Working Group Urban Studies

The working group looks at the effects of global change processes such as climate change and digital change in cities. Tackling the complexity of social, ecological and technical processes and their interactions in the urban system is central to the work of the group. This calls for the interdisciplinary cooperation with other working groups and institutions. Together with various urban actors such as city administrations, the private sector and civil society, integrative approaches for the development of sustainable urban societies are developed. City specific challenges and the potential of cities to contribute to global sustainability is in the focus. This way, the Urban Studies working group pursues an inter- and transdisciplinary social-ecological-technical urban research and teaching profile for the integrative analysis of human-environmental-technological interactions and urban sustainability transformations. Comparative studies are conducted in European and Latin American/Asian cities, with different challenges and development paths.

News & Events

23.06.2025
 

From June 3 to 6, the first part of the comparative excursion “Democracy and Climate Change Adaptation in Berlin and Vienna” took place, organized by...

23.06.2025
 

From 22-24 May 2025, Kerstin Krellenberg, Johannes Richter, Charlotte Tienes and Julia Wesely joined researchers from across Europe and Central...

23.05.2025
 

Dakar – Capital of Concrete

26.06.2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Conference room, 4th floor, Department of Sociology, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1090 Vienna

22.05.2025
 

“Participatory Climate Justice – Vienna as the Capital of Democracy in the Year of 2025”

On Thursday, June 5, 2025, the University of Vienna invites...

19.05.2025
 

60 Studierende – 7 Universitäten – 1 Ziel: zweisemestrige Wahllehrveranstaltung zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit, mit Fokus auf den Sustainable Development...

15.05.2025
 

Lecture + discussion with Maurice Hermans (NL) Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 10:30-11:30 | Conference Room C520, NIG Organized by the Urban Studies...