Universität Duisburg-Essen

City Scripts

Graduate Research Group

Projects

PhD Projects
Postdoctoral Project

Projects

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PhD Projects:

Artsy Rust Belts: Narratives of the Creative Class in Post-Industrial Cities from a Transatlantic Perspective

Green Metropoles: Conserving Whose World? Sustainability Standards in the U.S. and Germany

Social Change for Engaging Cities: Translating Urban 'Collective Impact' Initiatives between the Rust Belt and the Ruhr

Jazzing Up the Climate-Friendly City: Scripts for Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Rehabilitation in Detroit and the Ruhr

Diversity Gardening: Validating the 'Script of Green Strategies for Inclusive Urbanism'

Raising Ethnic Voices: Counter-Discourses in the Contemporary Cultural Scenes of New York City and Los Angeles

Waterfront Reconquista: Conflicting Scripts for Waterfront and Port Developments in Inland Harbor Cities

Postdoctoral Project:

Trivial Pursuits: The Practices and Politics of Prioritization in Postindustrial Urban Spaces

Upcoming Events

November 7-8: Conference: Schichtungen des Urbanen - Ruhrgebiet und Rust Belt, Dortmund

November 18: CITYMAKERS Ruhr conference

November 28: Talk by Norman Klein in Essen

December 11: Talk by Maria Sulimma in Berlin

January 22: Talk by Stefan Höhne in Dortmund

January 23: Talk by Klaus Kunzmann in Essen

February 6: Talk by Laura Bieger in Essen