City Collaboratory Meeting in Geneva
On Friday, 23 May 2025, the annual meeting of the City Collaboratory (CC) took place, hosted this year in Geneva. …
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May Lunch Lecture: The Dynamics of Real Estate in Switzerland
The last Lunch Lecture of the four-part series takes place on 14 May 2025: Thierry Theurillat (HES-SO) will discuss the dynamics of real estate in Switzerland. This lecture was initially scheduled for December 2024 and had to be postponed to this semester. …
April Lunch Lecture: Agency in Climate Justice
The third Lunch Lecture of the four-part series takes place on 30 April 2025: Ivo Walliman-Helmer (University of Fribourg) will discuss common but differentiated responsibilities with regard to agency in climate justice.…
March Lunch Lecture: The Use of Property
The second Lunch Lecture of the four-part series takes place on 19 March 2025: Elsa Noterman (Queen Mary University of London) will discuss the (un)making of proprietary publics.…
February Lunch Lecture: Social Movements that Care
The first Lunch Lecture of the four-part series takes place on 12 February 2025: Felipe G. Santos (Babeș-Bolyai University) will discuss empathy, solidarity and empowerment in the fight against evictions. …
The Responsible City Lunch Lecture
Following the first series in the fall semester, a further four Responsible City Lunch Lectures are to be held in the next months.…
Cancelled: December Lunch Lecture
The last Lunch Lecture of this three-part series planned for 11 December 2024 has been cancelled and postponed for another semester. …
Kicking Off the Project: Workshop to Discuss Project Aims and Research Updates
On Tuesday, 10 September 2024, the project team, project partners and members of the advisory board came together at L200 to give updates on the seven sub-projects and gather feedback on overarching aims, individual work packages and first ideas for fieldwork. A site visit to two acute cases of construction projects followed in the afternoon to gain an insight into the current housing controversies in Zurich. …
November Lunch Lecture: The impact of the ‘green transition’ on housing inequality
The second Lunch Lecture of the three-part series takes place on 13 November 2024: Dr Hannah Widmer & Dr Jennifer Duyne Barenstein will discuss the impact of the ‘green transition’ on housing inequality in Europe.…
October Lunch Lecture: Responsibility and Democratic Moral Agency in the City
The first Lunch Lecture of the three-part series takes place on 16 October 2024: Dr. Joe Hover will discuss Responsibility and Democratic Moral Agency in the City.…
The Responsible City Lunch Lecture
Starting in October, the key research concerns of the Responsible City project will be discussed in a three-part online lecture series.…
We are looking for a 50% post-doctoral researcher at the University of Neuchâtel (UniNE)
We are looking for a 50% post-doctoral researcher at the University of Neuchâtel (UniNE)…
We are recruiting
We are looking for a post-doctoral researcher and 2-3 doctoral candidates for our project based at the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Ècole Polytechnique féderale de Lausanne (EPFL).…
Fiona Kauer will join the responsible city team
Fiona Kauer will join the team as a PhD student to collaborate with David Kaufmann of the Spatial Development and Urban Policy (SPUR) group at ETH in Sub-Project 3 which will focus on Responsible Planning.…
Dr Maxime Felder joining the team
Dr Maxime Felder will join the responsible city team…