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IMISCOE 2021 online conference
Published on Wednesday, 30 June 2021

The University of Luxembourg is hosting the IMISCOE 2021 online conference which will take place from July 7-9, 2021

New publication: Postwachstum und Raumentwicklung
Published on Friday, 20 August 2021
The position paper "Postwachstum und Raumentwicklung - Denkanstöße für Wissenschaft und Praxis" has been published.

This position paper, drawn up by members of the ARL’s Working G...

New publication: Land and the housing affordability crisis
Published on Friday, 20 August 2021
New publication on housing aspects in Luxembourg. The collaborative paper provides an institutional perspective on strategies and practices of land owners and developers:

Antoine Paccoud, <...

PhD Defense: Kontext und Praktiken der Circular Economy in Luxemburg
Published on Monday, 30 August 2021
PhD defense from Paula Hild:

When: 31.08.2021, 10.00 AM-11.00 AM
Title: Kontext und Praktiken der Circular Economy in Luxemburg

PhD supervisor: Christian Schulz<...

New: Waiting as probation: selecting self-disciplining asylum seekers
Published on Tuesday, 31 August 2021
The article 'Waiting as probation: selecting self-disciplining asylum seekers' by Lorenzo Vianelli, Nick Gill and Nicole Hoellerer has been published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies....
Winner of the 2020 Breheny Prize
Published on Friday, 10 September 2021
Congratulations to Prof Geoffrey Caruso and Ass-Prof Dr Rémy Lemoy who have been awarded the Mi...
Guest researchers from Poland and Finland
Published on Tuesday, 14 September 2021
The UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) in the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning will host two international guest scholars in September and October 2021. During their stay, they...
New publication: EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance
Published on Tuesday, 14 September 2021
The publication "EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance" has been published.

Discussing the ongoing and future challenges of EU Cohesion Policy, this book critically add...

EMN National Conference 2021
Published on Thursday, 16 September 2021

EMN Luxembourg National Conference 2021: "Detecting and protecting vulnerable migrants"

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Welcome Jussi Laine
Published on Friday, 17 September 2021
Jussi joined the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning in August 2021 as an international Border Studies scholar as part of the UniGR-CBS Guest Professorship for a two-month stay. He is Asso...
Kick-off: Formation continue en Aménagement du territoire
Published on Monday, 20 September 2021
On Tuesday, 7th September we welcomed 20 new students to the 2021/2022 edition of the Formation continue en Aménagement du territoire (FACT).
New: Cross-border vocational training
Published on Monday, 20 September 2021
The article "Cross-border vocational training as processes of cross-border learning" by Ines Funk, Birte Nienaber
Elżbieta Opiłowska’s research stay at DGEO
Published on Friday, 01 October 2021
Elzbieta spent the month of July and September as international Border Studies scholar at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning as part of the UniGR-CBS Guest Professorship. She is Assoc...
University launches a website for its Esch2022 projects
Published on Monday, 04 October 2021
In February 2022, the University’s hometown Esch-sur-Alzette will launch the European Capital of Culture 2022, under the leitmotiv REMIX. The University will support Esch2022 with eight diverse and...
Winner of the Best Paper Award 2020 for the RSA eZine Regions
Published on Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Very pleased to announce that Dr Constance Carr and Prof Markus Hesse have been awarded the Best Paper Award 2020 for the RSA eZine Regions for their paper ‘Sidewalk Labs closed down – whither Goog...
New publication: Etrangers Familiers
Published on Tuesday, 19 October 2021
The publication 'Étrangers familiers. Les travailleurs frontaliers en Suisse : Conceptualisation, Emploi, Quotidien et Pratiques' is out now.
VGDH award for the best dissertation in human geography
Published on Thursday, 21 October 2021
Ben Schmid receives biannual VGDH award for the best dissertation in human geography.
New publication: Post-Growth Geographies
Published on Wednesday, 10 November 2021
The publication 'Post-Growth Geographies. Spatial Relations of Diverse and Alternative Economies' is out now.
New: Warehousing asylum seekers: The logistification of reception
Published on Monday, 15 November 2021
The article Warehousing asylum seekers: The logistification of reception by Lorenzo Vianelli has been published in the Journal of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.
RISC-RISE Conference
Published on Tuesday, 23 November 2021
The 'RISC-RISE conference on Social Partnerships and Regional Integration' will take place in Esch-sur-Alzette (Belval Campus), Luxembourg on 29-30 November 2021.
Kapuscinski Lecture
Published on Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Kapuscinski Lecture: Scaling the summit for woman's rights
Appointment to the Advisory Board for Spatial Development
Published on Monday, 24 January 2022
Birte Nienaber has been appointed by the Federal Minister as member of the Advisory Board for Spatial Development of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building for the new leg...
Opening of LUCA with exhibition on Common Ground
Published on Friday, 25 February 2022
The question of land is one of the most important keys to address climate protection and social change.
Red Luxembourg: Exhibition and publication
Published on Tuesday, 29 March 2022
From 24th March until 20th May 2022 you can visit the exhibition RED LUXEMBOURG at Kulturfabrik (Wed-Sat, 3pm-8pm) as part of the Esch2022 - Eur...
Cross-Border Work in Europe: Regional Practices and Realities
Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Two million cross-border commuters work in Europe, most of them in Switzerland and Luxembourg. Despite the growing importance of the phenomenon, no European research on cross-border workers has bee...
Keynote : Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure
Published on Wednesday, 13 April 2022
We are delighted to invite you to the public keynote lecture by Professor Andy Pike (Newcastle University, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies) on 'Financialising City Statecraft and...
INURA Conference 2022
Published on Tuesday, 26 April 2022
The Urban Group at the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) at the University of Luxembourg is hosting the 'Small State Big Transitions - the 30th Conference of the International Net...
Etude: Citoyen·nes de l’UE: Travailler et vivre au Luxembourg
Published on Monday, 02 May 2022
Le CET (Centre pour L'égalité de Traitement) et le Département Géographie et d'Aménagement du Territoire (DGEO) de l'Université du Luxembourg ont lancé une étude dans le cadre d’un projet de recher...
The UniGR-Center for Border Studies: Border Researches from Ukraine
Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2022
May 9 is Europe Day, which is even celebrated as a holiday in Luxembourg! On this emblematic date in 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schumann presented his ideas for a new political and econom...
PhD Defence: Analysis of urban forms in Europe using radial road network simulations
Event date: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
Hour:  1:30 3:30
Place:  MSH – Black Box Phd Supervisor: Geoffrey CARUSO
Speaker: Estelle Marguerite Erna MENNICKEN
PhD Defence: Spatial adaptive settlement systems in archaeology. Modelling long-term settlement formation from spatial micro interactions
Event date: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Hour:  1:30 3:30
Place:  MSA 3.220 Supervisor: Geoffrey Caruso
Speaker: Kaarel SIKK
REMIX PLACE - AGORA Café
Published on Monday, 13 June 2022
For REMIX PLACE, a group of researchers, a photographer, a playwright, and a sound artist have been exploring the Terres Rougeson both sides of the Franco-Luxembourg border.
Theater Performance: So mir: à quels lieux tu appartiens?
Published on Monday, 13 June 2022
Eine theatralische Spurensuche im Land der Roten Erde
Petite Maison: Guided Visits
Published on Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Petite Maison is a curating and performance act of construction, operation, and deconstruction, taking place within the timeframe of Esch2022.
Ukrainian refugee crisis tests humanitarian and integration policy
Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2022
In a new Research Note, researchers from the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), the University of Luxembourg and the European Migration Network (EMN) discuss the issues relate...
Luxembourg Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Published on Monday, 25 July 2022
University of Luxembourg Researchers, Francelle Cane and Marija Marić were selected as curators of the Luxembourg Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.
MIMY: Projection of short films
Published on Wednesday, 07 September 2022
MIMY: Projection of short films created in the framework of a 'digital storytelling workshop'
Public talks: Let's talk about Belval
Published on Thursday, 15 September 2022
'Let's talk about Belval' is a week of public talks and roundtables taking place every day at the Belval Campus, between September 19 and 23, 2022.
Interdisciplinary online lecture series: Border Realities
Published on Friday, 23 September 2022
Border Realities 2022/2023: Transformation of the border and new conceptual challenges
Einladung zur Podiumsdiskussion
Published on Thursday, 13 October 2022
Einladung zur Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema 'Eng aner Mobilitéit fir méi liewenswäert Stied'
Interdisciplinary UniGR Centre of Expertise Anchored at Uni.lu
Published on Thursday, 13 October 2022
The University of the Greater Region (UniGR) has founded the first interdisciplinary centre of expertise for border research. It is a cross-border structure with border researchers from Germany, Fr...
New cross-border study release from the Greater Region
Published on Friday, 04 November 2022
Cross-border vocational training and study during the pandemic
New article published at the architecture journal ARQ
Published on Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Cesar Reyes Najera and Simona Popova co-authored an article at ARQ Journal.
ALLEZ HOPP! Playfully discovering the effects of climate change
Published on Thursday, 10 November 2022
On Friday, 25th – Saturday, 26th November 2022, the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning will participate in the new edition of the Researchers' Days, organised by the National Research Fun...
New article published: Das Versprechen der Zirkularität
Published on Monday, 14 November 2022
Christian Schulz and Paula Hild published a new article at Standort Journal.
UniGR-CBS wins the Interregional Research Award of the Greater Region
Published on Thursday, 01 December 2022
The UniGR Center for Border Studies was awarded the Interregional Research Award of the Greater Region on November 25, 2022. The award honours the exceptional achievements of researchers in cross-b...
New article: Berlin - From Castle in the Air to Creative Metropolis
Published on Monday, 12 December 2022
Florian Hertweck published a new article at a+u journal.
New publication: Le sol est un bien commun
Published on Monday, 12 December 2022
New publication by Florian Hertweck.
New article: Informalität im regionalen Wachstumsprozess
Published on Monday, 23 January 2023
This paper deals with the management of settlement growth in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from the perspective of informality. Luxembourg is subject to high demographic and economic growth pressur...
Call for Applications: ARL International Summer School 2023
Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2023
ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association in cooperation with the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning is inviting applications for the ARL International Summer S...
Exhibition 'Re-Imagine Belval'
Published on Monday, 30 January 2023
'Let’s Talk About Belval' was an educational experiment developed throughout the Fall Semester 2022. The students of the Master’s Programme in Architecture at the University of Luxembourg unpacked...
The Great Repair project
Published on Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Public debates: Sessions on Territory - Urbanism in a Broken World
New publication
Published on Thursday, 30 March 2023
New article published by Christian Schulz.
Eist Neit Wunnen
Published on Monday, 08 May 2023
The survey 'Our New Housing' was designed to find out how Luxembourg’s residents can imagine to live.
How vulnerable are Luxembourg’s firms to climate change?
Published on Friday, 12 May 2023
Luxembourg Strategy, the foresight directorate of Luxembourg’s ministry of the Economy and the University of Luxembourg have launched the RISK2050 study to investigate the biophysical vulnerabiliti...
From extraction to restitution – Students’ week at luca
Published on Friday, 19 May 2023
During a week, a series of events will show how new generations of architects face the challenges of climate change, spatial justice, and urban sprawl with renewed sensibility.
Down to Earth: 18th Venice Architecture Biennale
Published on Thursday, 01 June 2023
Two researchers of the Master in Architecture programme and the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Luxembourg, Francelle Cane and Marija Marić, are representing Luxembourg...
ARL International Summer School 2023
Published on Friday, 02 June 2023
The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association in cooperation with the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Luxembourg are organizing the ARL...
New issue of OASE Journal for Architecture
Published on Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Stefan Devoldere, David Peleman (DGEO) and Jantje Engels have edited the new issue of OASE Journal for Architecture, entitled ‘Optimism or Bust?’, which is now available.