The Open Cities Platform warmly welcomes you to this interdisciplinary symposium. Organized by dr. Michela Borzaga and dr. Flore Janssen (UU Comparative Literature), the event is framed by the question of how the nuclear family has shaped urban space, social relations, and inequalities across class, gender and race. At a time of growing housing precarity,…

After a hiatus of two year, [urban interfaces] returns with a new edition of our seminar series! This year, the theme is The Risky City. Dates: 6 May 2026 14:00 – 16:30 20 May 2026 10:00 – 12:00 3 June 2026 14:00 – 16:30 + drinks For more information, see the seminar webpage.. You can…

After a hiatus of two year, [urban interfaces] returns with a new edition of our seminar series! This year, the theme is The Risky City. Dates: 6 May 2026 14:00 – 16:30 20 May 2026 10:00 – 12:00 3 June 2026 14:00 – 16:30 + drinks For more information, see the seminar webpage.. You can…

After a hiatus of two year, [urban interfaces] returns with a new edition of our seminar series! This year, the theme is The Risky City. Dates: 6 May 2026 14:00 – 16:30 20 May 2026 10:00 – 12:00 3 June 2026 14:00 – 16:30 + drinks For more information, see the seminar webpage.. You can…

The NWA has awarded a KEMs grant to the project “Urban Resilience through Responsive, Relational, Representative and Responsible Policymaking – Enabling Methods for Change”, co-applied by our core team member Dr. Michiel de Lange. The project will receive around 3.1 million euros. Cities must develop cohesive strategies to adapt to challenges that ask for resilience…