Archived news and events

04/22/2026

Our research group welcomes visiting scholar Prof. Dr. Mozart Fazito Rezende Filho from Brazil

Prof. Fazito will be a visiting scholar at TU Dortmund for a period of four months. The objective of his stay is to build on his expertise in…

04/20/2026

Guest Lecture as Part of the SPRING International Planning Sessions

Prof. Dr. Mozart Fazito Rezende Filho will give a guest lecture on April 20, 2026, titled “Discourse Analysis Applied to Socio-Environmental Conflicts…

04/14/2026

New publication by Raffael Beier

This article looks at the relationship between affordable housing, finance and the state: What are motivations to intervene, the forms of financial…

03/02/2026

New publication by Philipa Birago Akuoko

The article examines how “commoning” in Kumasi can serve as a customary law basis for more inclusive urban governance.

02/12/2026

New publication by Raffael Beier

The article examines why former slum dwellers do not move into state-subsidized housing or leave it again.

02/11/2026

New TRIALOG issue on ‘Reflexive Research Practices’ co-edited by Raffael Beier

Together with Nadine Appelhans (TU Berlin) and Janek Becker (TU Dortmund), Raffael Beier (IPS) has edited a new TRIALOG special issue on reflexive…

01/19/2026

Sophie Schramm publishes an article on the results of ICOLMA research

The article describes how differently migrants in the Ruhr region were affected by COVID-19 and what coping strategies they used.

01/13/2026

Philipa Birago Akuoko publishes a new article on informal women's work in public spaces.

This article examines the significance of informal women's work in public spaces in the Global South.

11/24/2025

New publication by Sophie Schramm

This article examines how COVID-19 has shaped experiences with water supply in the Nairobi neighborhoods of Kibera and Eastleigh.