Author: Masa Sorn
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UEL:LJUB presents: The benefits of University collaboration within “University – Community Partnerships” (UCP)
Short overview of the benefits of University collaboration within ”University – Community Partnerships” (UCP) by Primož Medved from the centre for Spatial Sociology, the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. The general, broad aim of this presented article (in the video) is to demonstrate and explain why it is beneficial and advantageous…
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Urban Education Live: How changing the role of universities can enhance urban equality
Shafayet Choudhury from JPI interviews Panu Lehtovuori from Urban Education Live team Tampere about the project: ”More people than ever before obtain a university education, but certain communities, such as the working class and ethnic minorities, are sometimes underrepresented in the university system. Ideally, universities should serve the needs of all members of society. However, universities shouldn’t…
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Operating and Evaluating University Hubs: The Case of Sheffield
”Universities will have to work towards better understanding the complexities of evaluating co-production with communities, in order to navigate the balance between imagining long-term visions and short-term solutions whilst maintaining academic rigour.” (UEL Report Summary Operating and Evaluating University Hubs: The Case of Sheffield) In the context of UEL the majority of such co-production collaborations…
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The rise and fall of creative revitalisation of the old Tobacco factory in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Written by Nela Halilović, Aidan Cerar, IPoP – Institute for spatial policies This Blog was originally posted on URBACT Blog: https://www.blog.urbact.eu/2020/05/the-rise-and-fall-of-creative-revitalisation-of-the-old-tobacco-factory-in-ljubljana-slovenia/ In its fruitful 130 years of operation, the Tobacco factory in Ljubljana (Tobačna) was like a city within a city. It offered employment to many workers, especially women, as well as good conditions and above-average services.…
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Importance of Social Networks in Revitalising Former Industrial Urban Areas – Renewal of the Former Tobacco Factory in Ljubljana
Matjaž Uršič, Primož Medved Full paper paper published in Slovene language, in a peer reviewed journal DRUŽBOSLOVNE RAZPRAVE, XXXV (2019), 92: 53–79 53 ABSTRACT Analysis of social networks in areas undergoing intense urban transformations are becoming an ever more important topic in spatial planning. The growing attention given to social networks is due…
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Urban Education Live Research Symposium 2020 in Sheffield
Urban Education Live Research Symposium hosted at SSoA Dates 27-30th January 2020 Sheffield team were very fortunate to host Urban Education Live research partners from Bucharest, Ljubljana and Tampere in late January 2020 – before travel restrictions came into force worldwide due to Covid-19 pandemic. During the 4-day Symposium, we took our guests on a…
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Play/Grounds: a celebration of play in the city
Pitsmoor Adventure Playground in the City Tuesday 5 November Live Works hosted a one day event to explore how the adventure playground can be a place of community, diversity, experimentation and spontaneity. As part of the Festival of Social Science, this showcase event was the culmination of a 6-week co-design project by Architecture students, Pitsmoor…
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A Pedagogy of the Urban — Article published in the EUCANET eBook: City Agencies Working Papers
The Tamp team in collaboration with Swetha Rao Dhananka responded to a call for papers as part of the EUCANET project that looks into “City Agencies” Read the full article — from page 88 here Abstract While a common urban agenda at the supranational EU-level, as foreseen by the Amsterdam pact has been established, there are…