Cities (Stadens rum) is a coherent academic knowledge environment at the Department of Urban Studies. It explores the relationship between people and the built environment from a perspective of sustainability. The focus is on the everyday use and lived experiences in relation to cities’ design and planning.

Research

We are interested in issues of sustainability, governance, inclusion and participation, from the scale of the individual buildings to the urban and regional scope . Urban spaces, green spaces, domestic spaces, and cultural spaces are central to our education and research.
Our research includes a wide range of projects in housing research and sustainable urban development, and examples include:

  • public spaces and common areas
  • user-friendly built environment
  • housing use, design and the impact of changes in planning and building legislation
  • sustainable urban planning and sustainability in relation to smart cities and megaprojects
  • sustainable transport infrastructure
  • culture in the sustainable city
  • privatisation and gating of public spaces
  • temporary use of public spaces

Our research uses a wide range of methods from social sciences, ethnography, architecture and planning.

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Other research projects

Entangled fluid cities: material politics of urban water, Copenhagen 1860-1975, Århus University

Urban Social Atlas Öresund

Ritning stadsutveckling - Urban social atlas

Urban Social Atlas Öresund presents critical, text and image-based research on current urban issues in the Öresund region. Research on housing, segregation, urban planning, and urban nature is presented by the mediums of maps, short texts, photographic essays, drawings and visualisations. The purpose is to contribute to the dissemination and accessibility of urban research through open publications.

Två personer framför bärbara datorer dikuterar.

Cities is organising a writing workshop for the Urban Social Atlas Öresund on 12 December. The atlas, which was launched in June, is continuously developed through authors' contributions. With regular writing days, we want to encourage new additions that keep the atlas updated and growing. Authors who wish to contribute to the Urban Social Atlas Öresund can submit their manuscript to the editorial team. The language of publication is Swedish, Danish, and English.

Education

The knowledge environment Cities brings together programmes in: built environment, environmental science, and urban studies. The learning environment is creative and dynamic with several international partners and exchange opportunities. There are three bachelor's programmes, a one-year master's programme (in Swedish), two international master's programmes, and a doctoral programme in urban studies.

More about the doctoral programme

Master's programmes in English

Programme
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits

Urban Studies, Master's Programme (Two-Year)

Programme

Nordic Urban Planning Studies, Master’s Programme (Two-Year)

What is a city and who are the key actors in urban development? How do cultural, political and economic conditions define urban...

Collaboration

Cities participate in several international research networks:

Nationally, we collaborate on urban development and sustainability issues within the framework of a national network of planning programmes, and, through the City of Malmö, the Urban Academy. We also participate as experts in panel debates and reference groups.

Questions regarding the programmes

USstudent@mau.se

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