #rc21vienna2026
Call for Sessions announcement for RC21 Vienna 2026, themed 'Inequalities and the City.' Text reads: 'Open now – Submit by 6 October 2025.' Background shows the Karl-Marx-Hof housing complex in Vienna with a red overlay. RC21 Vienna 2026 logo appears at the bottom with city skyline icons.
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📢Save the date!

The RC21 Conference 2026 “Inequalities and the City. Old Issues, New Challenges” will take place in Vienna from 20-22 July 2026.

Stay tuned for more details!

rc21-vienna2026.org

#rc21 #rc21vienna2026
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Save the Date announcement for RC21 Vienna 2026, themed 'Inequalities and the City,' taking place at the University of Vienna, Austria, from 20–22 July 2026. The design features a red and beige cityscape with Vienna landmarks, including a Ferris wheel, cathedral spire, and stylized buildings and trees.
August 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🏢 What lies behind the overwhelming presence of concrete in Dakar?

At our next Brown Bag Lunch, Pierre Wenzel explores the entanglement of urbanization, concretification and capitalism drawing from fieldwork in Dakar.

🔗 urban-futures.at/events/brown...

🥪 Bring your lunch and let's discuss!
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May 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🆕 Hot Off the Press returns June 18 with Fulong Wu & Fangzhu Zhang’s new book Governing Urban Development in China!
What can China’s planning, finance & redevelopment teach us about global urban governance?
📅 Register now: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...

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May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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📣 Bring your lunch and join us for the next Brown Bag Lunch on May 22, at 12:00pm in person in Vienna. @ifswien.bsky.social

@jobzomerplaag.bsky.social (Maastricht University / UNU-MERIT) will share insights from his PhD on how publics are (un)made in the Dutch transition away from natural gas.
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April 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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📚 Join us on May 7 for our next Hot Off the Press session with Bejamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social , presenting his new book Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg. Register here: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...

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April 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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📢📚 HOT OFF THE PRESS: Planning without Growth

Join us for the next edition of our online book presentation series Hot Off The Press, where we welcome Professor Yvonne Rydin (UCL) to present her latest book "Planning without Growth".

🔗 Register now: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
April 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Don't forget to sign up for the next Brown Bag Lunch event! Clelia Zardnini will present her work on "The role of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) in advancing energy democracy and contributing to a just transition"
Register here:
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March 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Sign up now for the next Brown Bag Lunch on March 24, 2025. Clelia Zardini, a PhD student at the University of Milan, will present her work on Renewable Energy Communities and their contribution to a just transition.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Register now for the next Brown Bag Lunch on 11. December 2024. Petr Kodenko Kubala is going to present his work on Affordable Housing within "planetary boundaries". https://buff.ly/4fnqCFb
November 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Don't forget to sign up for the next Brown Bag Lunch event! Julia Wesely will present her work on "Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in global urban studies".. Register here:
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Register now for our Hot Off The Press Event where Nadja Kabisch and Niki Frantzeskaki will be presenting their new book "Nature-Based Solutions for Cities" .

Find more information and the registration form here: https://buff.ly/3UHjoE7
November 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Register here: urban-futures.at/events/brown... for the first date of the Brown Bag Lunch series 2024/2025. It starts with an exciting lecture by Nana Iashvili on ‘Mechanisms and practices of housing financialisation in Georgia’ on 30. October.
October 17, 2024 at 9:47 AM